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Episode #155: Dr. Carter West on Nasal Breathing, Mouth Taping & Cranial Facial Release

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Welcome to the Get Healthy Tampa Bay Podcast with Dr. Kerry Reller!
This week, Dr. Reller is joined by Dr. Carter West, a fifth-generation chiropractic physician from the Historic West Clinic in Pocatello, Idaho—a family practice that has served its community for over 110 years.

In this episode, we explore Dr. Carter’s multi-generational perspective on natural medicine, how chiropractic care evolved alongside Idaho’s railroad history, and why movement and mobility remain foundational to long-term health. We also dive into emerging and more experimental topics discussed with transparency—including nasal breathing, mouth taping for sleep, and Dr. Carter’s training in cranial facial release. Dr. Reller offers important clinical context around who these approaches may or may not be appropriate for, especially for individuals with nasal obstruction, asthma, or possible sleep apnea.

Tune in for a curious, balanced conversation that blends tradition, modern performance health, and thoughtful discussion of developing therapies.

Dr. Carter West is a fifth-generation chiropractic physician at the historic West Clinic in Pocatello, Idaho—a family practice serving the community for more than 110 years. He is certified in acupuncture, Webster Technique, and Cranial Facial Release, and blends traditional chiropractic expertise with cutting-edge integrative approaches.

His clinical interests span neuroscience, functional medicine, ozone therapy, IV therapy, yoga, biohacking, mindfulness meditation, and breathwork, allowing him to bridge the gap between ancient healing arts and modern evidence-based wellness. Dr. Carter West is passionate about helping patients optimize their health, expand resilience, and live more conscious, vibrant lives.

00:29 – Medical disclaimer + setting expectations about emerging/experimental therapies
01:53 – The 110+ year West Clinic legacy and how it began
03:56 – Railroad injuries, whiplash, and why chiropractic boomed in Pocatello
04:11 – Why Dr. Carter chose chiropractic (purpose, performance, patient relationships)
06:22 – Acupuncture + Webster technique: what they are and why they matter
08:36 – Integrative tools: neuroscience, breathwork, ozone, and “biohacking” mindset
09:52 – Why nasal breathing matters (nervous system, sleep, cavities, performance)
13:55 – Mouth taping: why it’s trending + safer ways to start
19:09 – Cranial facial release: what it is, claims, and limits of evidence
27:17 – Idaho vs Florida scope of practice + one daily habit: “movement is medicine”

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Kerry:

Hi everybody. Welcome back to the Get Healthy Tampa Bay podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Kerry Reller, and today before we begin, I just want you to know that this show is for informational and educational purposes only and should not be taken as medical advice. Some of the topics that we're gonna discuss today in particular include emerging experimental therapies. My goal is to explore ideas with curiosity while staying transparent about what is well established in the scientific literature and what is still developing. So today I'm excited to welcome Dr. Carter West, a fifth generation chiropractic physician at the Historic West Clinic in Pocatello, Idaho. Is that right?

Carter:

Correct. It's

Kerry:

a uh, family practice that has served its community for over 110 years. Dr. West is certified in acupuncture, Webster technique and cranial facial release and blends traditional chiropractic expertise with a wide range of integrative approaches. Welcome to the podcast, Dr. West, however Thank you However you me to respond like I dunno. Sometimes we say Carter, sometimes we say Dr. West. But anyway,

Carter:

welcome Carter. So, I'm okay with Dr. Carter only because my dad is Dr. West, and so we gotta find a way to, make each other distinct. Dr. West to me is like the, you know how Italians will refer to the head of the household as the dawn of the family. So I don't have that title yet, so I'm Dr. Carter.

Kerry:

Just Dr. Carter, we'll go with that too. Yeah, That's perfect. All right. Yeah. So tell me this five generation legacy in natural medicine, what's the story of the West Clinic? How has your family shaped your approach to healing?

