Meet the Doctor

Dr. Michelle A. Trumps
Chiropractic Physician
Occupational Therapist

Dr. Trumps is a Doctor of Chiropractic and LSU Medical Center graduate with an Occupational Therapy (OT) degree. She provided OT via direct care in hospitals, rehab settings, outpatient clinics and at patient homes, before completing a chiropractic degree program and opening her clinic in 2001.

With 28 years of clinical experience, Dr. Trumps is well-equipped to help relieve your pain, then improve your body’s ability to respond to your life.

A consultation with her is entertaining and informative.  And potentially life changing.

Her treatment protocols are particularly effective in healing soft tissue injuries, as well as complicated pain syndromes from traumatic injury, including traumatic brain injury and headaches, multiple fractures and vertigo, for which she is recognized as a treatment specialist.

In fact, Dr. Trumps' unique clinical experience in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation has earned her a reputation as a "cleanup batter" for lingering patient complaints.

She uses a whole person approach when treating patients.  By combining superior hands-on techniques and state of the art procedures and technology, and providing nutritional and other lifestyle recommendations to support wellness, Dr. Trumps can help you accelerate and maintain your journey to optimum health.

Education

• Parker Chiropractic College: Doctorate of Chiropractic, B.S. in Anatomy.  Dallas, Texas, 1999-2001
• Louisiana State University: Completion of pre-med requirements for chiropractic school admission.  Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1997-1999
• Tomatis Developpement SA (formerly Tomatis International).  Certification as Tomatis Consultant, Tomatis Listening Training Program.  Paris, France, 1991-1994
  
• Louisiana State University Medical Center: B.S. in Occupational Therapy.  School of Allied Health Professionals, Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Louisiana, 1978-1982
  
  

Pioneering Achievements

• Established first Home Health Program in VA Hospital System - Sepulveda, California, 1982
  
• Established treatment protocols in the first Neonatal ICU at Kaiser Permanente - Van Nuys, California, 1982-1983
  
• Owned Occupational and Physical Therapy contract service, with 35 part-time and full-time therapists in 15 facilities; established Occupational Therapy departments at Mercy, Humana and St. Jude Hospitals - Greater New Orleans, Louisiana, 1984-1991
  
• Provided Sensory Integration services for children, including those with diagnoses of Cerebral Palsy, Traumatic Brain Injury, Pervasive Developmental Delay, Learning Difficulties, Dyslexia and Autism - Metairie, Louisiana, 1991-1997
  
• Private Wellness Practice, integrating Chiropractic Activator Method Protocols, Torque Release Technique; Nutrition Counseling (Blood Type and Genotype Diets); Education in principles and practices of Energy Conservation, Work Simplification and Body Mechanics; and Listening Tests, Consultations and Programming using the Tomatis Listening Method and the Enlisten Method - Metairie, Louisiana, 2001 to present