South Alabama Chiropractic

Dr. Michael D. Bucknell D.C.,B.S.

I am Dr. Michael D Bucknell, owner and treating physician at South Alabama Chiropractic.  I want to share with you my story of how Chiropractic changed my life.  From childhood I suffered with terrible Allergies.  Going through every method of treatment they could come up with including Medications, steroid, antibiotics, and Allergy Shots (11 years total), nothing seemed to help.  When surgery became the last option my mother, who worked as a nurse for an Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat Specialist threw in the towel and said NO!  The same routine continued, with recurrent sinus infections almost monthly, until I was old enough to decide it could not be healthy and wanted to stop.

When it became time to look into college I knew I wanted to be a Doctor, but with the "failure" I had gone through I wanted to find a simpler, more logical approach to Health Care.  When Chiropractic was recommended to me, due to the fact there was a Chiropractic college in town, I began to investigate and was amazed I had never heard much about it before.  To sum up the story, I realized a short time after beginning my education and getting regular adjustments that my allergies had all but ceased.  I will always remember the first day of school when the professor asked what brought you to Chiropractic school and I had no inspiring story other than "the school was close", but I see now that God had a calling on my life.

Since I entered private practice on June 26th of 2004 my philosophy has been simple; bring the most effective treatment and the most innovative health information available to as many people as possible.  Understanding that our Service begins with Education is the key to your achievement of outstanding Health.  Innovation through the use of technology assists the education process, that's why we have added a Patient Media Room with a nine foot theatre screen for patient presentations.  We have made our commitment to ensure that the best outcome is achieved and will continue to grow and change as needed until this goal is met, and Mobile is changed from our efforts.

After graduating from Pierre Laclede's Honors College at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, I claimed my Doctorate and a Bachelor's of Science in Human Biology at age 24 at Logan College of Chiropractic in Chesterfield, MO.  Spending countless hours aside from general education I have always strived to find the "keys" to absolute health, and uncover why, though we are the wealthiest and best educated country in the world today, our health continues to decline as a population while our wallets must get deeper and deeper to keep up.  It is my goal to educate as many as possible as I continue to learn, and help lead you to a level of health you previously thought only the wealthy could afford.

Our mission statement best states, and simplifies, our purpose and motivation:

"PROTECT LIFE...MAXIMIZE POTENTIAL"