Inspiring Conversations with Derek Pham of Pham Chiropractic Pantherys

Today we’d like to introduce you to Derek Pham. 

Hi Derek, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today.
Ever since I was a child, I remember being outside, the good ole days, too much of my youth. I would be in the backyard moving my body, spinning around, twisting, and squatting, and do all kinds of movement pattern that a child would do. I remember we would have a lemon tree or a guava tree and I would use a stick to bat the fruits into the backyard. It was so much fun, trying to get the timing down and figuring out what position, and how to accurately hit the fruit as far as possible. It was such an innocent, and peaceful period when I was in a state of flow and being a kid! This story was how it all begin for me as a chiropractic sports rehabilitation doctor. 

As I grew older, for some reason I was always pulled toward movement and movement therapy whether it was incorporated into sports like football, basketball, wrestling, track, and field, running, rock climbing, or swimming. I guess for me movement was like an art, a music, a dance for others. It gave me a feeling of peace, joy, and excitement. To discover how different part of the human body connects, moves and works together. How the different relationships within the body system and how it interrelate to affect each aspect. It was a joy that I took with me into my doctoral program, my practice, and now happily being able to provide the service for others in need! 

I’m sure you wouldn’t say it’s been obstacle free, but so far would you say the journey has been a fairly smooth road?
I think it has been a challenge! Fun but challenging, and I think it took me a period of time to realize what I was in for. Much of the time we go through life not realizing the importance of what we are doing or trying to achieve. But in retrospect now after almost nine years in personal practice and four, five years of doctoral studies I am understanding the body, and my work a little bit more. That’s why they call it practice, for a reason! I think I am finally hitting the sweet spot to where I am able to help a broad range of clinical cases, and it is so much more fun and fulfilling than just going through the motion! On a personal side, I think the last several years with the pandemic happening, a shift in my business, transitioning to being marry to my wife, and moving home. It was a busy several years personally, and sadly losing my sister to cancer in May this year really hit home. It made me appreciate and focus more on the importance of what I was doing, and to be able to help someone in chronic or acute pain is such an amazing vocation. 

Appreciate you sharing that. What should we know about Pham Chiropractic Pantherys Inc?
The mission for Pantherys Inc. is to promote health awareness and enhancing one’s quality of life. The symbol of Pantherys Inc. is a person in free fall motion expressing the idea of fluidity in body, mind, and spirit. The person in a free-fall state of being has unlimited potential to live in an environment of abundance, vibrancy, and to live as they please. I think the philosophy behind this is simple free to be and move as best as you can. 

At Pantherys Inc. We incorporate state-of-the-art technology with traditional hands-on chiropractic care to help free you from pain and take your life back. As specialists in preventative care, we believe in providing gentle and advanced chiropractic techniques to not only treat symptoms but more importantly to address the source of your physical problems. In addition, we have personalized coaching services that is focus on personal and physical growth! Progress over perfection! We focus on giving personalized attention, instruction, and motivation. Learn proper technique and form. Build a progressive plan with us as your coach. Easy-to-follow training plans with prescribed duration, intensity, and frequency. Sports nutrition, fueling, and hydration. Each session is tailored to the athletes’ needs, anything from running, high-intensity interval training, weightlifting, sports performance such as football, baseball, soccer, swim, dance, ballet, and so forth. 

What sets us apart is our core value of focusing on addressing the mindset, alignment, and nutrition, especially when it comes to health and fitness. We believe that the body is interconnected and that the more you become aware of your body the more you get a better sense of your internal strength, inner power, grace, calm and inner beauty. 

Our slogan is Making Changes, One Adjustment at a Time! 

Can you talk to us a bit about happiness and what makes you happy?
I find happiness and joy in appreciation of the small things in life. Spending time with my wife brings much happiness to me. My family and my parents especially because they are becoming older in age. My older brothers, and their children. My nieces and nephew whom I adore so much. Lately, I have been trying to learn how to crave and create a life worth living. Focusing on making small progress over perfection and leaning into my heart and faith more. Happiness in small doses in different aspects of my life, it’s a new journey for me! 

Contact Info:

• Website: pantherysinc.com