One day You Have to meet your Maker
Dr. Heather Hunter is a proud alumni of Central State University. While at CSU, Dr. Hunter achieved a degree in Marketing and her sales career began. Years later, she found herself working for a major pharmaceutical company. This was a dream job for her until the dream job became a bit of a moral nightmare. She met with local medical doctors and and healthcare professionals and did very well for herself in the field. One day she had very candid conversation with a doctor. At the end of this conversation it became clear that she was playing for the wrong team. The conversation was about a particular drug on the market and the level of the dependency a patent would have on the drug. Dr. Hunter asked when the patients would be taken off the drug because of its negative side effects. The doctor replied “Never, once their on it they never can get off’. The doctor then went of to talk about the extra medications that were needed to counteract the side effects of the original drug. Further more, that the counteracting drugs also had major side effects. Dr. Hunter was blown away and she began to look into more of the drugs at her company and found that this viscous cycle was par for the course. Dr. Hunter came to a conclusion and said to herself “One day i will have to meet my maker.”
When the winds change you must adjust your sails
She enjoyed the idea of wellness and patient care, but in her view the drug industry made more profits from patients needing more pills. She just couldn’t believe the road to wellness meant longterm drug use. After a long look in the mirror and consulting with other healthcare fields, the only field that produced longterm wellness results without longterm drug use and fit with her philosophies was Chiropractic. Dr. Hunter’s mind was made up and her journey to become a Chiropractor brought her to Life University in Marietta, GA. Life University offers a dual degree masters program in Sports Health Science, which was of great interest to Dr. Hunter. She realized early that the body is complex and she wanted to gain a greater understanding of how to care for sports related injuries. She completed her Masters Degree of Sports Health Science with a concentration in Sports Injury Management concurrently with her Doctor of Chiropractic Degree at Life University. She also did her internship at a Sports Chiropractic Clinic while in school to learn first hand how to manage individuals that want to lead an active lifestyle. Also while in school, she found a love for pregnancy and pediatric chiropractic care and joined the International Pediatric chiropractic Association (ICPA)