Meet the Doctors

Welcome to Bretow Chiropractic Center. Dr. Bretow was raised in New Jersey and graduated from Rutgers University in 1978 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He received his Doctor of Chiropractic Degree, magna cum laude, from Life Chiropractic College in 1981. In December of 1981 he was elected to PI Tau Delta, the International Chiropractic Honor Society.
Dr. Bretow opened and managed two successful Chiropractic Clinics in Seattle, Washington before relocating to San Diego in 1986. In San Diego he opened and practiced at Renaissance Chiropractic Center for 11 years then opened Bretow Chiropractic Center where he is currently practicing and has been for the past 12 years.
 
Dr. Bretow has spent the last 28 years in private practice and has devoted much time to educating the public about health and Chiropractic. He has presented hundreds of workshops, seminars and classes to many businesses, corporations, hospitals and civic organizations in Seattle and San Diego. Dr. Bretow offers patient and community education workshops and is available to speak to organizations and companies regarding health, safety, exercise and nutrition. 
Dr. Bretow has a passion for serving God using his ability as a Chiropractor to serve others. He recognizes that his discipline, prayer and commitment allows God to use him to see his patients health restored.
He has also worked with many athletes, including stints as the team chiropractor for Santa Fe Christian football team as well as the San Francisco Giants professional baseball team.
 
Dr. Bretow would love the opportunity to serve you and your family in helping achieve your health care goals.
 

 

Dr. Rachel Richards earned her Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Montana State University in 1998.  After working as a nuclear engineer, she decided to follow her passion for health care and attend chiropractic school.  She went on to graduate Summa Cum Laude from Palmer College of Chiropractic West in San Jose, California.   While at the college, she served on the executive board of the Sports Council and Student Government and was the recipient of the prestigious Clinical Excellence and Virgil Strang philosophy awards.


Her passion is to guide your realization of optimal health and function for you and your family.  To achieve this, her treatments include chiropractic care, myofascial release, nutritional therapy and coaching on healthy lifestyle changes.  Dr. Richards is the only doctor in the San Diego area who has completed extensive training in Pain Neutralization Technique, an amazing, gentle technique to relieve pain.


When she’s not working hard to optimize your health, Dr. Richards enjoys yoga, snowboarding, and traveling.

 

 

Meet Our Staff


Staff Member

Benji A. Dam has worked here since 1995 and she loves working in the field of health and wellness.

 

Staff Member

My name is Digna Ceralde-Strom.  I have been working here at the Bretow Chiropractic Center for 10 years and it has been a double-fold blessing.  A double blessing because the people I work with and the patients we see are so pleasant and friendly.  It's a wonderful environment to work in!  

The other blessing is the knowledge and treatment I have learned and gotten while under chiropractic care.  Before I got the big picture of chiropractic care, I thought that taking a pill was the best way to take care of the problem, but it really only takes care of the symptom.  Under chiropractic care, I have learned that getting regular adjustments from a chiropractor keeps my spine aligned therefore allowing my immune system to function properly.  So I rarely get sick.  I could go on and on about the influence chiropractic care and working here has had on me.  As I said, I am truly blessed by chiropractic and working in this office.