About the Doctor

About Dr. Tickel

James W. Tickel DC. is a Doctor of Chiropractic. He graduated from Life University in Atlanta, GA. in 2006. He is one of seven chiropractors in his family. After practicing in Chicago for nearly a decade he and his family moved to Charlottesville in 2015.

Dr. Tickel’s parents, both chiropractors, always stressed the importance of living in tune with vitalistic principle. They taught him that life is a triune of mind, body and spirit and therefore so is health. As chiropractors they stressed the importance of not just adjusting the bones to help people live a healthier life, but also to adjust the bone-head. Often times it takes physical pain in a persons life to help facilitate mental and emotional healing.

Dr. Tickel helps to not only adjust your body, but also your mind and spirit by empowered people and showing them that the healer is within, not without. Healing to him is an inside job. One of his many mantras is "I am a healer, because I am healing!"

Coming from such a dynamic family of healers, Dr. Tickel was raised to live a well balanced life: Eat nutrient rich foods, exercise regularly, show love to yourself and others and express gratitude on a daily basis. Health is a journey, not a destination and it takes little things everyday to move in the right direction. Each visit Dr. Tickel attempts to teach and motivate you to move in the direction of true and transformative healing..

In his free time, he has 3 children so we will loosely interpret the word “free”, he loves spending time with his family, going on “foodie” adventure dates with his wife, back country camping, making homemade wine in his garage (if you attend the office holiday party one day, you will get to try it!) and cooking most anything on an open fire.