Sex hormones are not to be taken lightly. Some recent research measuring blood levels of estrogen in several hundred young women and then making facial “composite photos” showed that those with normal to high (but not too high) levels of estrogen were more physically (read “sexually”) appealing. Go overboard with estrogen and all sorts of […]
WholeHealth Chicago Villa Park
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We are thrilled to bring our services to the western suburbs!
We are a healthcare practice that strives to integrate the best of conventional and complementary medicine in a caring and healing environment. We believe that both health and disease are functions of physical, emotional, nutritional, and spiritual influences. Many health issues are rooted in a patient’s personal biography – the story of your life – and are most effectively treated by addressing root causes rather than symptoms alone.
Our Practitioners
Dr. Joshua Hover, DC
Dr. Joshua Hover was raised in Battle Creek, MI where he was an avid participant in all sports growing up. “Dr. J” started playing hockey at the age of 3 and used the athleticism he built from this sport to excel in many other athletic endeavors throughout grade school and high school including golf, tennis, baseball, basketball, and AAA hockey. He continued participating in competitive hockey at the University of Michigan where he played in the ACHA for the University of Michigan’s Men’s Club Hockey Team. He also earned his Bachelor of Science in Movement Science with an emphasis in Motor Control.
After graduation he moved to Chicago where he earned another Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences along with his Doctorate of Chiropractic at National University of Health Sciences in Lombard, Illinois.
Dr. J was a clinic director for 10 years at a successful sports chiropractic office in the Chicago land area before starting Hover Chiropractic and Sports Medicine. His formula of treating the underlying problem and not just the symptoms has produced much success in the treatment of high school athletes, professional athletes, weekend warriors, and soccer moms/dads alike. He can still be found year-round playing in numerous ice and roller hockey leagues around the Chicago-land area.
Dr. Valerie Hover, DC
Dr. Valerie Hover grew up in Glen Ellyn, IL where she attended Glenbard South High School. “Doc Val” started ice skating at the age of 3, which built up her love for sports. She participated in high school/travel volleyball and softball where she was captain of her team.
After graduating high school, Doc Val pursued a Bachelor of Science in Biology, with minors in Spanish and Statistics at the University of Iowa. After graduation, Doc Val attended the National University of Health Sciences in Lombard, IL and obtained her Doctorate of Chiropractic degree, along with another Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences, graduating with honors.
Doc Val has worked at a few clinics over the past 10 years prior to starting her own successful durable medical equipment comp any. She specializes in fitness, diet and nutrition and uses her skills and knowledge to get to the root cause of symptoms, helping patients achieve their maximum overall health potential. She treats people of all ages, including pediatrics and expecting mothers.
Health Tips
You’ll not get the true facts about this from our President, whom, if you remember, also once suggested that injected disinfectant, like bleach, might kill the COVID virus. However, people being people, Poison Control Centers from around the country did get hundreds of calls from COVID patients who, listening to an authority figure, used a […]
You may find this a bit unbelievable but as recently as the 1960’s there was still a debate about whether smoking caused lung cancer. Many doctors puffed happily away, even in hospital corridors and advised the same of their patients. The smokiest room in any hospital was the Doctors’ Lounge. The reason for this protracted […]
You’re tired of being overweight, and you’ve been a victim of the tyranny of the last ten, twenty pounds or much more as long as you can remember. You’ve tried everything. You’ve been dieting and nothing happens that ever lasts except hunger. You exercise to exhaustion, lose some pounds and gain them back. No matter […]
This is really important. Your longevity, the number of years you’ve got left this side of the sod, and equally important, how you will physically feel during those years, what diseases you may (or may not) develop will pretty much depend on the state of your inflammation. Did you ever wonder why some obese people, […]
If there’s one single symptom that brings patients most frequently into the offices of WholeHealth Chicago, it’s this: “I’m tired all the time and doctors can’t find anything wrong.” The “can’t find” you all are experiencing is the real problem of today’s health care system. It’s that notorious fifteen-minute medical encounter of primary care medicine: […]