Meet Dr. Aine Sweeney

Before pursuing chiropractic as a career, I travelled many paths and yet chiropractic work seemed to always appear and be always on the horizon.

My initial goal was to be a social worker, so, my undergraduate degree is in Social Work. I worked briefly in this field before being offered a position in campus ministry.  I needed more education in that area so I pursued a Masters in Ministry.

I worked with teenagers when I was in ministry and it was during this time that I hurt my back. A great deal of medication was prescribed for me but did nothing for my pain. Instead, it completely wiped me out for several days at a time. During this bout, I recalled my interest in chiropractic and started checking into studying that.

At the time I didn’t know much about chiropractic—I thought it was a six-month education process and I could study it while I continued working full time. Great idea.  WAS I EVER WRONG!  In spite of all my formal education, I still needed to go back and complete courses in chemistry, physics, biology and anatomy before I could be accepted into chiropractic school.

Unlike the 6-month education I expected,  formal chiropractic training was a four-year, year-round course commitment. After the first quarter, I realized I had to give up my full-time job if I wanted to complete my chiropractic education. Of course, I chose chiropractic and completed training. During those four years, I worked part-time  in a health food store. It was the perfect job where I received a wealth of information that was a perfect compliment to my chiropractic training.

Gentle is better!

After chiropractic college, I went on to study neurology and attained a Diplomate in Chiropractic Neurology.  During that course of study, it became clear to me that whatever was done to the center of the body (especially the spine) summates (stimulates strongly a portion of the brain). Over stimulating the nervous system can be harmful—especially when it’s most vulnerable—especially when it’s in pain, has numbness or tingling, or experiencing other neurological symptoms. Therefore a gentle technique that works with the body’s nervous system is most useful, I found “gentle is better!”

Finding Non-Force Technique

Through my ongoing education around healing, I stumbled upon the Non-Force Technique.

I was working in another chiropractor’s office and since she used this non-force method in her office and she wanted me to know this technique.  I went to a seminar and learned some basics. When she went on vacation I saw several of her patients and treated them with the little limited non-force education that I had at the time. These patients had incredible results in spite of my limited knowledge of this new technique. In fact, the results using non-force techniques were superior when compared to my patients who were receiving the traditional chiropractic technique.

That experience completely changed my chiropractic path. Since then, I’ve studied Non-Force Technique in depth over the years and use it exclusively in my practice. The best part, my patients continue to get great results.

Professionally and personally, I am honored to be a part of the healing process and glad to treat my patients with this gentle and successful technique. I hope you’ll think of me when you need treatment for pain, discomfort, or any other health issues. I would like to help you.