Biography
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LA JOLLA CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH CENTER
Michael B. Ackerman, D.C. LA JOLLA, CA.
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Dr. Michael B. Ackerman pursued his undergraduate studies in pre-medicine and psychology at
Whitman College in Washington State. During these years in college, he developed an early
interest in exercise physiology and physical education, desiring to further his knowledge and
teaching abilities while operating a campus karate school as a second degree black-belt instructor.
Two years after graduation from college with a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology, Dr. Ackerman's
interests in a more wholistic and preventative approach to medicine led to a decision to enter
graduate school at the National University of Health Sciences, Chicago, Illinois. In addition to a very
demanding course load over the next five years of schooling, he worked as a teaching assistant for
more than a dozen different courses, instructing in laboratories in the departments of Anatomy,
Radiology, Biomechanics, and Orthopedics.
As a result of this teaching involvement, Dr. Ackerman received the honor of being published in a
nationally recognized textbook of chiropractic clinical technique. Following a one-year internship at
Chicago General Health Services, Dr. Ackerman graduated as Class Valedictorian in 1986, receiving
two degrees: Bachelor of Science in Human Biology and Doctor of Chiropractic Medicine. After
graduation, the college faculty asked Dr. Ackerman to accept a full-time teaching position in the
Department of Pathology, but he declined their offer.
In the succeeding two years, Dr. Ackerman entered an associateship in a sports medicine practice
in New Orleans, Louisiana. During this time, he treated amateur, collegiate, and professional
athletes from most sports backgrounds, including the New Orleans Saints football team, the Delta
Festival Ballet Company, national body building title holders, international martial arts champions,
tri-athletes, gymnasts, pro-golfers, pro-bowlers, etc. Dr. Ackerman grew to become known as a
lecturer on sports medicine, nutrition, and injury prevention at such places as the University of
New Orleans, The National Physique Conference (NPC) Southern Regional Symposium, numerous
martial arts schools, industries, and athletic clubs.
In 1988, Dr. Ackerman moved to Monterey, California, where he practiced as director of the Sports
and Family Chiropractic Center, a clinic which operated with an average of eight employees,
including associate doctors, massage therapists/physiotherapy aids, an exercise physiologist
athletic-trainer, and front office support personnel. This clinic was well-known and successful,
offering state-of-the-art care in sports medicine, nutrition, and wholistic family practice. However,
Dr. Ackerman also had a strong need to achieve a sense of a deep spiritual success in life, which
up to this point he did not feel he had satisfied.
Thus, in 1994 he decided to fulfill a long awaited dream and chose a radical new path in his career:
Dr. Ackerman sold his home and practice, and moved to India. There he had the great privilege of
studying under a world-renowned spiritual teacher by the name of "Ammachi" (The Holy Mother),
while having an opportunity to perform volunteer medical work in Her charitable institution. Over a
period of three years, Dr. Ackerman experienced a deep inner transformation and a remarkable
opening of intuitive abilities, which fundamentally changed his approach to life as well as his
approach to healing.
With the wealth of knowledge and experience acquired in India, and with Ammachi's blessings, Dr.
Ackerman returned to the West and established his present clinic in March of 1997, in La Jolla,
California, The Center for Depth Healing. He now sees patients personally at this location, and also
works by phone with people from around the United States and Europe. In addition to treating his
patients’ physical and nutritional health needs, Dr. Ackerman also offers people a rare opportunity
to understand and remove the inner psychological stress and emotional root causes of their pain.
This approach brings about a lasting and more profound healing of the whole person, addressing
the deeper underlying emotional wounds which relate to their outward physical symptoms. Dr.
Ackerman now achieves more rapid results with a wider scope of his patients' health problems
through wedding Eastern and Western medicine into a unique and powerful synthesis for wholistic
healing--going beyond the boundaries of most available mainstream and alternative healing
therapies.
Whitman College in Washington State. During these years in college, he developed an early
interest in exercise physiology and physical education, desiring to further his knowledge and
teaching abilities while operating a campus karate school as a second degree black-belt instructor.
Two years after graduation from college with a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology, Dr. Ackerman's
interests in a more wholistic and preventative approach to medicine led to a decision to enter
graduate school at the National University of Health Sciences, Chicago, Illinois. In addition to a very
demanding course load over the next five years of schooling, he worked as a teaching assistant for
more than a dozen different courses, instructing in laboratories in the departments of Anatomy,
Radiology, Biomechanics, and Orthopedics.
