Dr. Lori Kalie, DC, CFMP was inspired to attend chiropractic school when she was in her senior year of college. At that time, she was attending the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (getting her B.S. in Microbiology and a minor in Biochemistry.) She started to experience a lot of midback pain, which was most likely from riding horses most of her childhood. Her mom encouraged her to see a chiropractor. She did so, and the experience changed her life, not just from improving her health overall, but changing the course of her career.

 

In her senior year of college, Dr. Kalie was having second thoughts about pursuing a career in microbiological research. As she learned more about the profession and how pharmaceutical companies operated, she found out that they often manipulated data to make research studies have the outcome in their favor. She could not go into a profession that she perceived as lacking integrity. At the same time, she began learning about Chiropractic and the power of natural medicine. She decided to get a Doctor of Chiropractic degree instead of pursuing a Ph. D. in the sciences.

 

Dr. Kalie graduated cum laude from Life University in Marietta Georgia in 2001. She went back to Pennsylvania to practice where she owned private practices until 2014.

 

In 2012, Dr. Kalie pursued another passion. She started studying Functional Medicine and received her certification in Functional Medicine. She really enjoys helping people using Functional Medicine protocols, as it brings together her degrees of microbiology, biochemistry and her chiropractic education.

 

Functional Medicine helps people who have chronic health conditions to get to the root cause of their health condition. Functional medicine uses blood work and other functional medicine laboratories to uncover problems that are typically covered up with medication in conventional medicine. Functional medicine practitioners will help patients by utilizing lifestyle, dietary, environmental changes in order to support the body and bring the body back to balance. Some of the conditions that are helped by functional medicine are thyroid conditions, diabetes, autoimmune conditions, hormonal issues, gut issues, weight gain, and migraines.

 

In 2019, Dr. Kalie started a virtual business where she helps patients from all over the world to reverse thyroid conditions naturally using functional medicine protocols. You can learn more about that here.

 

In 2020, Dr. Kalie received her license to practice chiropractic in Florida.

Dr. Kalie is currently studying to get her acupuncture certification in the state of Florida. She will be adding that to the services she provides in the near future.

 

In her spare time,  Dr. Kalie likes working out.  She enjoys weight training, spinning, and yoga. She also enjoys reading, going to the beach, and spending time with her husband Dave.