Dr. Phillip McCary – Dr. Phil has been a chiropractic patient much longer than he has been a practitioner. In fact his first adjustment was earlier than he can remember. In his early years his family lived in Eastern Washington farm county. Dr. Phil’s dad had injured his back working on the family farm and was going to see a country chiropractor. During one of those visits it came up that infant Dr. Phil had been constipated for a full week. The chiropractor asked if he could see him, gently adjusted his back and handed him back to his parents. Well this apparently did the trick. By the time they got home his OshKosh’s were completely overflowing!

Dr. Phil relied on chiropractic care throughout his athletic career. Competing in the 400m hurdles for the University of Washington. He went to the NCAA national championships three years in a row on the 4x400m relay team, and has placed 3rd at the PAC 10 Championships. After University Dr. Phil moved up distances and competed in 5k races up to the marathon.

Dr. McCary received his chiropractic education at the University of Western States. Along with a world class education he made many lifelong friends including Dr. Scott Emery, and his wife Dr. Danielle McCary. Dr. McCary has been practicing the last 15 years with his wife in Portland, Oregon as the owners of Laurelhurst Chiropractic. They made the big decision to sell that practice prior to moving to the Kootenays. Dr. Phil and Dr. Danielle share two daughters together, Aven and Calla. They are thrilled to be raising them in such a tight knit and family friendly community with so much access to the outdoors.

Dr. Phil has completed extensive continuing education specializing in treating automobile accident injuries. He received his Trauma Certification and Hospital Based Spine Care Certification through The Academy of Chiropractic and Cleveland University Kansas City in 2020. He is also Webster Certified and has completed Cranio-Sacral 1 to help better treat his prenatal and pediatric patients.