Carter:

Yeah, so we have been in our. Small railroad town in Poka till Idaho for 110 years. My great-great-grandfather, he started our clinic in 1916. And keep in mind the profession Started in 1895 and our family clinic got started in 1916 and it was very new at the time. My great greatgrandfather, his wife was super ill at the time, and the, there was a worldwide flu going on around the world at the time, and he was a traveling violinist for this local circuit. And he would go all the way from West Yellowstone, Montana and go to the northern parts of Salt Lake City and just would go around in that cycle. His wife got really sick, so he dropped everything to go to chiropractic school in Chicago. Okay. And then his son, my great-grandfather, got really sick with the flu, and my great grand Father performed treatment for him and Pocatello, the reason why chiropractic was so significant to us is that. It's, it is a major railroad hook for Union Pacific Railroad. So coupling train cars was a very violent process back in the day. So you would have a railroad worker on the inside, and then when you couple train cars together, it was very violent and they had to be inside of it to facilitate that process. And it was really hard on their spine. So they practically had the equivalent of whiplash, right? So whiplash and concussions, those types of injuries have very harmful effects on our brain. So my great-great-grandfather and my great-grandfather had a booming practice working on railroad workers in Pocatello.

Kerry:

That is so interesting. Obviously, the way our country developed really I guess created certain professions and jobs and I've just never really thought about it that way up there. So that's so interesting how that came about what inspired you to follow in that path?

Carter:

Yeah, I just really enjoyed growing up in a natural health clinic and I really, I was craving the purpose and fulfillment that my dad and grandfather had in working. Like they never ever work. It's pure joy to them taking care of their patients and they call them their family for a reason. Like I love going into the clinic and we have patients there that will be like, your grandfather helped me with this, and oh my gosh, if it weren't for your dad, I would be six feet under or something like that. Right. And that just inspired me so much. And the reason why people love coming to our clinic is they want to be treated like you're their favorite aunt, their favorite cousin, and there is such a familial vibe that we have and I really wanted to pursue that kind of purpose. I was a basketball player all throughout high school and growing up and just loved the idea of improving performance and function. And so chiropractic really just it made sense to me. There, there's a lot of other things that kind of developed in why I wanted to choose this profession besides the fact that I have a very strong family connection to it.

Kerry:

Yeah, I feel like you had to do it whether you wanna do or not, but you actually are interested in it, which is fantastic.

Carter:

I, yeah. And That's the other thing I would caution is that I chose to do this. A lot of said Don't feel forced. I'm like, I don't feel forced. Like I, I want to help people. Now I'm like, okay, I'm six two and maybe a, buck 90, so going and playing in the NFL or the NBA, like that was my dream to be a basketball player, and that was probably not likely, but I just realized that I had something unique going on and it's not just our community. We get people from all over the country seeking our help and care. We've had people from Abu Dhabi, we've had people from Australia come to Pocatello, Idaho for chronic autoimmune Lyme disease specifically. We really got on the map with, I just wanted to keep that going because I recognized we had something special.

Kerry:

Awesome. So you also have certifications in like acupuncture and the Webster technique. What drew you to these different modalities?

Carter:

Acupuncture is incredible, I think, and it's very versatile. That's why I wanted to do it. It's not just for musculoskeletal conditions. I really liked it for a sprained ankle for basketball because that's the most common injury in basketball and acupuncture works really well for that. But at our clinic in Idaho, we love using it to help out with digestive issues, headaches migraines and those sorts of things. So that's why I wanted to do it. Now, Webster was really interesting cause that's something that my dad doesn't know about. And I was invited to do it by a friend or a group of friends from school, and I just wanted something to do for the weekend. So I was like, I don't really see myself working with, a pregnancy patients, but why not? I'll just go learn new. What is it Describe

Kerry:

first.

