Dr. Blake Amonett with his first patient, Lori Wachtstetter. The practice will open October 21.
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By Bob Kelly
Feature writer
Dr. Blake Amonett knows a thing or two about helping people since he has seen it first-hand by watching his dad help others through his business, but an incident in high school sealed his fate and pushed him down the road to being a chiropractor.
It is through the various actions of watching his father, Bill Amonett, do whatever was needed to help customers at Beck Service Center, coincidentally where Dr. Amonett works part-time and will be two doors away from his dad once he opens his new practice.
Amonett Chiropractic will open Monday, October 21, on the Southside of Indianapolis at 6025 Madison Avenue in Suite D. “As of right now, we have completed renovations and are ready-to-go and we have established where we need to be so we can see new patients,” Dr. Amonett told The Southsider Voice.
He described an incident in high school that played a decisive role in why he wanted to enter the chiropractic profession, but he had no idea at the time how much of a factor it would play in his plans for his future.
“I played tennis at Roncalli High School and got injured when we played in the Regionals,” Dr. Amonett said. “I went to several doctors and each one explained they could not help me, but I finally did get help once I went to Dr. Tony Origer. What Dr. Origer did for me changed my life because before I met him I planned to attend Indiana University and get a degree in education, but he changed that for me through his work on my injury.”
Dr. Amonett said he is grateful for the care he received from Dr. Origer. “He worked with me and got me in a place where I was able to return to play tennis for Franklin College,” he said. “Today, I want to return that favor to the patients who come to see me with a problem that needs to be fixed just like I did years ago.”
He graduated from Roncalli High School in 2016 and earned a bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Franklin College in 2020. He became licensed after he earned his doctorate in Chiropractic from Logan University in 2023.
Dr. Amonett told The Southsider Voice he could have taken several routes to help others at various practices, but he chose to open his practice. “I had other opportunities to get into a chiropractic office, but I decided to go out on my own even though it would be harder as I help others in the community,” he said. “You could do other things that would help earn you more money, but at the end of the day, money is not everything and I wanted to find something that was fulfilling for me and my patients.”
Dr. Amonett said he learned how to care for patients from his mother, Terri Amonett, as she set a prime example of how one properly attends to a patient’s need while in her position as a nurse. “We will offer a technique that uses five different steps to evaluate a patient,” he said. “The technique will be unique and patterned after a patient’s needs and not the same solution used on patients whose problems are similar.”
He gained valuable experience to use on future patients when he joined in the Gonstead Program, where one goes through training and then must pass a seven-hour exam just to become an intern.
By October 21, Dr. Amonett will have his own office fixing the problems of his patients’ backs and other areas at his chiropractic office just a quick walk away from his dad and former co-workers.
Feature writer
Dr. Blake Amonett knows a thing or two about helping people since he has seen it first-hand by watching his dad help others through his business, but an incident in high school sealed his fate and pushed him down the road to being a chiropractor.
It is through the various actions of watching his father, Bill Amonett, do whatever was needed to help customers at Beck Service Center, coincidentally where Dr. Amonett works part-time and will be two doors away from his dad once he opens his new practice.
Amonett Chiropractic will open Monday, October 21, on the Southside of Indianapolis at 6025 Madison Avenue in Suite D. “As of right now, we have completed renovations and are ready-to-go and we have established where we need to be so we can see new patients,” Dr. Amonett told The Southsider Voice.
He described an incident in high school that played a decisive role in why he wanted to enter the chiropractic profession, but he had no idea at the time how much of a factor it would play in his plans for his future.
“I played tennis at Roncalli High School and got injured when we played in the Regionals,” Dr. Amonett said. “I went to several doctors and each one explained they could not help me, but I finally did get help once I went to Dr. Tony Origer. What Dr. Origer did for me changed my life because before I met him I planned to attend Indiana University and get a degree in education, but he changed that for me through his work on my injury.”
Dr. Amonett said he is grateful for the care he received from Dr. Origer. “He worked with me and got me in a place where I was able to return to play tennis for Franklin College,” he said. “Today, I want to return that favor to the patients who come to see me with a problem that needs to be fixed just like I did years ago.”
He graduated from Roncalli High School in 2016 and earned a bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Franklin College in 2020. He became licensed after he earned his doctorate in Chiropractic from Logan University in 2023.
Dr. Amonett told The Southsider Voice he could have taken several routes to help others at various practices, but he chose to open his practice. “I had other opportunities to get into a chiropractic office, but I decided to go out on my own even though it would be harder as I help others in the community,” he said. “You could do other things that would help earn you more money, but at the end of the day, money is not everything and I wanted to find something that was fulfilling for me and my patients.”
Dr. Amonett said he learned how to care for patients from his mother, Terri Amonett, as she set a prime example of how one properly attends to a patient’s need while in her position as a nurse. “We will offer a technique that uses five different steps to evaluate a patient,” he said. “The technique will be unique and patterned after a patient’s needs and not the same solution used on patients whose problems are similar.”
He gained valuable experience to use on future patients when he joined in the Gonstead Program, where one goes through training and then must pass a seven-hour exam just to become an intern.
By October 21, Dr. Amonett will have his own office fixing the problems of his patients’ backs and other areas at his chiropractic office just a quick walk away from his dad and former co-workers.
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