He is a graduate of Eastern Washington University and Western States Chiropractic College. He founded Hayden Lake Chiropractic in 1995. Postgraduate focus has been on treating painful disorders of the spine, as well as in the upper and lower extremity. His patients range from the athlete to the mill worker, from the corporate executive to the housewife, and from the senior citizen to the infant. His proudest accomplishments include his marriage of over 20 years to his wife Jennifer and their two boys, Taylor and Cameron. He is a past finisher of the Coeur d’Alene Ironman Triathlon in 2008 and 2010, the Portland Marathon in 2007, the Rock and Roll Arizona Marathon in 2009 , the Chicago Marathon in 2011, as well as many half marathons, and local triathlons.