Carter:

So describe it. Yeah. So what it is it's a specialized form of chiropractic that specifically caters to the demographic of pregnant women. Okay. So chiropractic is really helpful for low back pain, but then how do you address the low back pain if you have, if you have a growing baby inside of you. So I really was drawn to, okay, how do I approach this. Because in chiropractic school, we were taught, Hey, did you know that chiropractors can help out with pregnancies? Okay, anyway, we're gonna go onto This, that. And I'm like, wait a minute. You can't just pose a problem and not tell us about the solution. And that's where I got really jealous with. So the Klepcos I wanted to give them a shout out. They were the ones that got me introduced to you. They came from the chiropractic school where it started with pregnancy chiropractic. And so they got a lot more in depth training and information on that. And I just got exposed to it and my world was open. I'm like, I had no idea that we could even do this. So it's just pretty much pregnancies and how to help have a more natural and conservative pregnancy. So

Kerry:

you also, you're interested in everything, right? From neuroscience, functional medicine, yoga, breath work, ozone therapy, and biohacking. So how do you integrate all of these tools? Or have you yet, in your practice.

Carter:

Yeah. That's very interesting. So one of the reasons why I wanted to be in, in the healthcare world is I love that is about lifestyle, right? So anything that could make me healthy and I wanted to find a profession that would harmonize with my values that I eat good food. I, I exercise and I want to be as healthy as possible. And I like the challenge of it because there's gonna be patients coming in see me saying Hey, I have this issue, or I need help with this, and I wanted to be an example for them. And when you have that challenge. you wanna rise up to meet it. And I'm like, it's invigorating. I don't know about you. If you feel that way where there's people coming in to, to seek for your help and you gotta be that beaming light, that, that example for them. So that's why I wanted to do that is I just really like being healthy. I like talking anything that helps out with the human body.

Kerry:

I think, yeah, absolutely. That is like one of the fundamental approaches of, some of the things, obviously the biohacking, everybody wants to live longer and healthier. And then functional medicine as well. Some other things I think that you were really passionate about was this breathwork and nasal breathing. Tell us a little bit why nasal breathing, is important.

Carter:

Okay, so the with nasal breathing. God gave us a nose for a reason. There's the, there's mechanisms in there that filter the air and clean it and bring it into the lungs. You get a better oxygen delivery your tissues if air is going through the nose as opposed through the mouth and with mouth breathing if you breathe through your mouth too much, then there will be a bacterial overgrowth. In this book that I read called Breath by James Nestor, he was talking with a dentist in there that said that the, one of the most common reasons that I see people with cavities is because they're mouth breathing too much. And when we mouth breathe, that's when we tell our bodies to go into a sympathetic state. So sympathetic for your nervous system, your fight or flight, right? We breathe through our mouth when we're stressed And then parasympathetic when we're in that safe, that rest and digest phase. So chronic conditions is something that I know that you see as well as it's very prevalent in our country. These, the sympathetic nervous system tells our body, Hey, there's a tiger coming after you we need to stress you out so that way you can run away from the tiger. But why is that sympathetic nervous system still on when you're sitting at your desk? Like you should not be stressed when you're trying to relax. You're trying to do everyday tasks, but that's what's going on with us. So he men, This book really changed my life. Like he just mentioned that we're doing this habitually, we're doing this while we're even sleeping. That snoring is not just a funny thing, like it's a actual dysfunction. Like we shouldn't be snoring when we sleep at night. So I emphasize nasal breathing it is important part of your physiology. But if you're not moved by how your body works, I would also say that if you're moved by an aesthetic reason, so cosmetic how you look, people that do a better job at breathing through their nose, they have better facial features. They're thinner. They don't look so puffy around the face. So I mentioned that as well, because. People might be moved by that. They want to look, they wanna look better, they wanna look sexier. So that's one, of, that's one of the big reasons for that as well.

