About · Dr. Brian Schulz, DC
I’d rather know my patients than process them.
I’m Dr. Brian Schulz. I’ve been in practice since 2001, and I run this Littleton practice on my own, by choice.
Here’s how I got here, and why I chose to see fewer patients rather than more.
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How I got here
Not a straight line.
Before
Pre-med, then a detour.
I started college pre-med. I paused school to work, and I came back to it after a friend in chiropractic college shared a book with me: Virgil Strang’s Essential Principles of Chiropractic Philosophy.
2001
Palmer College of Chiropractic.
I graduated cum laude from Palmer College of Chiropractic in October 2001.
Early years
Learning from other doctors.
I worked as an associate for several different doctors before developing my own approach. Each one practiced differently, and each shaped how I work today.
25 years
Gentler over time.
For years I treated almost exclusively with manual manipulation. I moved toward gentler methods and found my patients’ outcomes stayed very similar. How I practice now →
2022
My own practice, made smaller.
I bought this practice in 2022, and I deliberately made it smaller.
Why it’s just me
Why I chose to see fewer patients.
When I bought this practice, it was set up for volume: more people through the door, more tables running, and a schedule built to stay full.
I didn’t want to process people. I wanted to know them.
What you do for a living, what you’re trying to get back to, and how you’re actually doing from one visit to the next. That’s hard to know when the goal is seeing as many people as you can and getting through the day.
The volume model works, and plenty of good chiropractors run it well. I found I couldn’t know people the way I wanted to while doing it. So I made this practice smaller on purpose — every visit, from your first exam to your last adjustment, is with me.
Outside the office
Usually on a trail.
I’m a trail runner and ultramarathoner, so I understand wanting a body that keeps up with what you ask of it, whether that’s a 100K or a full day on your feet.
That’s me on the podium at the Leadville Heavy Half, where I won the men’s 50–59 age group and finished 17th of 753 overall.
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