D.C. student

โ€œMovement is lifeโ€

Stephanie Fischer grew up in South Florida in a Hispanic household, living with her mother and her brother. She considers herself to be very family-oriented and keeps up with her family as much as she can. For her undergraduate degree, Fischer achieved a Bachelor of Science in Alternative Medicine from Everglades University in Boca Raton, Florida. Coincidentally, one of her favorite professors attended Life University (Life U) and โ€œplanted the seedโ€ for Fischer over time that she should consider furthering her education at Life U as a chiropractic student.

Since making the decision to move to Georgia and to enroll in the D.C. program, Fischer has thoroughly enjoyed engaging with the curriculum and โ€œlearning techniques, how to help future patients and learning how to become a doctor and a chiropractor.โ€

On campus, Fischer has become a regular member and attender of the Gonstead Club. The Gonstead Club at Life U is a technique club that teaches a method to analyze and adjust the spine with specificity and certainty, centered on the recognized methods developed by Dr. Clarence Gonstead, a world-renowned chiropractor considered to be a founder of modern chiropractic care. Fischer underwent the Gonstead Clubโ€™s Candidate training in Summer Quarter 2022 to prepare for the clubโ€™s rigorous exam in Fall Quarter 2022, her seventh quarter. This effort is in the hopes of becoming a Gonstead Club officer. She is also part of the MLS (Mastery, Love, Service) Club, a non-profit chiropractic club centered around creating educational opportunities that expand beyond the classroom. Fischer hopes to at some point have the chance to take on a facilitator role there as well.

In her free time, Fischer promotes healthy fun in a unique way as a Group Fitness and Zumba Instructor, currently for L.A. Fitness, but she has been a dance instructor for many years in different places.

โ€œItโ€™s my stress relief. I get to be free when I teach. Iโ€™m a big dork while teaching, so it allows me to express that even more,โ€ explained Fischer.

When asked if she thought if there is any intersection between Chiropractic and dance, Fischer noted that it is โ€œmovement of the spine itself and the body.โ€

โ€œMovement is life. Without movement, youโ€™re dead,โ€ Fischer joked. โ€œEven if you do a little bit, just dancing in the corner or up front like me, youโ€™re moving around, and thatโ€™s whatโ€™s important.โ€

 

 

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