As a result of this teaching involvement, Dr. Ackerman received the honor of being published in a
nationally recognized textbook of chiropractic clinical technique. Following a one-year internship at
Chicago General Health Services, Dr. Ackerman graduated as Class Valedictorian in 1986, receiving
two degrees: Bachelor of Science in Human Biology and Doctor of Chiropractic Medicine. After
graduation, the college faculty asked Dr. Ackerman to accept a full-time teaching position in the
Department of Pathology, but he declined their offer.
In the succeeding two years, Dr. Ackerman entered an associateship in a sports medicine practice
in New Orleans, Louisiana. During this time, he treated amateur, collegiate, and professional
athletes from most sports backgrounds, including the New Orleans Saints football team, the Delta
Festival Ballet Company, national body building title holders, international martial arts champions,
tri-athletes, gymnasts, pro-golfers, pro-bowlers, etc. Dr. Ackerman grew to become known as a
lecturer on sports medicine, nutrition, and injury prevention at such places as the University of
New Orleans, The National Physique Conference (NPC) Southern Regional Symposium, numerous
martial arts schools, industries, and athletic clubs.
In 1988, Dr. Ackerman moved to Monterey, California, where he practiced as director of the Sports
and Family Chiropractic Center, a clinic which operated with an average of eight employees,
including associate doctors, massage therapists/physiotherapy aids, an exercise physiologist
athletic-trainer, and front office support personnel. This clinic was well-known and successful,
offering state-of-the-art care in sports medicine, nutrition, and wholistic family practice. However,
Dr. Ackerman also had a strong need to achieve a sense of a deep spiritual success in life, which
up to this point he did not feel he had satisfied.
Thus, in 1994 he decided to fulfill a long awaited dream and chose a radical new path in his career:
Dr. Ackerman sold his home and practice, and moved to India. There he had the great privilege of
studying under a world-renowned spiritual teacher by the name of "Ammachi" (The Holy Mother),
while having an opportunity to perform volunteer medical work in Her charitable institution. Over a
period of three years, Dr. Ackerman experienced a deep inner transformation and a remarkable
opening of intuitive abilities, which fundamentally changed his approach to life as well as his
approach to healing.
With the wealth of knowledge and experience acquired in India, and with Ammachi's blessings, Dr.
Ackerman returned to the West and established his present clinic in March of 1997, in La Jolla,
California, The Center for Depth Healing. He now sees patients personally at this location, and also
works by phone with people from around the United States and Europe. In addition to treating his
patients’ physical and nutritional health needs, Dr. Ackerman also offers people a rare opportunity
to understand and remove the inner psychological stress and emotional root causes of their pain.
This approach brings about a lasting and more profound healing of the whole person, addressing
the deeper underlying emotional wounds which relate to their outward physical symptoms. Dr.
Ackerman now achieves more rapid results with a wider scope of his patients' health problems
through wedding Eastern and Western medicine into a unique and powerful synthesis for wholistic
healing--going beyond the boundaries of most available mainstream and alternative healing
therapies.
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Michael Ackerman has been in practice as a chiropractor in La Jolla, California, for 10 years of his 21 years in practice. Being a La Jolla Chiropractor
has been extremely rewarding for Dr. Michael Ackerman, and he is unique among the chiropractic doctors in La Jolla in that he has worked with
professional athletic teams, such as the New Orleans Saints, the Delta Festival Ballet Company, as well as collegiate and amateur athletes from most
sports backgrounds. Dr. Michael Ackerman enjoys practicing as a chiropractor by the sea in such a beautiful town as La Jolla, California, but he also
does healing consultations by phone with people from all over the country.
has been extremely rewarding for Dr. Michael Ackerman, and he is unique among the chiropractic doctors in La Jolla in that he has worked with
professional athletic teams, such as the New Orleans Saints, the Delta Festival Ballet Company, as well as collegiate and amateur athletes from most
sports backgrounds. Dr. Michael Ackerman enjoys practicing as a chiropractor by the sea in such a beautiful town as La Jolla, California, but he also
does healing consultations by phone with people from all over the country.