Doctor of Chiropractic William H. Karl, founder and director of Karl Wellness Center & Chiropractic Clinic, isn’t shy about his passion for his profession. Seeing what he describes as “miracles” every day, he draws great satisfaction from helping patients work through health challenges with the goal of helping them enjoy a higher quality of life.

While growing up, Karl’s inquisitive mind led him to carry a small suitcase lled with things he might need for exploration and experiments in the natural world. In high school, he was called “Doc” by his peers for helping them through advanced science classes and occasionally teaching the class. During that time he also worked in a medical research laboratory with plans to study traditional medicine. After high school, he took over his father’s industrial electrical business which gave him experience running a company and income for his growing family.

He decided to pursue chiropractic after becoming inspired by a friend’s father who was a chiropractor and realizing that this natural form of health care had kept his family healthy for generations. Karl graduated from Sherman College of Chiropractic in 1980 and opened his own practice that same year. He incorporates his electrical engineering background into his current profession when explaining chiropractic concepts because electrical systems in the body run on similar principles.

Karl sees patients with a wide range of problems and believes that the best help is multifaceted. “Chiropractic is literally the backbone of our care. The spine connects the body with the brain, which puts out over 3 trillion nerve signals every second to run the body through a system of nerve bers that, if laid end-to-end, would wrap around the world at least once,” he explains. “We work with body systems and the brain, ensuring that joint spaces are moving freely, and then we see miracles.”

Another part of Karl’s adjustment is resetting the supportive structures holding the skeletal structure in place. Specialized ligaments, called discs, hold space between the vertebra. “When there’s damage to the body structure, the vertebra moves backward, right or left, often remaining in an unnatural position, causing interference with the normal transmission of electrical and hormonal signals through the body,” he says. “Discs can also move forward causing interference with the nerves that run the systems in the body. Returning these structures to their proper location and resetting the supportive tissues is vital to health. While nutrition and exercise are highly important, it is not possible to have a fully functioning body and optimal health unless structure is restored.”