Meet the Doctors

My name is Dr. Stephanie Maj. I am a chiropractor. How I became a chiropractor is not all that exciting and yet it’s my story and I am going to tell it here. I got injured, had spinal pain and my mom urged me to go to a chiropractor. She also urged me to be a chiropractor. “Chiropractor?” There are none in our family and to my knowledge, no one in my family had ever been adjusted. So I went to Dr. Tony Battaglia in my hometown of Akron, Ohio. I was 23 years of age, working in an environmental lab and was looking for deeper meaning in my life. I went to this office looking for pain relief and received so much more. I was assigned a young doctor, excited and passionate about what he did and how he was going to help lots of people get well. No one talked about helping people at my lab job. Intrigued, I dug deeper. From my earliest memory, I had always wanted to be a doctor. A pediatrician to be exact. Through my undergraduate studies at Ohio University, I was a premed/nutrition major and just assumed my path was to be a medical doctor. After going through the application process, I realized that there was something that didn’t fit about me and traditional medicine. I decided against that career for reasons that were not fully formed in my mind and have since become crystal clear to me. After completing my treatment plan with my chiropractor, I not only healed the sprain in my neck from my car accident, my lifelong headaches went away as well.

After that experience, l decided that I needed to get my life moving in a better direction so off I went to Chicago to chiropractic school. Chiropractic school is a 5 year program, very similar to medical school except when medical students go into the hospitals, chiropractic students study the biomechanics, neurology, and function of the body deeper. I spent my last year and a half of school in clinics, helping the community and firming up my techniques of diagnosis and treatment. School was the most intense experience of my life. It was hard to think of life after school and the direction now of my career. I just wanted to help people, that’s all. I saw that there were so many people to help; this world has never been sicker. I felt for me, working under another doctor for a time was important. I studied under Dr. Peter Feldkamp outside of Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Pete is a good man. I learned many things both clinical and business from him although my biggest lesson was that I could make a living, help lots of people, and do it with integrity and honesty.

I opened Community Chiropractic in Chicago on April 1, 1996, my 30th birthday. I have operated a family-oriented wellness practice in the Chicago area where I specializes in returning people to health, family, pediatric, pregnancy, and wellness care ever since. I am certified in Pediatrics from the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association where I completed over 120 hours of curriculum offered techniques and protocols of care for children and pregnant women. I also earned a Certificate of Proficiency in the Webster Technique, a specific analysis and adjustment used for pregnant mothers. This chiropractic technique helps to correct sacral misalignment, balance pelvic nerves, muscles and ligaments which allow the baby to get into the best possible position for birth.

Community Chiropractic is filled with people in various stages of health. We have sick people on the road to getting well, we have healthy people that utilize chiropractic care as a means of keeping their body functioning optimally. There are young families, athletes and everything in-between. Our hope is that we can be the coaches that lead you on your journey to health and wellness!

My name is Dr. Karla Miller. I am a native of Palos Park, IL where I attended Stagg High school. I was a volleyball, basketball, and soccer player. What first introduced me to the benefit and healing method of Chiropractic Care was when I was a basketball player in high school. Sixteen years ago my life completely changed. In high school basketball was my passion. As a daughter of a college basketball coach, I had been playing basketball since the age of 6. Then one day during practice I was not able to take a deep breath. I gasped and gasped for air. I was having an asthma attack. This continued on and off for the whole season. The attacks began to worsen and come more frequently. My medical doctor had me on a powerful inhaler and even a steroid. Nothing seemed to help. Here I was a young girl who could not even make it through a practice without having an attack. Would I ever be able to be on a basketball team again? That is when I was introduced to chiropractic. I went to a chiropractor who began adjusting me. I started to feel better right away. I continued getting adjusted regularly. The true test was the start of the next basketball season. I will never forget the day that I realized I had made it through a whole week with out having an asthma attack. To this day, I have not had another asthma attack. Chiropractic worked so well for me that I was driven to become a chiropractor and help change the lives of others.

I come from a family of doctors. My father was an athletic director at a college for over 25 years, where he was also involved in work site wellness programs. He established programs that motivated employees to be active and healthy. This is one of the things that I incorporate into my practice. I attended Augustana College in Rock Island, IL where I completed my bachelors degree in Pre-Med and Biology, with honors.

While completing my senior year I studied abroad in Japan, Taiwan, and China, where I was exposed to the benefits of traditional Chinese medicine and Acupuncture. I then attended the National University of Health Sciences in Lombard, IL and completed a second bachelors degree in Human Biology and then went on to receive a doctoral degree in Chiropractic Medicine. While studying at the National University of Health Sciences I completed seminars on rehabilitation, nutrition, and athletic injuries. I also completed a certification in Acupuncture. After graduation I began my practice in Mt Prospect, IL where I practiced for 5 years. I incorporate nutrition, exercise, and proper spinal alignment to promote overall wellness. In my practice I have treated people of all ages, including entire families. I joined the Community Chiropractic team in 2007.

Overall family wellness inspired me as a physician. To me this is the most rewarding part of my profession because having an entire family adopt a healthy lifestyle improves everyone lives and happiness. I am motivated by educating my patients and the community about chiropractic, nutrition, stress management, and weight loss. I have also been a feature speaker at schools, libraries, corporation, and organizations. In my spare time I enjoy volunteering, hiking, running, and outdoor sports.