Layden, VanPatten join Advanced Chiropractic
Dr. Jonathon Layden and Jessica VanPatten
Dr. Rodney Smith of Advanced Chiropractic, located at 1206 S. Main St. between Walgreens and NorthwestCell, has announced the addition of two new staff members.
Dr. Jonathon Layden and receptionist Jessica VanPatten joined the practice in May. Layden replaces Dr. Susan Roecker, who is no longer with the clinic.
A native of Harrisonville, Layden, 31, earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia before receiving his doctor of chiropractic degree from Cleveland University-Kansas City in Overland Park, Kansas, in 2016.
He subsequently served a four-month internship under Dr. Corey Piva at Pleasant Hill Chiropractic southeast of Kansas City and accepted an offer to join the Maryville practice after meeting Smith at a conference.
“I would like to welcome Dr. Layden to the Advanced Chiropractic team,” Smith said. “He brings a lot to the practice with outstanding chiropractic techniques, exercises and stretching procedures to better help the body heal.”
Layden is qualified to administer all standard chiropractic diagnoses and treatments and offers patients both manual and activator adjustments.
An activator is a handheld instrument designed to deliver small impulses to the spine sufficient to adjust vertebrae.
Layden is also trained in Kinesio Taping, a rehabilitative taping technique designed to facilitate the body’s natural healing process and prolong the benefits of manual therapy administered within a clinical setting.
“My goal as a chiropractor is to help other people and improve their quality of life,” said Layden, who commutes from Kansas City but is currently house-hunting in Maryville.
In addition to diagnosis and treatment by Smith and Layden, Advanced Chiropractic offers patients therapeutic massage services administered by trained personnel.
VanPatten, who has lived in Maryville for the past five years, is a native of the small southeast Iowa community of What Cheer and formerly worked for the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Mound City and Bedford, Iowa. She also served as a youth specialist with Preferred Family Healthcare in St. Joseph.
She holds a two-year degree in agriculture from Indian Hills Community College in Iowa and is currently completing an online program in medical billing and coding from the same institution.
Advanced Chiropractic is open Monday through Saturday. Hours, except Tuesday and Saturday, are 8 a.m.-noon and 1:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Tuesday and Saturday hours are 8 a.m.-noon.
For appointments, call 660-582-5959.
