Dr. Caras Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Nick Caras

Professional Background
Chiropractic Physician & Clinic Director, Premier Chiropractic & Natural Medicine, Highlands Ranch, C0 – 2009 - present

Chiropractic Physician & Clinic Director, Caras Chiropractic & Performance Center, Bettendorf, IA 2004 -  2008

Education Background
Palmer College of Chiropractic Medicine, Davenport, Iowa; Doctor of Chiropractic – 2004
St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa; Bachelor of Science – 2001
Board Certified Clinical Nutritionist (CCN) – 2006 to present

Licensure
Board Certified, Clinical Nutritionist (CCN) – 2006 to present
Board Certified, National Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Part I-IV 2001
Board Certified, National Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Physiotherapy 2000
Board Certified, Iowa Board of Chiropractic Medicine, 2004
Board Certified, Colorado Board of Chiropractic Medicine, 2008

Publications:

Sex, Drugs & Rock n Roll - 3 Tips to a Healthier Lifestyle, Published November, 2010. 

Dr. Nick Caras teams up with best-selling author, Angel Tuccy (Lists that Saved my Life) to collaborate on their new book Sex, Drugs & Rock n Roll.  Their goal was simple - How to live the life of your dreams while being productive, healthy and happy on your way to achieving your dreams.

Improve your sex life, find more quality time with your family, learn about nutrition and all the right answers as to what supplements you should be feeding your family.  You have been blessed with a beautiful family, and if sooner or later you don't make time for your health, you will eventually have to make time for sickness.  The help you've been hoping for is finally here. 

Detoxify Your Lifestyle, Published November, 2008.

What could be simpler than learning ten lifestyle habits in ten chapters? Nothing, and in Detoxify Your Lifestyle, author and wellness guru Dr. Nick Caras clears and un-complicates the simplest path to health and wellness. With all the complex and overwhelming information thrust at the American public, it is often difficult to decide which is the less of many evils, but now readers can enhance their lives—and their golden years. Naturally charged, this diet and lifestyle guide has an eye for organics, fish oil supplements and all things green. With a highly readable text, the author engages his audience with quizzes, guideline excerpts, tips and charts that are scattered through this meticulously organized guide with chapter titles like, “Your Gut and Bacteria” and “Cleaning Out Your Kitchen.” A veritable template for health conscious individuals who wish to be kinder to their systems, this book is a must-read for those who want to take their lifestyle to the highest level of health.

Memberships
Metagenics Therapeutic Lifestyle Health and Wellness Seminar Series
The Family Practice Organization
Nutrition Dynamics Health and Wellness Seminar Series
Colorado Chiropractic Association
Iowa Chiropractic Society
Highlands Ranch Chamber of Commerce
Bettendorf Chamber of Commerce
Palmer College of Chiropractic Alumni Association
Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist

Selected Post-Graduate Education
The Top twenty nutritional strategies every health provider needs to know; Therapeutic lifestyle changes that your patients need, Metagenics Seminars, Chicago, IL 2008.

Beyond Metabolic Syndrome; Breakthrough management of disorders of insulin associated with age-related disorders, Nutrition Dynamics, Minneapolis, MN 2008.

Managing the Multiple Causes of Chronic Inflammation; Designing treatment protocols that work for multiple dis-eases, Metagenics Seminars, Denver, CO  2007.

Environmental Toxins are on the Attack, Combating daily toxins that cause disease in a stressful lifestyle, Metagenics Seminars, Denver, CO 2008.

Restoring Patient Health Through Functional Endocrinology, Therapeutic treatment protocols for a damgaged endocrine and gastro-intestinal tract, Palmer College Continuing Education, Davenport, IA 2006.

Sports and Industrial Health Seminars, Diagnosing and treating common sports and workplace over-use injuries, Mally Enterprise Seminars, Davenport, IA 2004.

Special Interests
Selecting Complimentary Medicine Protocols for various organizations
Teaching the 100 Year Lifestyle
Exercise Science
Neutraceutical Therapy Science
Wellness Lifestyle Strategies
Stress Reduction Strategies
Corporate Health and Wellness