Our Team Family
Our bodies are designed to heal themselves but sometimes they require assistance.
Chiropractic has been proven to be the number one technique to aide your body in achieving that healthy goal!
It is not possible to have just "one thing be wrong" in our bodies.
Everything in the body is connected together, therefore every "piece of your health puzzle" needs to be addressed.
Spinal alignment, nutritional building blocks, muscle strength and movement, emotional balance and stress,
all play apart in complete health and wellness.
Your "puzzle" may seem complicated and fragile but we can help you with that.
Doctors
Dr Wesley Sheader, DC, DICCP
His power...is to EMPOWER you!A few years ago, Aetna Insurance did a review of the prior 10 years of all claims, in an attempt to show that chiropractic was expensive and not effective. However, it showed just the opposite: those who were under chiropractic care had, on average, $3000 per person less claims then those who were not under chiropractic care. So, Dr Wes is literally saving lives when he helps someone regain their health, and saving them and our nation money at the same time.
He became a doctor to help you gain control of your health and your life. His mission is to help as many children and their families as possible. His number one tool is providing exceptional natural health care and the education needed to maintain it. His style in caring for patients, physically, nutritionally and emotionally, is way above average.
A little bit about his training. He did his undergraduate studies at Mesa State College leading to a B.S. degree, and then received his doctorate from Palmer College of Chiropractic, the founding college of chiropractic, in 1996. He continued his studies and became one of only 153 Board-Certified Pediatric Chiropractic Diplomats in the world which required completing a three-year post-doctorate degree in the specialized area of Pediatrics, including pregnancy and infertility. This diplomate allows him to be listed in the yellow pages under "Pediatricians" and he is qualified to perform all required New Baby Well Checks. He has been an instructor for the International Chiropractic Association Pediatric Conferences and published articles on Attention, ADD, Learning Disorders, and Colic. He also has articles submitted for publication on the topics of Urinary Tract Infections and GERD.
Personally, he loves spending time with his two sons. You can find Dr Wes outdoors climbing on the playground, mountain biking, four-wheeling and hiking. This love of the outdoors helps balance with his indoor activities such as creative nutritional cooking. His "handyman skills" are exceptional and he loves to restore and modify old muscle cars!
Getting to participate and witness miracles everyday...now that is what EMPOWERS HIM!
Dr. Laci Harrison-Baldwin, LMT, DC
Coincidence…synchronicity…faith…
A student who loves to learn, Looking for a mentor…
A mentor who loves to teach, Looking for a student…
Through steps we could not plan, Dr Laci came to us when a member of our “client family” walked in and said, “I found your new massage therapist, oh and by the way…she is a chiropractor”!
Born and raised in Denver to a loving faith-based family consisting of a Baptist Preacher father, a multi-talented mother and four wonderful siblings, Laci has always had a strong desire for learning. As a member of an elite group of track and field athletes training for the Olympics, she was injured in the winter of 2011. This combined with the pregnancy of her son, lead her down a new path of education.
She began seeing a chiropractor in Colorado Springs, a specialist in the “Gonstad Technique”, to make sure her pregnancy proceeded as perfectly as possible along with the healing of her hip and psoas muscle. She was so inspired by the care and its results that she made the decision to become a chiropractor. This decision brought her to Grand Junction where she completed her preliminary classes at Colorado Mesa University as well as shadowing a local chiropractor for two years before moving onto Palmer College of Chiropractic.
Attracted to Palmer for its history as the “birthplace of chiropractic” and to the school’s Florida campus due to the fact of having extended family there, she received a bonus when she discovered that the talented chiropractor she had gone to in Colorado Springs for care was a guest professor for her last two years at the school.
Graduating in 2021, Dr Laci chose to move back to Grand Junction and while waiting for her college transcripts to be sent to the state of Colorado for licensing, she again decided to increase her education by attending Intellitec’s excellent course in massage therapy. Having an educational background ahead of most students, she completed the extensive course in only 5 months, impressing her instructors, her family and herself. As a licensed massage therapist Dr Laci completely understands the compliment of healing muscle work to assist chiropractic in maintaining the body’s natural stabilization and healing power.
While providing care as a massage therapist Dr Laci was reminded of the “mentorship” she had always desired when a client mentioned Dr Wes Sheader and New Life Chiropractic. Now the student has a mentor and the mentor has a student.
Coincidence…synchronicity…faith…? Does it really matter? She is here and we are blessed!
Jared Sheader...learning, expanding and growing...
Dr. Wes's oldest son Jared has joined our team family. A very talented and highly intelligent young man, Jared believes that a life without "learning, expanding and growing" is very boring and unacceptable. His many talents include music, which has involved building his own guitar and playing with his uncle's local band at family gatherings. Enjoying the intricacies of I.T. work, not only learning and understanding it but also building his own computer as well as some for his brother and close friends. On top of repairing and rebuilding cars with his dad and brother, Jared keeps busy.
Jared admires his dad not only for his altruistic nature but also for his strong "Father" personality traits. Although a lot of his dad's time is spent at the office, he has always been readily available for quality time with both boys and now Jared can spend quality time in his dad's space. After assisting at the office for a while, Jared mentioned that he understood why spending time with compassionate and optimistic people was uplifting to his own spirit.
Like most of us, Jared is working on making healthy changes in his life and that was part of his desire to learn the Heart Sound Recorder (HSR) and the BioMeridian unit. By looking at the rate, rhythm and tone of the heart, the HSR can look for nutritional assistance with conditions such as Tachycardia (fast heart rate) and Arrhythmia, which is an irregular heart rhythm described as a fluttering, pounding or skipped beat. The tone of the heart can be observed by looking at the differences between the 1st(S1) and 2nd(S2) heart sounds, giving what is needed to help improve the functioning of the heart. The BioMeridian looks at the electrical "circuits" in the body related to specific organs and systems, determining where your body is struggling and narrowing down supplements to the most effective needed for healing.
In helping others, the "learning, expanding and growing" aspect of his work "kicks boring right out the door" and allows our wonderful clients the knowledge and care of a very special young man. We are blessed to welcome Jared to our team family.
Associates
Penny Lyons, PRCA, Office Manager
Everyday is an opportunity to create the life we want, with the power...of CHOICE.Penny's favorite quote is "perception creates thought and thought creates EVERYTHING!"
Which leads to the question...what do you want to create?
From patient to employee, the choices of Penny's life brought her here. For over 20 years now she has had the privilege of assisting our clients in making choices for their best health. She strongly believes in keeping her focus forward, for both herself and others. There are some things she knows for sure, such as the benefits of the Iodine protocol, chewing your supplements, and drinking your body's proper amount of plain water...every day!!! She will tell you honestly that she is still "under construction" where her health is concerned but she keeps her attention on what she wants, even if the "right now" appears different from that.
Her desire is the highest level of health that our wonderful team can help you attain and since perception is everything...this is her CHOICE for all of us!
