Anastasia Akrivos

A National Board-Certified chiropractic physician, Dr. Anastasia Akrivos began practicing chiropractic in 2001. A native Chicagoan, she was born and raised on the north side of the city. She received her undergraduate Bachelor of Science degree in Biology in 1995 from Loyola University, Chicago. After a few years of medical research at Abbott Laboratories, volunteer medical work, and advanced courses in public health studies, she decided to further her education by studying chiropractic medicine at National University of Health Sciences in Lombard, Illinois. She received a B.S. degree in Human Biology, followed by her doctorate degree as a Doctor of Chiropractic in 2001.
She has a strong interest in providing compassionate, integrated, and holistic care to her patients. She sees patients of all ages, from infants to seniors. She believes in working together with her patients, and even their medical specialists and primary care physicians, to help co-manage many of their conditions. She believes in the power of chiropractic care and knows the amazing results it can offer people. She makes a strong effort to educate patients, the general public, and other physicians about the benefits of chiropractic care.
She has a strong educational background in functional rehabilitation, the McKenzie Method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT), ergonomics, adjusting technique, nutrition, pregnancy care, pediatrics, and acupuncture. She continues to take post-graduate continuous education courses in orthopedics and rehabilitation, nutrition, diagnosis and management, women’s and children’s health.

She has been an active member in the Illinois Chiropractic Society and the American Chiropractic Association and strongly supports their efforts to improve the public’s access to chiropractic care and to maintain chiropractic in the forefront of healthcare.