Dr. Emily Burgess, D.C., was born and raised in Nashville, TN. She began her healthcare career while in undergraduate studies at Middle Tennessee State University and completed her Bachelor of Science Nursing degree in 2005. While working at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, she worked in the adult MICU and was exposed to extreme cases of patients’ illnesses and witnessed how they can affect a person’s short and long term health. After a few years of working in the hospital setting and as a travel nurse in California and Virginia, Emily started receiving chiropractic care for personal back pain issues. That turning point led her journey into the healing modality of chiropractic care and helped her choose to further her expertise in healthcare that is drug-less, preventative and functionally based. Dr. Emily studied and obtained her Doctorate of Chiropractic degree at Life University in Atlanta, GA in 2013. After graduation, she took a big leap and moved to Oslo, Norway and worked in and helped open a chiropractic clinic for 5 years. Through her professional development, Dr. Emily has enjoyed serving in family practices that has given her a broad base of experience with a variety of patients and health conditions. Dr. Emily is certified in Full Spine and SOT chiropractic techniques; dry needling and class 4 medical laser. Utilizing her expertise and training, she has helped common youth sport injuries, sciatic pain and disc herniation dysfunctions, carpal tunnel, tendinitis, migraines, frozen shoulder, fibromyalgia, TMJ, torticollis, and scoliosis. And she enjoys seeing the difference in how routine chiropractic care enhances patients’ everyday activity and quality of life. One of her passion’s is working with infants, pediatrics, pregnancy and women’s health. She has helped numerous families and babies through chiropractic by educating on and providing spinal adjustments to their nervous system for relief of colic, breastfeeding issues, constipation, and ear infections. Dr. Emily believes everyone should have access to chiropractic care for preventative and relief healthcare. Dr. Emily feels that the most rewarding part of being in the chiropractic profession is to assist and watch people reach their optimal physical and mental well-being through non-invasive, safe and effective chiropractic adjustments.