We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Dr. James and Dr. Anastasia Lander a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Dr. James and Dr. Anastasia , thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Have you ever had an amazing boss, mentor or leader leading you? Can you share with us a story or anecdote that helps illustrate why this person was such a great leader and the impact they had on you or their team?

We may be partial for this answer – but considering we are fortunate enough to own our own business and are married – our answer is – we currently have the best boss we ever had and will ever have!

Dr. James and Dr. Anastasia , before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

Dr. Anastasia: We are a husband and wife chiropractic team. Our office offers chiropractic and acupuncture services. We currently have 4 chiropractors, including ourselves, and one acupuncturist. Although we treat people of all ages and stages, our passion and focus is working with pregnant women, children, and infants. We assist our prenatal clientele with their journey during labor – from preconception to postnatal and beyond. Most people assume, that pregnancy is a painful and difficult time in their lives. We have over 15 years of experience where we have seen first hand that this does not have to be the case. Families under regular chiropractic care can have a pregnancy with minimal to no pain, shorter labor times, and easier recovery postpartum to allow them to spend time with their newborns. Our care doesn’t stop there. Once the infants are born we work with the infants and parents to help align everyone’s spine and clear out an interruptions to their nervous system that would contribute to anything from colic to constipation (for both parent and child), difficulty sleeping and any tension in the body. Dr. James: As an avid runner for the past 30+ years, we also work with a lot of athletes and people who love to be active. We pride ourselves in looking for the root cause of what is creating an issue and helping people stay active and healthy.

Do you think you’d choose a different profession or specialty if you were starting now?

Absolutely NOT! Dr. Anastasia’s response: My background was on Wall Street first as a trader and then as a broker and a chiropractor changed my daughter’s health and opened my eyes to the fact that we have the ability to take control of our lives – mind you this was over 25 years ago before the internet and WebMD! Once I got to chiropractic school, I understood how chiropractic can transform our health and I have never looked back. I absolutely love being a chiropractor and working with our community.

Dr. James’ respond: My background was as a high level distance runner and was considering going to school for physical therapy. After years of injuries, and specifically, one that kept me from running for three months, it was a chiropractor that took into consideration how the entire body works collectively and ultimately got me back running the very next day. This inspired me to go to chiropractic school and my focus has always been sports and helping others enjoy the the actives they love. As someone that competed in numerous races for over twenty years, I knew firsthand the importance of being able to stay active and injury free and how chiropractic care can assist. After ten years of practicing, more and more pregnant patients kept coming in and now I have expanded my focus to include prenatal as well as sports therapy.

How’d you meet your business partner?

Our business partner is also our spouse. As we previously mentioned we are a husband and wife chiropractic team. Ours was not the love at first sight story. We were acquaintances in chiropractic school, became friends and study partners while studying acupuncture, and at one point were roommates who even set each other up on dates. We always had a huge respect for one another and over the course of several years, we slowly realized that we has fallen in love. I know this sounds sappy, but it is our story. After years of being best friends it was hard for either of us to risk losing what we had but we finally went on a date and three weeks later were engaged and married less than 8 months later. Later this year will be our 12 year wedding anniversary and we have been married, best friends, and business partners ever since.    

Contact Info:

• Website: www.landerchiropractic.com
• Instagram: @landerchiro
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/landerchiropractic
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lander+chiropractic
• Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/biz/lander-chiropractic-brea

Image Credits
Photography by: Cathleen McGrath https://cathleenmcgrathphotography.com