Dr. Michael Eberle has been practicing chiropractic medicine for 30 years, but the Marysville practitioner realizes that increasing his knowledge will help him educate his patients on the benefits of wellness.

As part of his continuing quest for education, Eberle recently earned the prestigious status of Certified Chiropractic Wellness Practitioner (CCWP), one of the first doctors of chiropractic to successfully complete the comprehensive postgraduate educational program.

The wellness certification program, sanctioned by the International Chiropractors Association, offers an extensive curriculum of pertinent wellness research, patient care approaches and methods to maximize the clinical effectiveness of chiropractic care. The program enhances the discipline's holistic approach by including information in nutrition and natural health, wellness-directed physical fitness, and emotional health.

"Chronic illness comes from chronic lifestyle choices," said Dr. Eberle. "What I try to teach my patients is how lifestyle choices interact with genetics to determine our sense of well-being."

The local chiropractor continued, "Most illnesses are not a result of bad luck, bad germs or bad genes. Rather they're caused by bad choices."

"The CCWP Certification gives practitioners practical research and science-based data in a growing field that is increasingly relevant because it addresses important health issues in a context where chiropractors already excel," noted ICA president John K. Maltby, D.C. "Those who complete the curriculum are uniquely equipped to fill an important lifestyle and public health gap in their communities by becoming a sound, authoritative source of evidence-based wellness strategies."

Eberle is a 1977 graduate of the Palmer College of Chiropractic located in Davenport, Iowa. An active member of ICA Council on Wellness Science, Dr. Eberle is also a certified nutritional therapist. He currently practices at 1603 Third Street in Marysville. To contact Eberle Chiropractic, phone (360) 653-7333.