Dr. Kenneth Cushman was born and raised in mid-Michigan. From a young age, he has had the drive to work hard and be successful. As a young man, he developed a desire to run his own business someday and pursued an education in business. He graduated with a business degree from Baker College of Owosso in 2000.
Shortly after graduating, he injured his back pretty badly. He suffered for months under the care of a medical doctor who prescribed muscle relaxers and pain pills and told him not to see a chiropractor. Out of desperation he finally acquiesced to his mother’s request and saw her chiropractor. Miraculously, within two weeks his back pain was gone, and he had found a new purpose for his life. He immediately got his wife, Amanda, under care, and she responded so well that they both decided they needed to become Doctors of Chiropractic, in order to help others the way they had been helped.
Kenneth and Amanda chose to go to the place where chiropractic originated: Davenport, Iowa. Multiple cross-country moves and three babies later, they graduated from the prestigious Palmer College of Chiropractic. Upon graduating, Dr. Cushman knew that he desired the mentorship of training under a master in his chosen technique, Knee Chest Upper Cervical Specific Chiropractic. So he packed up his family and headed to the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains in Hendersonville, North Carolina, where he spent three years under the guidance of Dr. Henry Dallias. With his skills developed and experience under his belt; he decided to bring his family home to Michigan to open his own office.
The Cushmans prayed long and hard about what community they should serve, and decided to open up their chiropractic clinic, The Shiawassee Spinal Center, in Owosso, Michigan, in 2012. They quickly developed a strong connection to the community and found many ways to enjoy community involvement. Dr. Cushman never lost his passion for business. He has found joy in not only running his own successful clinic but also in mentoring other small business startups. Dedicated to bettering the local community, he serves on many local boards, including the Downtown Business Development board, the Welcome Home Veterans board, and several more.
Over the years, Dr. Cushman has grown his office, relocating to a bigger space, adding more chiropractic doctors, and adding personal training and percussive therapy programs. In recent years, Dr. Cushman has been able to shift his focus to mentorship and has had the joy of training chiropractic students in his own office through Palmer College’s Precepting program. His desire remains to bring the healing power of chiropractic care to as many people as possible.