DR. JOHN J. RIORDAN

In my early twenties I had two “eye opening” events in my life. The first one was literal. I received my first pair of eyeglasses. I still remember how amazed I was to see the world for the first time. It was so crisp and clear. I didn’t know that the world was so beautiful and distinct looking. I had gradually gotten used to blurry vision, and didn’t even know that it was not normal.

The second was in regards to my back. I was born with, or grew up with, scoliosis and was never diagnosed as a kid. I always had back pain, but I thought that was a normal part of life. My father decided to go back to school later in life. After I had left home he began chiropractic school. I had not even heard of “chiropractic” until then. I went to visit him one day, and he practiced on me. What a difference I felt. It was if my eyes were opened once again. There was life without back pain. I learned then that back pain was not normal!

Many times in my practice I have had patients tell me “Oh, that’s just my normal back pain.” My goal in life has been to open people’s eyes to the fact that back pain is not normal. I have seen time and time again patients discover this truth for themselves under my care. It is an awesome experience to see their eyes opened for the first time.

I’d like to share a little about myself. My name is Dr. John Joseph Riordan. My friends and patients usually call me “Doc” or Dr. John because my last name is difficult for most to pronounce. I prefer that, but just for the record it is pronounced “rear-done”.

I was born in Grants Pass, Oregon. I am the oldest of 13 children, 11 boys and 2 girls. We were always a very poor, but a very happy and close family. We lived there until I was in my freshman year of High School. It was then that my family decided to move closer to our Hawaiian roots {my grandmother is 1/2 Hawaiian}, and we moved to Hawaii. I fell in love with Hawaii and most especially the beach and the beautiful mountains. I graduated from High School there, and finished two years of college at Brigham Young University–Hawaii Campus.

I then had the opportunity of serving a two year mission for my church in Orange County, California. I learned Spanish and worked with the Hispanics in that area. It was one of the most rewarding times in my life being able to see the changes in people’s lives as they came to know their savior Jesus Christ. After completing my mission I moved to Kansas City, MO where my father was attending Chiropractic school. While there, I met a beautiful girl, and well, the rest is history. My wife and I have four children and seven grandkids.

We decided to move to Bloomington, Minnesota where I attended Northwestern College of Chiropractic. Upon graduation we moved to Phoenix, Arizona where I was able to use my Spanish frequently. I worked for a large Chiropractic group while there. I have never been afraid of work, and work I did. I worked almost eighty hours a week and gained a great deal of experience. I was able to perfect my adjusting skills on literally thousands and thousands of patients. I owe my gentle technique to those years as I had the opportunity of treating many car accident victims that were in extreme pain.

After almost five years in Arizona, my family and I decided it was time to move back to Oregon, and we returned to Grants Pass in 1997. What an eye opening experience to go from the flat, brown desert to the very green and beautiful mountains of Oregon.

I had my own practice in Southern Oregon for over 10 years. I thoroughly enjoyed my time in Oregon and was able to treat thousands of patients with a variety of conditions. I formed many great friendships while in Oregon and took with me many great experiences and memories. We decided that we wanted to live closer to my wife Ari’s family and so during the Fall of 2009 we sold the practice and relocated to the Kansas City area. After practicing for a few months in Shawnee, Kansas; I purchased the practice here in Warrensburg. Over the last few years we have grown exponentially and been able to successfully treat so many local Johnson County residents. We have relocated to a more spacious building recently and I have enjoyed making new memories and creating new friendships here in the Show Me State.

I have realized in the last few years what really matters in life: my God, my family and my health. I live my life accordingly. I serve my God, by serving others whenever possible. When I am not in my office it is family time. I thoroughly enjoy the time I have with my family.

I have found chiropractic to be extremely rewarding. I can’t help everybody, but I have been able to help almost everybody that has come into the office for care.

If you are new to chiropractic, or just have normal neck or back pain I invite you to give it a try. You may be surprised and possibly experience an eye opening event in your life.

Services

• Adjustments & Manipulation

• Electrical Muscle Stimulation

• Cryotherapy

• Massage

• Personal Injury

• Car Accident

• Therapeutic Exercise

• Ultrasound

• Interferential Electro-Therapy

• Microcurrent Therapy

• Spinal Decompression Machine