Kerry:

Are some of those like craniofacial abnormalities that we see with obstructive sleep apnea also, I guess somewhat related to what you're saying with the facial structure

Carter:

Yeah. Facial structures can be influenced by how we breathe. But recently I learned that even just from the experience of birth and coming out, it can actually have an influence on our cranial structure. Heck, even, and this is something that I've mentioned to Dr. Robin Klepko yesterday was like, I was just shocked at how even. With the mother's pelvis torqued in a weird position that can actually have an influence on the baby when the birth happens. So with Webster, what a chiropractor is trying to do is Teach the nervous system how to communicate with the tissues effectively. That's why we do adjustments so that way, like the mother can be in a state to actually relax and have a low stress pregnancy. So I'm only mentioning that because that process can have an influence on the cranial structure of the infant, which can carry on to the rest of their life as well. Interesting.

Kerry:

Okay, this phenomenon, I don't know, I'm calling it phenomenon, but mouth taping has become very popular as a trend online. So what has gotten you interested in it? And this is where I might do a me another medical disclaimer. So we don't have the wrong people trying this

Carter:

yeah. Okay, so that book that I mentioned, breath by James Nestor, it's It's a good read, but if I had to summarize the entire book for you, and if there's one thing that the author would take, have you take away from the book, is to tape your mouth at night, and I really like mouth taping is my favorite biohack because I'm blocking my mouth and I'm teaching my body to use my nose when I sleep. Okay. And. I want to ensure that I get good oxygen delivery the tissues. I'm not just overriding it, like I'm actually trying to tell my nervous system, Hey, you need to rest. And like I said before the facial structure, I really care about that I care about how I look so that it was a powerful reason. And I've heard some people say that they feel a lot better they can get a good night's rest, only breathing through their nose. Now my recommendation for this is if you were to say, Hey, I want to get started with it, Set a goal for to see how long you can go, right? So maybe the first night you put tape over your mouth and you do 10 minutes, right? And then you have to rip the tape off and then just sleep for the rest of the night. And then the next night try and shoot for 20. The next night, shoot for 30, and then the night after 30 to an hour. Just try it, but if it causes you any discomfort, then do what is best for your body. I know that there's some other effective devices out there, like A-C-P-A-P that can help out people with those things. Mouth taping. I would say I've seen more people do it that are very fit and young and they wanna maintain that for someone that's starting at ground zero where they have a lot of other issues and then they just wanted to take a random biohack and apply it, I'm not sure how well that would work for them. I would start them off with some other things like, alright, we're here at ground zero, we gotta build you up before we can do all these other things.

Kerry:

Now are you like physically putting like duct tape over your mouth?

Carter:

So you can do duct tape, but honestly, I get a little worried about the adhesive that's on my lips, and I hate how my lips feel with that. I've tried kt yeah, I've tried kt tape with it, but recently I just got this, I can't remember the name of brand, but they have this very clean tape that is specifically used for the mouth and they use bamboo. It's like really natural and organic. So their pitch was, Hey, you can tape your mouth without the harmful adhesives going on your lips and stuff. So I there's

Kerry:

I'm sorry, there's actually products that are marketed toward this. That's pretty cool.

Carter:

Yes, there is,

Kerry:

So just to orient our listeners, the scientific evidence for mouth taping is still quite limited in mix. A few small studies show improvements in snoring or mild sleep apnea metrics in select patients, but others show that mouth closure can worsen, worsen airflow, especially in our as asthmatics and other people with nasal obstruction or specific airway patterns. So definitely something to approach carefully and individually.

Carter:

Yes, I would

Kerry:

We do have a very large asthma and allergy population. These people are suffering from nasal obstruction and asthma, and it's not a, I would not recommend it for that. Like you said, it has to be the right individual and then. Obviously, if you are having any sleep issues, getting evaluated for sleep apnea, like the snoring thing you mentioned is one of the key indicators. And typically, we will do a lot of screening questionnaires in our office on, looking for sleep apnea to make sure that we are, checking patients appropriately in doing home sleep studies. And you mentioned A-C-P-A-P, so a continuative positive air pressure device or a BiPAP can be used to help make you have, more airflow. So it's not only in the past people might used to think that it was just like mouth like they would open the mouth with the CPAP and BiPAP, but now, there's like nasal devices and things like that. And that would be more along the lines of what you're describing, that it can help people. So definitely it's not for everybody. I want everybody to know, to be careful on that. Yeah. But it's

Carter:

very interesting. please be careful.

