On the right is a list of my professional credentials.  These academic degrees, awards and achievements are not how I measure my qualifications to help people diagnosed with fibromyalgia syndrome.  Whether or they impress you or not, I believe is irrelevant.  In my  opinion, the RESULTS I achieve for you, and how well I treat you as a person are what really matter. 

   I am proud to tell you that since 1993, fibromyalgia sufferers have embraced my natural treatment methods and me.  It has been my privilege and joy to end years of pain and suffering, and reliance on prescription drugs for hundreds of people.  Many of these patients were told by previous doctors that they “HAD to learn to live with their pain” or that "NOTHING could be done" to help them.

I feel it is important for you to take steps to find out whether or not to trust a doctor, including myself.  It is your health and your body that's at stake.  It is not something to take lightly.

These days, so many health websites, magazines, and newsletters are promoting health products and providing advice.  Pharmaceutical companies are directly advertising their drugs to you, before your doctor might even mention them.

Have you noticed that they never recommend that you consider natural treatments?

    It is wise to consider or  question everyone’s motivation.  Why are they recommending their products or services?  And if you are satisfied with the answers to those questions, you must find out their credentials and qualifications.

   But the problem lies in the motivation. Even if you’re impressed with a doctor’s credentials, you must carefully consider their reasons for using the treatments they use.  If you’re really interested in the reality of our health care system, take a good look at how a great deal of so-called clinical research is conducted.  If you don’t believe the outcomes of pharmaceutical research are not influenced by the financial interests of those who fund them; you’d better take a closer look.

   In my practice, my motivation is simple: to get you out of pain as much as possible, and provide you with the "tools" to help yourself, so you can stay pain-free, fit, and as healthy as possible.

  I accomplish this by:

(1)   Utilizing and recommending treatments and technologies that will bring you relief as quickly, completely and safely as possible.  This also means that I don’t ONLY recommend MY own services.  This means that I don’t subscribe to the idea of forcing patients to choose between so-called "conventional" or “alternative” medicine.

(2)   Teaching you everything I possibly can about health and fitness.  This includes directing you to all the health resources I personally use for my family and myself. 

(3)   I don’t hesitate to tell you the “harsh reality” of health care. This means I will steer you towards the truth and frequent dangers of blindly following the  “conventional wisdom” in health care.

    I personally pay for everything myself regarding my practice and this website.  Nobody does it for me.  I have no obligations or ties to big corporations, advertisers or any manufacturer of any health product. 

    I don’t receive sales commissions, nor do I participate in any “multilevel” marketing system. Nobody gives me a penny to promote their products or services.  Nor do I refer to other health professionals because they’re my personal friends (actually none of them are).

   Any treatments, health-related products, foods, supplements, retail stores, websites, professional services, etc. that I recommend are done so because I have researched them and in most cases, my family and I have used them ourselves. 

  Considering all the hype and greed-inspired advertising razzle-dazzle that’s going on out there; I think you’ll be quite pleased with my “no-nonsense” approach.

  As far as my academic and professional credentials go; they are listed on the right

  I’m certain you’ll discover that I bring something unique and very special to the table. With the term “holistic” or "natural" being thrown around so liberally, I can proudly say that I truly do treat the whole person—not merely the symptoms of your condition.  I subscribe to the concept of Integrative Medicine. 

   I’m passionate about improving my patients’ health attitudes and lifestyles.  I’m a patient’s health advocate.  I’m also deeply immersed in the blossoming field known as “Anti-aging Medicine.”  That means that I don’t accept “old age” as something on which to blame your pain or ill health.

   I am trained in various non-invasive, non-surgical and drugless procedures.  I’ve been a natural healthcare practitioner my entire career.  Since 1993, my patients have defined my role.  They have turned to me to find solutions to their chronic pain.  Natural solutions.

   I  have more or less exclusively treated people who had been turned away by other physicians… people who were told “nothing can be done,” “learn to live with the pain,” or “what do you expect at your age?”

 I have always pursued and learned skills to create long-term solutions for my patients.  I acknowledge the role of medications, but I view most of them to be for life-saving situations, and for temporary relief to help people through tough times, until corrective and rehabilitative solutions can be found and implemented.

   - Dr. Donald Liebell

Dr. Donald Liebell, D.C., B.C.A.O.

Born: August 20, 1966, New York.

Bachelor's Degree: City University of New York, Queens College, 1988 - Honors in Physical Anthropology

Doctorate: New York Chiropractic College, 1992

Diplomate: The National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (1992)

Licensed by: Virginia Board of Medicine (1993).

Board Certified: Atlas Orthogonist (B.C.A.O.) - procedure focusing on the relationship of the head, upper neck and nervous system, through Post-Doctorate Certification Programs of Sherman Chiropractic College and The Sweat Institute for Atlas Orthogonal Care, Council on Chiropractic Education (C.C.E.)

Licensed to perform acupuncture by the Virginia Board of Medicine, Trained and certified through Alternative Medicine Seminars in 3-phase European Ear acupuncture (Auricular Therapy), and hand acupuncture: Nader Soliman, M.D. - Anesthesiologist, world-renowned authority and researcher 

Battlefield Acupuncture: Licensed by the Virginia Board of Medicine, Trained and certified through Alternative Medicine Seminars - Personally trained by Colonel Richard Niemtzow, M.D., PhD, MPH - Developer of the procedure, and president of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture

Bio-Energetic Testing - Auricular Medicine: Trained and certified through Alternative Medicine Seminars: Nader Soliman, M.D. - Anesthesiologist, world-renowned authority and researcher 

Complex Homeopathy: Trained through Alternative Medicine Seminars: Nader Soliman, M.D. - Anesthesiologist, world-renowned authority and researcher

Certified: Upper Cervical Specific Chiropractic (Palmer/Kale manual method)

Cold Laser Therapy: Trained by Erchonia Medical -
Dr. Dr. Jeffrey Spencer, Dr. Jerome Rerucha

Member: American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine

Served: Board of Directors for the American Heart Association, Chesapeake, Virginia

Appointed: "Honorary Deputy Sheriff" in Chesapeake Virginia for outstanding treatment services to officers and personnel.

Served: Chief Consultant and Writer for the National Awareness Campaign for Upper Cervical Care, a non-profit consumer awareness organization, helping to educate the public about the upper neck's relationship to health

Lectured: Various civic and support groups, health symposiums and seminars, 

Honored: numerous awards for his dedication to advancements in this health care technology in the U.S. and abroad.

Distinguished Service Award: Kale Upper Cervical Chiropractic 

Foreign Messenger Award: 1993, for Volunteer Service Abroad - One of only four doctors invited to visit the former Soviet Union (Nation of Moldova), to introduce upper cervical (Atlas) procedures to their doctors.

Married since 1992: Wife, Sheila and three children - Breiten, Darcy and Evan