Dr. Summer Shanfar, D.C.

With more than 20 years of experience, Summer Shanfar D.C. is one of the few chiropractors who has practiced in the Unites States and also in Europe. She is licensed in California and Norway.
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Dr. Summer Shanfar
SUMMER SHANFAR, D.C.
Doctor of Chiropractic

About Dr. Shanfar

Dr. Shanfar also has experience as a college professor of Anatomy. Her education includes a Doctorate of Chiropractic plus a year of special training in Norway. Her Training also includes Yogaworks teacher training, sports rehabilitation, neuro-emotional technique, sacro-cranial technique, flexion distraction technique, Russian cupping Therapy, as well as adjusting pediatrics, infants and pregnant women. She has also served for four years as a QME (Qualified Medical Examiner) for the state of California.

Dr. Shanfar has many years of experience working in collaboration with other specialty doctors when necessary, such as Medical doctors, Orthopedic surgeons, Osteopaths, and Acupuncturists for the purpose of creating optimum results.

Dr. Shanfar also comes from an athletic background. Starting with competitive swimming at a very young age. Her favorite sports include skiing, cycling, swimming, hiking and yoga. Dr. Shanfar has been teaching and conducting Yoga workshops for almost ten years. Her expertise in yoga includes prenatal yoga, basic yoga for healing, and yoga flow, which is a more active from of yoga.

All of her yoga programs are designed to focus on gently opening the larger joints of the body, such as the spine, shoulders and hips, to help create more flexibility and reduce stiffness and tension.

Dr. Shanfar believes that educating patients about their body can be a great way of minimizing the risks of everyday micro injuries. These injuries can include long term suffering from conditions such as head aches, neck pain, middle back pain, lower back pain, sciatica pain, knee pain, shoulder pain, arm pain, leg pain, foot, and ankle pain, and carpal tunnel pain.

The video below shows Dr. Shanfar when she worked at OK Klinikken in Oslo, Norway.

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What Our Patients Say

  • "Dr. Shanfar is truly one of those people who is genuinely concerned about her patients' well being and overall health."
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  • "I find Dr. Shanfar's treatment style very refreshing such that she listens to the needs of the patient, and tries to heal me from within,.."
    5 Google stars
    Celine W.
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  • "I'm noticing a huge shift in my body and I am grateful for Dr. Shanfar's technique. She's a blessing."
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    Fee K.
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  • "Dr. Shanfar is very effective. I was suffering from neck, shoulder, shoulder blade, knees and lower back pain from a car collision."
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    Kenny M.
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  • Summer has helped me with my hip, knee, shoulders and back since my motorcycle accident. She does a good job and has helped me a lot which is why I keep going back to her!
    5 Google stars
    Russell S.
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