BETTENDORF, Iowa (KWQC) – Long before Roger Craig was voted into the pro football Hall of Fame, an autographed picture of him was hung on the wall of fame at Tri-Med Health and Wellness Center in Bettendorf.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat man practiced like you\u2019ve never seen before,\u201d chiropractic physician Mitch Mally said. <\/p>\n
Mally said Craig was committed to be the very best. <\/p>\n
Along with Roger Craig, the pictures of celebrities on the wall include Lou Ferrigno, Michelle Wie and Kyrie Irving just to name a few.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen people walk down the wall of fame they go, \u2018Oh you treated somebody,\u2019 I immediately stop them and say \u2018Would you like to know their story?\u2019 because that\u2019s the glory,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
Dr. Mally is an expert in extremities, teaching and practicing the Mally Method around the world.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re taught originally how the spine effects everything, I look at how everything else can also effect the spine.\u201d <\/p>\n
Before he was treating pro athletes and celebrities, Dr. Mally had different plans for his life.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was just a guy who had a zest for knowledge, almost becoming an orthopedic surgeon with a fellowship in sports medicine which was one of my desires or playing pro football or pro baseball.\u201d<\/p>\n
One injury would realign everything.<\/p>\n
\u201cI ended up on the field injured with a left knee and a chiropractor said \u2018Look before you have surgery, let\u2019s get the best nerve and blood supply back to the tissue,\u2019 and I\u2019m going what is this?\u201d<\/p>\n
It led Mally to Palmer college of chiropractic. When he arrived in Davenport, Mally wanted to still be around football so he stopped by practice at Davenport Central High School.<\/p>\n
\u201cI went to the head coach I introduced myself I said \u2018Hey I\u2019m Mitch Mally, I\u2019m gonna start chiropractic college and I just wanted to let you know that I would like to work with your quarterbacks, your wide receivers, your kickoff returners etcetera,\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
That led to Mally treating Roger Craig. When Roger was drafted by the 49ers, Mally knew exactly who could assist with Roger\u2019s care.<\/p>\n
\u201cI couldn\u2019t keep traveling back and forth to San Francisco and everywhere he played,\u201d Mally said. \u201cI made several trips but one of my students, Dr. Nick Athens out of San Francisco, I was able to refer Roger to with a caveat that if you and or Roger run into problems and you need my expertise and years of experience then fly me in or fly Roger out.\u201d<\/p>\n
With the care of Athens and Mally, Roger was in good hands throughout his 11 seasons in the NFL.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe belief in taking care of your body before the event is what I call the pregame tune-up,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd after the game Roger always never missed a pregame and he never missed the postgame. Immediately, as soon after the game was over he was back in getting treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n
The treatment worked so well for Roger that he had to recommend it to his teammates but getting the team on board wasn\u2019t easy<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2018I can\u2019t get the team doctor, I can\u2019t get the team trainer, I can\u2019t get the team physical therapist or the owner to refer anybody else to Nick and to you,\u2019 and I said \u2018Well you need to go through Joe Montana, the team leader, the captain.\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
Montana started being treated by Athens, helping to pave the way for chiropractic care to become embraced by so many NFL players.<\/p>\n
\u201cJoe got treated and all of a sudden Joe Montana is in a Super Bowl being seen by 90 million people getting adjusted by Nick Athens.\u201d <\/p>\n
Dr. Malley has worked with legendary athletes<\/p>\n
\u201cI get flown out to take care of these stars and celebrities and it is just absolutely incredible to go to those games get those seats right up front because you made an impact on their life that nobody was able to do at that time.\u201d<\/p>\n
What\u2019s important to him isn\u2019t who he treats.<\/p>\n
\u201cRoger was a testament, a true testament, to conviction of treating his body and worshiping it so it could perform.\u201d <\/p>\n
It\u2019s their stories. None better than Roger Craig\u2019s<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not about who they are,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s what was done for them, that they said \u2018Thank you this is the best I\u2019ve ever felt,\u2019.\u201d <\/p>\n
This weekend, Dr. Mally will be in Canton to see the final chapter.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is going to be one of my greatest highlights ever,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s well deserved, well earned and there won\u2019t be a dry eye around.\u201d<\/p>\n
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