A Corvallis-based Doctor of Chiropractic, founder of Body of Health Chiropractic & Wellness Center, and the first chiropractor ever to work with Oregon State University Athletics. Past director of the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners. Gubernatorial appointee to the Oregon Board of Chiropractic Examiners. Trusted by collegiate athletes, professional athletes, and Olympians — and by 10,000+ neighbors here in the mid-Willamette Valley.
Dr. Young has called Corvallis home for most of his life, and he's not going anywhere. That's not a small thing in a town with a steady churn of residents passing through Oregon State. The clinic he built in 2008 has been serving the same neighborhoods, families, athletes, and small businesses for 18 years — and is built to do so for many more.
Most chiropractic still leans on a 19th-century theory of "subluxation" and "innate intelligence." Dr. Young doesn't. The practice operates squarely as a musculoskeletal medicine clinic: evidence-based chiropractic care, manual and instrument-assisted spinal manipulation, soft tissue therapy, shockwave therapy, rehabilitation, and patient education — applied to the conditions where the research actually supports them.
That shows up in how visits run: a real history, a focused physical exam, imaging only when clinically warranted, and a plan that's tied to objective progress instead of a pre-paid visit count. Patients leave understanding their problem, not just hoping their provider does.
Dr. Young is a three-time graduate of University of Western States in Portland, Oregon — one of the country's leading evidence-based chiropractic programs:
The functional-medicine master's, completed nearly a decade into practice, reflects the same instinct that runs through the rest of the work: don't stop at the manual exam — understand the patient's whole physiology when it matters to the case in front of you. The Primary Spine Practitioner program through Pitt is the evidence-based primary-spine-care certification used by chiropractors, PTs, and MDs to coordinate first-contact spine care — a clinical standard for the kind of co-management Dr. Young already practices with PTs and orthopedists in Corvallis and Albany.
Dr. Young distinguished himself as the first chiropractor ever to work with the Oregon State University Athletic Department — a partnership that began in 2011 and is still going 15 seasons later. Every week, he works side-by-side with the OSU athletic trainers, treating Beavers athletes across football, baseball, basketball, track and field, and the rest of the program.
That clinical track record extends well past Corvallis. Dozens of professional athletes and even Olympians have trusted Dr. Young for injury care, return-to-play decisions, and the kind of details that separate "back on the field" from "back on the field at full strength." Same standards he brings to every patient — just at a sharper edge.
Dr. Young is one of the leaders in the chiropractic profession — recognized at both the state and national level for service that goes well beyond his own practice. That work has included service with the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (NBCE), the Oregon Board of Chiropractic Examiners (OBCE), and the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards (FCLB) — the bodies that set standards for licensure, discipline, and the exams every chiropractor in the country must pass to practice.
Beyond the practice, Dr. Young is a respected teacher. He has served as faculty at Oregon School of Massage and at Linn–Benton Community College, and he teaches continuing education classes for other chiropractors and chiropractic assistants. The same instinct — explain clearly, root it in the evidence, treat the audience as intelligent adults — runs through both the classroom work and every patient encounter.
"We teach as much as we treat" isn't a slogan — it's the reason Dr. Young hosts PTCH Podcast at PTCHPodcast.com, posts study breakdowns on TikTok and YouTube, and writes deep-dive articles on the topics patients actually ask about. The goal: make accurate, practical, evidence-informed musculoskeletal information available outside the four walls of the clinic.
Respected by his peers. Appointed by the Governor. Trusted by Olympians. Still answering the phone in a clinic on NW 23rd Street in Corvallis, treating his neighbors. Dr. Young operates at a high level — and he treats every patient that way, whether you're a Beaver, a veteran, a parent with a sore back, or someone who just got rear-ended on Highway 20.
