Gardner back to start chiropractic practice
FORMER World Championships 400-metres semi-finalist Neil Gardner is back in the island to practice chiropractic neurology.
“(Chiropractors) specialise on the nervous system as it relates to the health of the individual. We use our hands and reposition the bones in the back to allow proper expression or communication of the brain into every organ tissue and cell of the body,” Gardner explained to the Sunday Observer.
“Once that is organised, the person has a better chance to be healthy,” he added.
The former Wolmer’s Boys standout earned a scholarship from the World Olympic Association and Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) to study in 2004, but did not take up the offer until 2006, completing the normal four-year doctor of chiropractic study programme in three years at Parker College in Dallas, Texas.
Gardner earned Bachelor of Science degrees in Biochemistry at the University of Illinois at Ann Arbor) and studied Anatomy and Health and Wellness at Parker College before going on to compete his doctorate.
Gardner, who was thrice named champion athlete at the ISSA Boys Championships, worked for a year in the United States before deciding to make a return to Jamaica to open his business here.
“In my practice, I was seeing some amazing things happening. In the world there are just under 500 chiropractic neurologists… in Jamaica there are none.
“For me, to use the skills I’ve acquired based on my education at Wolmer’s and training in Jamaica only to service the Americans would do my country a disservice,” he told the Sunday Observer.
