“Each patient carries his own doctor inside him. They come to us not knowing that truth. We are at our best when we give the doctor who resides within each patient a chance to work.” ~Albert Schweitzer, M.D.
 

Dr. Nicholas A. Tivoli and Dr. Joan P. Norton are graduates of Sherman College of Chiropractic. They are much sought after as two of the nation’s few Network Spinal Analysis chiropractors, a rapidly growing group of highly-educated, highly-intuitive healing facilitators who have learned how to free the body of obstructions to its innate healing power.

Dr. Norton and Dr. Tivoli have refined and integrated dozens of healing techniques into their practice, such as Cranial-Sacral, Kinesiology, Palmer, Logan Basic, Gonstead, Diversified, Cerebral Spinal Fluid Technique, Network Spinal Analysis, Bio-Geometric Integration (BGI), Bio-Energetic Synchronization Technique (BEST), JIW (Deepak Chopra), Torque Release, Directional Non-Force Technique (DNFT), and others such as directional non-force adjustments. Dr. Norton and Dr. Tivoli are devoting their lives to helping individuals reconnect, naturally and safely, with their own internal healing forces.

Dr. Norton and Dr. Tivoli are committed to educating the public, through a lecture series, and in print, about methods that promote strengthening the body’s own miraculous healing system.


Joan’s Story

Strange as it may sound, a heart attack saved my life. I had suffered with a host of ailments for years including migraines, allergies, lack of energy and a number of other bothersome symptoms. I sought medical advice, but my doctors simply prescribed one medication and then another. The medications did little for my symptoms and instead caused further complications and often impaired my ability to function. Since my state of “dis-ease” was not being properly listened to by means of this set of symptoms, it expressed itself instead in the form of a heart attack.

My heart attack at age 35 initially left me terrified. A single mother, I agonized over whether I would be able to care for my 9 year-old daughter. What if I could never work again?

Three months after my heart attack, I developed an excruciatingly stiff and painful neck and decided to start seeing a chiropractor that was recommended to me by a friend. How thankful I am now for this string of events, for the pain in my back and neck brought me into the world of chiropractic --- a world I had previously known nothing about.

Several sessions after I started seeing a chiropractor, I began noticing that my migraine headaches had disappeared. A month later I no longer needed my allergy shots. Several months after that, I was off all heart medication. Two weeks after all those symptoms vanished, my neck finally felt at-ease. I felt such joy and awe at the healing power of my body. I had been given my life back!

My intense desire to give back to others for all I had received led me to work as an administrator for my chiropractor. Meanwhile, a friend of mine had started practicing Network Chiropractic, a subtle yet powerful form of chiropractic, which I decided to explore. To my amazement, Network Chiropractic literally changed my life. I was not only getting physical relief, I was also experiencing for the first time the fullness of what chiropractic had promised – uniting man the physical with man the spiritual.

So important were my Network adjustments to me that I would make a ten-hour drive to Indianapolis in order to be adjusted for one week of each month and did this for about two years.

Because I had experienced such deep transformations from the Network process and had watched others benefit greatly as well, I began considering going back to school in order to practice Network Chiropractic myself. It was certainly one of the most difficult decisions I had ever contemplated --- the idea of going back to school at my stage in life seemed daunting. Nonetheless, the voice of my heart was so persistent and the power of this work so clear to me that I finally decided to take the leap.

At age 45, I returned to school to become a doctor of Chiropractic. At 53, I graduated from Sherman College of Chiropractic in South Carolina where classmate Nicholas Tivoli and I deepened our rapport. We formed a partnership and took another leap, setting up practice in Tucson --- a city where we knew no one.

Once again, following the heart’s intuition proved a good thing. Today our practice is flourishing. Every day we see profound, even miraculous changes in practice members. We continue to marvel at the body’s amazing capacity to heal itself when obstructions and interference patterns are released. It is a great joy and blessing to do this work, not only because it is a profound and honoring process, but also because it is the most effective method I know of for helping individuals achieve their maximum potential in health and wholeness.



Nicholas’ Story

All my life, I had adored my older brother Michael. He was my hero. When Michael attended Chiropractic College, I followed. But then a tragic event occurred that reshaped my life --- just three days before his graduation from chiropractic school, my brother was murdered. Overwhelmed by grief, I began to question my whole life. Was chiropractic really my calling or had I been simply following in my brother’s footsteps?

It was during this dark night of the soul that Joan convinced me to try Network Chiropractic. She told me of its effectiveness in helping the body-mind release energy-blockages (subluxations) that occur from physical and emotional imprints. I decided to follow her recommendation to try Network Chiropractic – I am forever grateful that I did.

Although I had worked with a variety of other healing modalities (i.e. psychology, body-work and eastern healing traditions), none of these modalities reached me as quickly and as deeply as did Network. The adjustment process allowed me to work through my unexpressed rage at the loss of my brother and to eventually find peace and ease in my body and life. Although the process of learning to trust my body’s own wisdom was at times difficult, the result of the process was a freedom and clarity like I had never experienced before.

In addition to releasing my grief, I also became clear about my life’s purpose. I had realized that the dream to help others in their journey toward health and wholeness was indeed my heart’s desire --- a dream inspired by my brother --- yet one that emerged from the depths of my own heart as well. I, like Joan, had experienced such deep physical as well as emotional healing from this process that I too decided to train as a Network Chiropractor.

When Joan and I first moved to Tucson to start our practice, we faced countless challenges. For the first year and one half, I drove a cement truck by day and delivered pizza at night so that Joan could keep the office open. Yet our commitment to manifesting our dream was unwavering. Today we are rewarded for that commitment by the many testimonials of practice members who share with us their stories of healing, growth and transformation.

Our partnership has yielded unexpected benefits. Our difference in age and gender help to meet the varying preferences of new practice members as well as provides a unique synergy that complements the healing process. Joan and I also make sure that we adjust each other every day --- sometimes several times a day. We have found that these regular adjustments are indispensable for keeping our nervous systems clear from interference --- thus allowing us to be more effective in assisting practice members on their healing journeys.

Network Chiropractic has changed my life on both a physical and spiritual level so dramatically that I feel there is really no other choice for me than to practice chiropractic in this manner. Doing anything else would seem like I was giving less than I have received.