Kerry:

With the approach, for sure. You mentioned some ways that if people wanted to start out, you mentioned some safe ways already. Is there anything else you can think of that it might be a good or not good idea for anybody?

Carter:

Honestly I can't think of anything right now at that moment. But yeah I loved how you mentioned the disclaimer on that. Really get checked out to see if that's something that's even feasible for you. But this is why I'm expressing it, is if you want to improve your performance and you want to improve how you feel, this could be a very good way for you to do that. Yeah, absolutely.

Kerry:

I think, if you're in pretty good health and decent, then it's not something that you should be as afraid of.

Carter:

yes

Kerry:

so another controversial issue that you specialize in is this cranial facial release that's your technique that you're certified in. From the medical side, we don't really have any great evidence supporting this procedure yet. I think you can describe it, but to me it looks like a little bit like a sinus balloon. Balloon like manipulation of the sinus airways. But I don't know from what I looked up,'cause I was very curious, the research isn't there yet, but I'm always interested in hearing what clinicians of different fields are exploring. So can you explain what it is from your training perspective? What cranial facial release is.

Carter:

Yes, thank you for mentioning that. That is something I wanna say that there are, the chiropractor that taught me about it said that there the Australian, I wanna say it was like an Australian chiropractic journal or medical journal did talk about this technique. But yes, there, there definitely needs to be more. So cranial facial release I just got certified in, and this is personally my favorite technique that I'm so excited to implement as a chiropractor. So what it is it's practically an adjustment for your face. So the pitch of it is that chiropractors get 80% of their patients better by only adjusting 20% of their nervous system. So 20% meaning that it's anything below the occiput, right? So neck, your thoracic, your lumbar spine, and chiropractic gets really good results treating those areas for helping the nervous system talk to the rest of the tissues in your body, low back pain, cervicogenic headaches, those types of things. With cranial facial release, it's more of a direct adjustment to the cranium. So they said that the cranium does move, right? So when you breathe in and out, The skull has these little micro movements, right? So it opens up and it folds back, but at a very small level. So this I have a skull right here. Sometimes I like props. So over here and out here. And you do so by putting a balloon right here into the, right here, into the nose. And it's supposed to go all the there's showing the

Kerry:

nasal sinuses

Carter:

pain.

Kerry:

Yeah. And then there's the

Carter:

sep. Yes. So it's really good. One of the reasons to, to do this is to improve cerebral spinal fluid flow in the brain. So my favorite analogy for this technique is, let's say you had, I hate doing potty talk, but let's say you had a little too much to eat. You try and you flush the toilet, but then it overflows, right? So when the toilet overflows, what do you do? You take a plunger, right? And then, and then that will create the pressure for the water to actually drain and go out, so this adjustment is like that, where you're creating an intrathecal pressure in the brain to where the cerebral spinal fluid will, will flow just like water and toilet, right? And this treatment has been very. Helpful for people post-concussion syndrome. I've heard of it treating trigeminal neuralgia bell's palsy headaches, migraines, those types things. And also, just right here, if you put the balloon in you go under the pituitary gland is actually in close proximity with the nasal cavity. And I've heard it do wonders for women specifically with hormone issues, menstrual psycho irregularities and yeah, like I, I really like it for that reason as well. So I love anything that can give me a reset on my brain like I'm graduating chiropractic school in less than 10 days. And as a student, I loved anything that I get my hands on that will give me a cognitive edge, will help me think clear, help me breathe, and this technique that, I'm sharing, I really felt like it's done that for me, I feel more open when I get it. Like I can feel my brain, I feel like I can think clearer and I can definitely breathe a lot better when I get it too. With this one, I would like to see more explanation and research in the future on this technique. A lot of the benefits of this are anecdotal. You just, you talk to people and they'll just share with you their experience and how it helped them. I'm

