About Dr. Brenda Trudell

Hello! My name is Dr. Brenda Trudell and first of all I would like to thank you for taking a few minutes out of your busy day and visiting our website. I hope that you find the information listed here helpful and interesting. I would like to start by telling you a little bit about myself and how I became interested in chiropractic. I am originally from Sauk City, WI and graduated from Sauk Prairie high school in 1995. I attended UW-Madison and it was there that I became interested in chiropractic. I had been involved in a couple of car accidents and suffered from severe TMJ, or jaw problems, and daily headaches. At the time I was deciding between Physician Assistant school or Pharmacy school and was completing my undergraduate requirements. I got very ill my junior year of school, and for six months I was shuttled from doctor to doctor and put on many different prescriptions and inhalers, although none of them helped and no one could really tell me what was wrong. In the meantime, I could hardly make it to class, and was in so much pain from my headaches and TMJ problems that I thought I would have to leave school for awhile. It was at that time I returned to my chiropractor and with two adjustments my whole world improved! My pain decreased dramatically and I was able to stop taking Advil everyday. My illnesses started to go away and I was able to walk to class without being out of breath. Everything started to function better and I could think more clearly as I could now stop taking the prescriptions I had been on. I had many discussions with my chiropractor about everything that happened, and he told me it was the power of chiropractic, and that my body had been given the chance to do what it does best: to heal itself. I decided then and there that I was going to be a chiropractor and switched my major.

After all this, I had another experience that was truly life changing and sealed the deal for me. About one month before I was to move to Iowa for chiropractic school, I had a terrible accident. I fell 35 ft while rock climbing at Devil’s Lake. As I was falling, all I could think about was that I wasn’t going to be able to fulfill my dream of becoming a chiropractor because I was going to be paralyzed. After I fell and realized I was alive and could move, I was amazed to discover that I hadn’t broken anything, although I could barely move my right shoulder. My brother Brad, who was there with me and witnessed the whole thing, got me down the rest of the hill and took me to the emergency room. The doctor took x-rays of my shoulder and found that it wasn’t broken but it was injured pretty badly and would take a number of weeks to heal. He gave me some pain pills and sent me home with a note to be excused from work. At the time, I was a patient at the Gonstead Clinic, and I called Dr. Schultz that night and told him what happened. He told me to come there to see him the next day. I was really banged up and in a lot of pain, but he adjusted me and I immediately felt some relief. I came in the next day to get adjusted and felt even better. I had to stop taking the pain pills because I was having an allergic reaction and they were making me itch, but it didn’t matter because his adjustments gave me so much relief that I didn’t need them! I was still sore and bruised, but my range of motion had improved and I could tell I was healing very quickly. I was back to work 6 days after the accident, and able to work out again just 3 weeks after it! I couldn’t believe how lucky I was, first, to be alive and not paralyzed, and second, that I went to a chiropractor and got my body realigned so that it could heal itself, without the use of drugs or surgery!! I knew it had to be some kind of sign, telling me that I had made the right decision about going to chiropractic school. I moved to Iowa and started classes that fall and I have never looked back. I truly believe that everything happens for a reason.

Education:

• Palmer College of Chiropractic: Graduated Feb 2006
  Doctor of Chiropractic Degree, Magna Cum Laude
• University Of Wisconsin-Madison: Graduated Dec 2000
  Bachelor of Arts-Psychology

Certifications:

• National Board of Chiropractic Examiners Parts I-IV
• National Board of Chiropractic Examiners Physiotherapy
• Wisconsin State License through Wisconsin Chiropractic Examining Board, April 2006

Member:

• American Chiropractic Association (ACA)
  
• Wisconsin Chiropractic Association (WCA)
  
• International Chiropractic Association (ICA)
  
• Pediatric Council of the International Chiropractic Association
  
• International Chiropractic Pediatric Association (ICPA)
  
• Doulas of North America (DONA)
  
• Doulas of South Central Wisconsin
  
• Trillium Natural Foods Community Co-op
  
• Mount Horeb Chamber of Commerce
  
• Mount Horeb Business Network
• Holistic Pediatric Association
• Sacro-Occipital Technique Association
• American Holistic Health Association
• American Pregnancy Association
• Holistic Mom's Network

Favorite Links:

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Techniques/Services:

• Sacro-Occipital Technique (SOT) soto-USA.org
  
• SOT Cranial, Pediatrics, CMRT, TMJ, Extremities
  
• Activator (activatormethods.com)
  
• Diversified
  
• Thompson
  
• Toggle
  
• Logan Basic
  
• Cox Flexion/Distraction
  
• Trigger Point Therapy
  
• Gonstead
  
• Applied Kinesiology
  
• Physiotherapy-active and passive
  
• Webster Technique Certification
  
• Canolith Repositioning Maneuver for Vertigo

Currently becoming certified in:

• SOT, SOT Peds, SOT Cranial
  
• Pediatrics Diplomate –a 3 yr post graduate curriculum specifically designed for treating pregnant women, infants and children.

Dr. Trudell is available for talks with groups on many different topics. Please contact the office for details or with any questions.

New Beginnings Chiropractic
1861 Business Hwy 18/151 East
Mt Horeb, WI 53572
info@newbeginningschiropractic.net

Located in the North Cape Commons next to Subway and Strand's Salon

phone 437-9990 fax 437-9992