Nova Chiropractic Welcomes Dr Steve!

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Steven Paliakas DC and I am a chiropractic physician and a new face at Nova Chiropractic in Wheaton, IL. Dr. Carlisle is moving to North Carolina and has brought me in to continue the tradition of excellent care at Nova Chiropractic.

I received my Doctor of Chiropractic degree with Acupuncture Certification from National University of Health Science in 2000. My clinical training was completed at the DesPlaines Salvation Army Clinic in Chicago, where I had the profound privilege to provide health care to men recovering in the drug and alcohol rehabilitation program. Many of my patients were right off the streets, homeless, or simply with no more options. It was humbling to witness firsthand how human suffering and brokenness can be transformed into greater good.

After graduation, my first year in practice as a chiropractic physician was spent as a volunteer in post-war Bosnia-Hercegovina. My wife, Wende, and I gave our time and talents at Majcino Selo orphanage, just outside the town of Medjugorje.

Wende taught English to the children and I  established a chiropractic practice within the multidisciplinary medical facility within the orphanage. The clinic  included physical medicine, physical & occupational therapy, dentistry, audiology, and psychology. I treated orphans and refugees, children, adults and elderly residents in a very medically under served region of the world.

 I cannot begin to summarize what this experience has given me, except to say that God will never be outdone in generosity.

Wende and I returned to the USA and began a family. I am now the father of 5 very energetic children. For the past 10 years I have practiced as a physician in a multidisciplinary setting in close collaboration with physiatrists, physical and occupational therapists, interventional pain management physicians, orthopedic and neurosurgeons.

My experience over the past 12 years has defined my passion: helping people become free of physical suffering, in the process helping them transform their experience of suffering into a greater good,  and help them step forward down their own path in wellness. I do this by successfully delivering chiropractic medicine in an ethical and effective manner with an emphasis on patient education and clearly defined treatment goals. You do not need to "believe" in chiropractic or biomedical acupuncture for it to work, nor should you have to "buy into" a healing model requiring treatments three times a week for the rest of your life.

I look forward to having the opportunity to work with you.