We were lucky to catch up with Philip Ryan recently and have shared our conversation below.

Philip, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Is there a heartwarming story from your career that you look back on?

It’s not necessarily from my career itself, but this story certainly helped to shape it. This December will be 26 years since I was diagnosed with an inoperable malignant brain tumor and was given just months to live. After 5 neurosurgeries and 16 rounds of chemo, my family pivoted down every holistic rabbit hole you can name; and largely because of the power of prayer, my supportive community, and those holistic practitioners and modalities, I’m still here.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

Ever since my medical journey as a child, I knew I was called to be a healer. Chiropractic seemed to fit the bill nicely, as I had autonomy to practice how I had always dreamed.
I provide the typical chiropractic adjustments to help combat physical pain of all varieties. That, alongside nutritional supplementation and utilization of the Neuro Emotional Technique, which seeks to remedy stress-induced pain.
In today’s day and age, people don’t just randomly get sick. There is always an underlying process in the body or reason why the person is in pain. I tell my patients I find my job is more of a detective than a doctor, insofar as I seek to uncover the true cause of dysfunction in the body.
I feel blessed that I can keep God at the center of what I do each and every day. I pray with patients, I laugh with them and cry with them. I really do feel this is more an anointing than just a job.
Lastly, I’m very blessed with an incredible family. I have a beautiful wife and an 18-month-old son at home who are my world, and I couldn’t be the doctor or man I am without them.

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

I remember my 16th round of chemo like it was yesterday.. It began like the 15 before it did, but then something went horribly wrong. I began convulsing and shaking-all the alarms were going off and suddenly a slew of nurses and doctors came to my aid.
My mother was with me that day. She felt incredibly helpless, but then all of a sudden, she was brought up above the room in an out-of-body experience. She felt more peace than she ever had before and she heard a crystal clear voice that said, “This miracle will come without any confusion as to why.”
That day changed the trajectory of my life forever. It was horribly scary but an absolute blessing in disguise that would shape the rest of my healing journey for the better.

Training and knowledge matter of course, but beyond that what do you think matters most in terms of succeeding in your field?

Honestly, I’ve learned most patients aren’t too impressed with knowledge. Every doctor goes to school. I try my darndest every day to be present with them. To truly listen. To exhibit empathy and compassion. And to treat them like a human being, not just another number.
Those attributes are of utmost importance to me both as a patient and a physician, and I find they’ve helped my success tremendously. People are fed up with the 5 minutes most doctors spend with them only to get gaslit and not actually heard. It’s high time we seek to transform the medical paradigm in this country, and you as patients should never settle for any less.

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