Kerry:

It seems very similar to balloon sinu plasty that, our ear, nose, throat doctors do. What is it? Is it, how is it different? And then what would you say are some risk factors of doing

Carter:

Yeah. So with the sinus plasty, if I'm not mistaken, that one is performed under anesthesia, right? I

Kerry:

I actually don't know

Carter:

ENT. I think it is performed with, With so, yeah. Anyways I think I wrote a note about that For the sinuplasty. If, yeah, with the sinuplasty, if they are gonna put you under anesthesia, it's gonna take a little bit longer. Whereas this one it's very quick now. A lot of patients will describe this experience as unforgettable because you are getting a balloon shoved up your nose and then it swells up and you're like, oh my gosh there's something inside of my nose. Right? But it's very quick. Now it's not really, it's not so much a painful experience. It's more of an uncomfortable pressure. That's the best way that I can describe it because, So I just looked

Kerry:

up. Yeah. The balloon sinuplasty doesn't always require anesthesia, but it can be performed with local and or mild sedation or general. It depends on the patient, the doctor, and

Carter:

Yeah. Now with that one, I think with the sinuplasty, they put a tube up and they do a solution that will clear out the sinus. So with this one it's addressing it more mechanically, and if you do put the balloon up your nose and then you do the adjustment, it really does help out with draining and helping flow in the sinus cavities. Yeah, that that's one of the reasons why I like it. If I feel stuffy in my sinuses. I like getting this done.

Kerry:

Okay, interesting. Is there any like risk factors of doing it?

Carter:

Yeah. So for this one sometimes you can have bleeding in your nose and towards the back of your throat. That I would say that one's pretty rare. You'll get a, you can get a little bit of a throat irritation. Something that I've seen with this one is for those that have psychological traumas in their life, when they get a balloon, they'll have a lot of times they'll have a very emotional outburst because all that trauma that they're storing in their cranium and in that particular part of their body, it's being stored. So once that get gets released, like they'll have a very strong emotional outburst, but it'll calm down a little bit after. But Yeah, that one's always crazy like, you don't, you never want to hurt a patient or anything but that can happen.

Kerry:

Gotta be safe first. Right?

Carter:

Yes. Yeah,

Kerry:

I know medical doctors we say do no harm, but I dunno

Carter:

what kind Yes. Yeah. We actually, yeah, we abide by that too. I cannot imagine doing something that would cause more harm than good. I like doing this because I feel like the benefits outweigh the risks, but I always love talking people through it. Like I have a little poker in case the balloon goes all the way back and they're uncomfortable. I always have a backup plan with this one. Make sure that the patient is safe first and foremost.

Kerry:

Changing gears a little bit, you've practiced mostly or your family has in Idaho, But recently trained in Florida. So what similarities or differences have you noticed between the two health

Carter:

Yeah. So Idaho and Florida have nothing common. I'm just say, I'm just saying that in general not from healthcare standpoint. Idaho is a very interesting place because in my opinion with the chiropractic scope of practice, there is a little bit, it's a broader scope of practice, right? And from what I've noticed, a lot the East Coast states, they're a little bit more narrow in what a chiropractor can do. For example, some states, if you're certified in acupuncture, like they don't recognize the acupuncture certification for chiropractors. Some states are just very Hey, you are only allowed to do a spinal adjustment. In Idaho there, there is a little bit more leeway. So if a chiropractor can get a diplomate or extra training in clinical nutrition, or if they get another doctorate as a naturopathic physician, they can do things such as intramuscular injections and IV therapy. Which that's what I'm excited about. I love needles. I think they're very helpful for people. I'm planning on getting extra training next month I'll be starting a second doctorate as a naturopathic physician up in Chicago. My credits transfer over from chiropractic school, and so this will only be 18 months, and having that degree will allow me to serve more favorably to my patients out west. That's a really good question. That's something I personally geek out about is, hey, what can doctors do or can't do in some areas, the laws in California are different from the laws in Florida, so it's so fascinating.

