Jeanne Bangtson, D.C., was born in a small town in Illinois and grew up in Wisconsin. You can feel her small-town upbringing in her caring and extensive office visits and follow ups.
Dr. Bangtson is a graduate of National College in Chicago, Ill., receiving her Doctor of Chiropractic degree. Dr. Bangtson received her Certification in Functional Diagnostic Medicine from the Institute of Functional Medicine in 1994. She is board-eligible for her Diplomate in Orthopedics and has studied extensively in Sports Medicine. Dr. Bangtson is also a Diplomate of Ayurveda which is an ancient healing philosophy that all medicine originated.
Dr. Bangtson's clinical practice covers nearly 40 years. For 15 years, Dr. Bangtson focused on sports medicine, treating LPGA tour players, St. Louis Cardinal players and members of the Tampa Bay Lightning. She was also a physician for Olympic Volleyball team, the Beach Volleyball Olympic trials and the Olympic Greco Roman wrestling team.
She owned and operated the first and largest integrative practice in Florida. Dr. Bangtson is considered an expert on the multi-disciplinary treatment of chronic pain and inflammation, and many chronic illnesses and diseases that a singular/allopathic approach often fails to resolve, such as Lyme disease, conditions from mold, fibromyalgia and chronic autoimmune diseases. Always searching for new avenues and cutting-edge treatments, Dr. Bangtson consults with doctors throughout the world.
She is also extensively trained in DNA evaluation, which impacts overall health and chronic illness. She is a graduate of Harvard Mind Body Institute's "Healing and Spirituality" under the direction of Herbert Benson, M.D., a pioneer in the field. This informs her holistic approach using the true Health Triangle, which addresses chemical, physical/structural and mind body medicine with the addition of the new field of epigenetics.
She lectures on the genetic, nutritional and systems biology considerations that affect health. She is currently coauthoring a book with Dr. Kevin Soden on integrative health and spirituality.
Dr. Bangtson retired early but in 2015 was convinced by Dr. Leonhardt, her physician, to join Peaks of Health Metabolic Center. Peaks embodies all of Dr. Bangtson's previous years of integrative healing and more as it continues to grow, making it an easy decision.