About Dr. Griffin

dr. katieDr. Griffin has been helping, healing and caring for her patients in Santa Cruz since 1990. She graduated from the University of California Los Angeles with a Bachelors of Science degree in Kinesiology, which is the study of human motion. After receiving her bachelor's, she then went on to get her Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Cleveland Chiropractic College and graduated magna cum laude. Her passion and her pledge is to relieve your pain, and to help you recover quickly and lastingly. You’ll experience everything she can do to speed your recovery through advanced, gentle treatment, useful education, and referral or consultation to just the right person if needed.

firefox-grayDr. Griffin only schedules necessary treatments, and releases you as soon as you are able to continue recovering on your own. Unlike some, she claims to do only that which she is trained to do, and she’s working to keep your health costs low. Link to my pledge.

You can feel her commitment to her patients when you hear that she is constantly learning the most up-to-date and relevant technology in training seminars for Directional Non-Force Technique™. Chiropractic and maintaining referral list status. Click here to learn more about D.N.F.T.™

Dr. Griffin is a member of the American Chiropractic Association, the American Back Society, and the McKenzie Institute. In addition, she is a practicing Classical Homeopath since 1998 and received six years training from Hahnemann College of Homeopathy in Berkeley, CA.
When asked why she cares so much, you can just hear her saying with a smile, “You know, I just love to help people, whether I help them or bring them to the right person who does.”

Professional Memberships

  • McKenzie Institute, an international organization teaching diagnosis and exercise therapies for disc problems.
  • California Chiropractic Association
  • Member American Back Society, an interdisciplinary group of healthcare professionals treating back pain, including orthopedic and neurological surgeons, chiropractors, osteopathic physicians, physical therapists, neurologists. Annual meetings cover the latest and best back care.