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REVIEW USDr. Cotey Jordan knows exactly what it feels like to search for answers with no end in sight. He spent years as a patient before he ever became a doctor. That personal experience shapes everything about how Family Chiropractic operates, from the way every appointment is run to the care that's delivered during every visit.
Dr. Cotey is a Gonstead-trained chiropractor, a retired Air Force Veteran, a published author, the co-founder of the Pittsburgh Migraine Challenge, and a sought-after wellness speaker. He opened Family Chiropractic in Cranberry Township in 2009 with one mission: to give every patient the experience he never had growing up, and to make sure no family suffers without knowing that real answers exist.
Whether you're coming in for migraine relief, family wellness care, or something in between, you're in the right place.
Dr. Cotey grew up in Sussex, Wisconsin, and from the age of 10, he was no stranger to pain. "What I remember most about my childhood was always being sick." Debilitating migraines kept him home from school, away from activities, and isolated from the childhood he wanted. He dealt with persistent sore throats, a weak immune system, and migraines severe enough to send him to the ER at 2:00 in the morning.
"Reaching for the medicine cabinet and taking pills, whichever medications I could find, and locking myself in a pitch-black room became the norm for me. While most kids were outside and playing with friends, I would cry myself to sleep in the middle of the day just wishing the migraines away."
The physical pain was hard enough, but the personal toll ran deeper. Dr. Cotey carried a weight most kids his age never had to think about. "I felt embarrassed. I felt shame and insecure. I felt alone."
"I needed a way to gain some confidence in my life," Dr. Cotey says, "so I became a competitive marathoner, and I joined the military."
On the outside, things looked different. On the inside, not much had changed. "While my body appeared to be in peak physical condition on the outside, I was deteriorating, falling apart, and suffering on the inside." The physical demands of long-distance running and military training pushed his condition further, and his migraines only worsened.
In 2005, as Dr. Cotey prepared for a 12-month deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, his migraines had reached a breaking point. He was unable to fully participate in required military training and found himself in the office of a highly decorated Air Force officer he had only ever seen on posters around the base.
He expected discipline. "I was feeling extremely intimidated, overwhelmed, and even a bit pathetic." So, he was shocked to find out that he wasn’t being released from duty, sent home, or even punished. “Instead, this man was reaching out to help me." That officer personally drove Dr. Cotey to see a chiropractor that very day.
What he found there was unlike anything he had experienced in years of searching for answers. "This doctor's office wasn't the standard hurry-up-and-wait, label-me-and-give-me-pills, and send-me-home-defeated office that I had become accustomed to." This doctor examined him thoroughly, explained exactly what was happening in his body, and gave him a real path forward.
"I no longer had to rely on medications, injections, or the routine recommendations of multiple medical doctors who never seemed to have a satisfying answer. I was empowered. I felt in control for the first time in my life."
Specific Corrective Care Chiropractic eliminated Dr. Cotey's migraines completely. Looking back on 2005, he puts it simply: "My life's purpose found me."
That experience in 2005 did more than heal Dr. Cotey; it redirected his entire life. He completed his deployment, returned home, and went back to school to earn his Doctor of Chiropractic degree. He knew exactly what he was meant to do, and he knew exactly the kind of doctor he wanted to be.
He opened Family Chiropractic in Cranberry Township in 2009 and has never looked back. Today, Dr. Cotey is in the best health of his life. His migraines have been gone for years. He trains for marathons, continues his service in the Air Force, and brings that same energy into the office every single day.
His belief has always been the same: everyone deserves to know that real answers exist.
Since opening the practice, Dr. Cotey has carried his mission well beyond the adjustment table:
FUN FACTS
• Originally from Sussex, Wisconsin “Go PACK Go!!!”
• Currently serving my 18th year in the United States Air Force
• Best marathon time is a 3:03:34 (would love to run sub 3-hours!)
• Bungee jumped three times, Skydived 13 times, and Fire Walked in my own backyard
• Envision myself speaking in front of a crowd of 35,000+ people
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