Dr. Joyce Yeung, class of 2023, says what she appreciates most about Life West is that “I feel like you can tell by how people adjust you. There is something special with the Life West touch.”
As a second generation chiropractor practicing in Hong Kong, Dr. Joyce credits her father’s influence and his joy in helping people with chiropractic care as a motivating factor in her decision to become a chiropractor.
I think everyone deserves that opportunity to live a chiropractic lifestyle and really understand where health comes from, from the inside out. I think that’s what everyone deserves, and I want to be part of that.
While attending Life West, Dr. Joyce says, “I was pretty clear on moving back to Hong Kong. I really wanted to bring what I’ve learned in chiropractic back to Hong Kong. So I made the most of my time in the US. I studied different techniques. I was really big into understanding the principles of why people do things differently and also the philosophy of chiropractic, because I think that’s what really sets chiropractors apart. It is not what we do, but why we do it.” Dr. Joyce completed the first year of the Legion of Chiropractic Philosophers (LCP) program in Davenport.
Taking advantage of the preceptorship program was an advantage for her in school as well. She says, “I got to envision how my workflow can be from a female practitioner. She integrated a lot of different tools that I also use, but I haven’t seen any other people put together at a fairly fast pace that I like to work at.”
The area where she saw the biggest need while at Life West was business, so along with some other students, she formed a business club on campus. They focused on the structure and the communication style necessary for practice. Now in practice, she says practicing in the US and Hong Kong is pretty much the same. “The education process is similar; of course the communication needs to be tweaked a little because of the culture and language.”
Upon graduating from Life West and returning to Hong Kong, she started working at Children Chiropractic Foundation, which raises public awareness around children’s spinal health and provides subsidized and free care to kids of all ages. She also works at a Christian addiction center and practices with her father at ADIO Family Chiropractic Centre in Hong Kong.
For those curious about practicing in Hong Kong, she says it is “really special in terms of lifestyle and definitely more stressful than most other cities just because of how fast the city is. So you have to really know yourself and whether that’s something you want to get into. But if you like that, and if you like a city where nature and the city are so intercrossed, it’s a really accessible, convenient lifestyle.”
