Alumni Spotlight – Tim Norton, DC

This month’s spotlight features Tim Norton, DC, Class of 1996, who graduated Summa Cum Laude from Life West, opened a practice in Seattle, WA and moved to Shoreline, WA in 2005. Beyond his thriving practice, Tim is a CBP instructor, researcher, author, and leader in several professional organizations. He shares his interests and passions in his own words:

Life has taken me in multiple directions, all revolving around my passion for chiropractic and helping patients and the profession. Early on I was an assistant instructor under the late Dr. Don Harrison PhD, D.C. becoming the first Advanced Certified Chiropractic Biophysics Doctor in WA state. I have kept that passion for teaching and am now an instructor for CBP Seminars Certification courses in Eagle Idaho, the Advanced CBP Class offered at Life West Omaha, and at CBP seminars around the country.

I have also been involved in my community spreading information about health and chiropractic. I am active in my city’s local Chamber of Commerce and have served as the president for the Chamber. I am an industrial injury consultant for two major airlines, and give Health and Spine talks to organizations in my area. I am also active in several professional organizations, as a member of the Washington State Chiropractic Association (WSCA), the Washington State Representative to the Assembly of the International Chiropractic Association (ICA), and the Treasurer on the Executive Board for CBP Nonprofit.

I came to research later in my career with the publication of my first research article on pediatrics and corrective chiropractic care in 2020. Since then, I have been the lead author on five research papers, including one published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine (JCM, a Q-1 Journal) and my latest paper,  “Long-term stability of reducing cervical kyphosis via Chiropractic Biophysics® extension traction procedures: a case series“  which was published this year in The Journal of Physical Therapy Science.  As many chiropractors know, Cervical Kyphosis (a reversal of the cervical curve) is a complicated spinal deformity often caused by trauma to the cervical spine such as an auto injury or head trauma. This spinal configuration can lead to pain, disability as well as neurological and circulatory issues with the spinal cord.  This study looks at spinal corrective care protocols utilizing the Chiropractic Biophysics (CBP) method of care as well as long term stability of the correction following care. I was honored to receive the CBP Non-profit Researcher of the Year Award in 2023 and 2025 for these papers along with my contributions to other researcher’s projects.

After 29 years in practice I still love what I do. I even have a patient that I have seen since birth that is now going to chiropractic college in the fall (Life West of course) I can’t imagine being anything other than a Chiropractor