Kerry:

Yeah, it's different patient population too, and I would assume you're in a little bit more of a rural area, therefore scope is

Carter:

Yes, I would definitely say that's definitely so I don't know if there's, is there anything like that in the medical world for you where MDs can do this in Florida, but they can't do this in Pennsylvania or Timbuktu or whatever.

Kerry:

I don't think so. But I would say, from a family medicine standpoint, when you're in a more rural area, you might be doing full scope, right? Peds

Carter:

gotcha. Need to,

Kerry:

Geriatrics and everything. Whereas when there's plenty of other people to refer to or take care of, pregnant patients or pediatrics, you might not Family medicine, but that's from family medicine There's definitely no like interstate laws that prohibit one doctor of one licensing prac specialty to practicing we've covered a lot, but what is, um, maybe, I know you might have already mentioned this, but what's one practical tip for listeners if someone wants to take one small daily step toward better health and what would you recommend?

Carter:

Ooh, one small step towards practical health. I would just say movement is movement is medicine. Chiropractors are really big on movement, so improving mobility. Improving how the nervous system communicates what the tissues of the body. And so if you're, if you have a daily habit of moving and exercising you're doing so much good for your body,

Kerry:

And moving not just like one big time during the day exercising, right?

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I often like

Kerry:

tell patients or people to do little exercise snacks and getting up in between all the times that you're sitting at your desk and things like that is And you are not the first person to say movement is medicine on this podcast. Like we, I think we all know, or if you don't already know, we're all learning how important it is to be able to move and to be able to exercise. And that's one of the biggest keys to longevity. I'm sure

Carter:

I agree. Movement is medicine. Yeah. What's what's next for you?

Kerry:

You said you're going off to naturopathic doctorate school, and then well, where can people find you if they wanna work with you, follow you, or know anything about you

Carter:

Okay.

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family?

Carter:

Yeah. So I got a little bit longer. Yes, I am crazy for wanting to do more school. But my Instagram is Carter h West. My, my family's clinic is west Clinic in Pocatello, Idaho. My dad, my boss, Dr. Jason West, and, I, Yeah so I just want to thank him and my grandpa. He, they are the biggest examples of what being a healer means to me in my life. And the Klepcos are amazing. I want to thank them for getting me On here and facilitating that connection. They are excellent physicians. I love their practice. And for the time being, I'm at Alessi Functional Health. That's where I'm doing my internship. Dr. Alfred Alessi in Tampa Bay. He's a excellent chiropractor. He's one that's been mentoring me as well, so I just want to thank him as well. So there, I don't know. I just wanted to do that'cause like I'm ab I'm about to start my career and you don't get good without a little bit of help along the way. And I don't know about you, but I'm sure that you had some very important mentors and people that helped you get to the place where you are today. So I'm just, and plus it's after Thanksgiving, so I'm feeling especially grateful. I'm feeling especially grateful right now.

Kerry:

I love that. And I just will mention, we had Dr. Robin Klepco and her husband on a couple episodes back. If you guys didn't catch those episodes and you can go back and listen. We had a great intro to Chiropractic episode and then a functional medicine episode with Dr. Robins. Yeah, those are great. And thank you so much for reaching out and, bringing your unique expertise on this podcast today. And best of luck in your, finishing your studies and in your career. And, I've just Thank you Dr. Carter, for joining

Carter:

Thank you so much Dr. Reller, This has been an incredible privilege. Thank you for bringing me on. And please keep doing, Good work what you're doing as a physician you're doing God's work like, and people will need you, and I'm just very thankful that you brought me on so. Yeah I appreciate that

Kerry:

and I agree. We're all, anybody who's, in these kind of professions believe in that too. So everybody thank you for listening. And tune into next week for next week's episode. Okay. Get Healthy Tampa Bay.

Carter:

Thank you.

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Dr. Kerry Reller

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