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Dr. Richard Lindwall D.C., known to his patients as Dr. Rick, is a 1983 graduate of the University of California at Irvine with a B.S. in Biology.  He graduated in 1986 from the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic, now renamed the Southern California University of Health Sciences.  His honors include graduating summa cum laude as well as the Delta Sigma Honorary Honors Scholastic Society.  

He is certified by the Spine Research Institute of San Diego (www.srisd.com) for the treatment of whiplash associated disorder and in Automobile Crash Forensic Risk Analysis.  He also has advanced training in chiropractic pediatrics.  He was the volunteer team chiropractor for the athletes of the local California university for many years.  

He opened Southridge Chiropractic in 1991 when he and his family were living in the community and has been a presence in Southridge since 1987.  His practice is family oriented with an emphasis on spinal wellness and how it relates to overall wellness.  He has treated thousands of men, women and children ranging in age from the date of birth to well into the 90's.  As he likes to point out, whatever you have he has probably seen it before, performing over 2 million adjustments in his career thus far.  

With regard to community involvement, Dr. Rick organized the first Neighborhood Watch in Southridge acting as a liaison between the Fontana Police Department and the individual Neighborhood Watch Captains.  In this capacity he organized and chaired quarterly community meetings helping to unite the community.  He was made an honorary Girl Scout having sponsored a local troop for several years, aiding in cookie drives, blood drives, and other fund raising events.  He was a Cub Scout Den Leader for Pack #567 for 5 years and then became an Assistant Scout Master of Troop #778 in charge of the high adventure outdoor program.  For three years he was the booster club President of his daughter's high school softball team raising over $30,000 to build a new varsity field. He spent two years on the Boundary Review Committee for the Fontana Unified School District.  Dr. Rick was a softball coach for Southridge Little League for five years, including managing their 11-12 year old All Star team to District and Section Titles.  Finally, he was the Principal For The Day at Oak Park Elementary School in Southridge, an honorarium to thank him for his time, commitment, and devotion to the children of the school.  

He has been married to his best friend since they were 19 and 18 years old, respectively.  Diana is a School Psychologist.  Together they have two children and three grandchildren.  His daughter earned her Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics and is a college professor.  His son has a B.S. in bio-medical engineering, a Masters in Business Administration, and is a law school graduate.  And of his grandchildren...Dr. Rick would say..."They have my heart!  I see them all the time and babysit them nearly every week."  

As you can see from the photo Dr. Rick is an outdoorsman, loving hiking, skiing, and especially SCUBA diving, earning a Master Diver Certification.  He volunteer dives for www.ReefCheck.org acting as a citizen scientist helping to monitor the health of our west coast reef habitat.


 


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Elena has been with Dr. Rick since 2003.  She is his lead chiropractic assistant (C.A.) running the front desk in the morning during patient hours as well as being in charge of billing and collections during non-patient hours.  She is bilingual in Spanish.   

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​Betty was a patient of Dr. Ricks for 13 years before sitting on the other side of the desk since 2013. She is Dr. Ricks chiropractic assistant (C.A.) running the front desk in the afternoon/evening hours.

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Irene is a Certified Massage Therapist since 2009, specializing in sciatic nerve pain, acupressure, and deep tissue massage. She is trained and experienced in numerous massage techniques and has been working in the health care field since 1992. She is bilingual in Spanish.
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Yolanda wrote:
     
     I used to suffer severe headaches and migraines on a daily basis, usually all day.  I managed to work in an office because I had to.  When I went home at the end of the day I would often close the shades and go to bed.  I could not plan weekend events because I simply never knew how I was going to feel tomorrow.  If there were a special event such as a birthday or wedding, I would begin to medicate myself two weeks in advance to give myself the best chance of making the event.
     Friends and fellow church-goers had been trying to get me to see Dr. Rick for some time before I finally gave in.  Looking back, I don’t know why I waited.  Within a month, I was headache free.  I couldn’t remember what it was like to not feel pain.  I could do whatever I wanted and not live in fear of the headache.  This was a miracle for me, but the story does not end here.
     An opportunity came up for us to adopt a newborn baby girl not long after I began chiropractic care.  This baby was particularly important to me and my husband because her mother is a relative.  Tragically, her mother was also a drug user and did drugs during her pregnancy.  If we could not adopt the baby she would have been put into the foster system since the biological mother was incapable of raising her.
     To keep a long story short, we did adopt her and she is doing fantastically.  There is no sign of any effect of the drugs on her as of yet, and with God’s help, there never will be.  We think that is because of the vast amounts of love and attention she gets from us, her real mommy and daddy.
     What does this have to do with chiropractic?  The reality is that without chiropractic, I would still be nearly an invalid with headaches.  I COULD NOT HAVE TAKEN CARE OF AN INFANT OR RAISED A YOUNG CHILD.  THEREFORE, SHE WOULD NOT HAVE ANY OF THE OPPORTUNITIES IN LIFE THAT MY HUSBAND AND I WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR HER.  MY DAUGHTER’S LIFE IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE SOMEBODY MADE ME GO TO A CHIROPRACTOR. 
     You need to tell everyone you know what you know about chiropractic.  Who knows who’s life you will change too.
Andrew's mother, Barbara, wrote:

     Hello, My name is Andrew and I am a happy, healthy one year old.  But I wasn’t so happy or healthy when I first met Dr. Rick a few months ago.  I had been having problems with my ears for four months, I couldn’t sleep at night and I was miserable.  We’d been to the doctor lots of times but nothing was helping.  In fact, all the medicines the doctor had tried seemed to make me worse instead of better!  Both the regular doctor and the Ear-Nose and Throat doctor said that if the antibiotics didn’t work, then they’d just have to put tubes in.  Now my Mom and dad weren’t about to let them do surgery on me, especially since they had been reading and learned that tubes can cause more problems than they solve.  My mom and dad did a lot of praying.  Then my mom heard that sometimes babies who have a traumatic birth like mine have ear trouble.  You see when I was born they used a vacuum extractor and forceps to pull me out.  I guess all that yanking on my head, hurt my neck.  She also heard that chiropractic care can be the answer.  Now she was skeptical because she couldn’t imagine a chiropractor helping ear infections!?!  But at that point she was willing to try anything!!  Happily, a few weeks of adjustments and my ears were all cleared up.  In addition, I no longer had a stiff neck or shoulders and my whole personality was happier.  I have to tell all babies who have ear troubles, don’t let them give you tubes until you at least try chiropractic care first.  After all, it can’t hurt and if you’re like me, you could be perfectly well with no drugs and no surgery.  In my family, we thank God for Dr. Rick, because I feel better, my mom and dad are happier and sometimes, I even sleep through the night.