Dr. Matt Hill interviews Dr. Christie Hafer on The Family Practice Podcast about shifting from a traditional pain-based chiropractic model to neurologically focused pediatric and family care after her son Landon’s early childhood challenges, including meltdowns, speech and vision issues, poor sleep with night terrors, motor tics, and school concerns. After learning Dr. Tony Ebel’s “Perfect Storm” approach and implementing scans and care plans, she saw major improvements, including Landon succeeding in kindergarten and later thriving in high school athletics and academics. The episode covers her decision to become insurance-free by 2018, the difficult patient and team transitions, and how workshops, community relationships, and referrals from other providers helped grow the practice. They discuss increasingly complex cases, COVID-era developmental impacts, balancing family life with practice, and internship/associate opportunities at Purpose Driven Chiropractic in Eagle, Idaho.

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Key Moments:

01:34 Meet Dr Christie Hafer

03:58 A Mom in Crisis

05:31 Searching for Answers

07:48 Discovering Perfect Storm

10:59 First Care Plan Wins

22:12 From Pain to Peds

24:50 Hard Conversations and Rebuild

26:11 Letting Go of Maintenance

28:58 Harder Neuro Cases Today

32:08 COVID + Perfect Storm Kids

34:41 Joy and Hard Conversations

37:31 Hope Dealing and Trust

40:54 Workshops and Referrals

44:06 Partnering With Therapists

46:31 Balancing Family Practice

51:55 Practice Info and Interns

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