Dwight Shaneyfelt, DC

Prior to establishing a successful private practice in Sausalito, California in 1989, Dr. Shaneyfelt assisted in open heart research at the National Institute of Health in the late 70’s. He published a paper on “The Risk of Sudden Death and Aspirin: Its Effect and Protection from Sudden Death.” Dr. Shaneyfelt first experience in healthcare was at the Reither Healthcare Center in Seattle Washington specializing in the care and treatment of acephalic children and Thalidomide infants. Later in the 1970s he worked as a corpsman in the United States Airforce with emphasis in critical care and after Vietnam received licensure as a registered nurse with certification in critical care, running dialysis units and Intensive Care Units. During his time prior to chiropractic college he had experience in a cardiac catheterization laboratory and as neurosurgical assistant at University of California Los Angeles. 

Dr. Shaneyfelt is certified as a Mobile Intensive Care Nurse, Coronary Care Nurse, Advanced Cardiac Life Support Nurse, Respiratory Intensive Care Nurse, Mobile Acute Hemodialysis Nurse, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Diplomate in Clinical Nutrition, and Certified Clinical Nutritionist. From 1977-1981 he created a mobile acute hemodialysis network which function in the Southern California area. Dr. Shaneyfelt graduated from Palmer College of Chiropractic – West in 1987 and later studied with Drs Mel Rees, George Goodheart, and Major DeJarnette. Due to his extensive past experience in emergency medicine and critical care he has incorporated DeJarnette Chiropractic First Aid into his practice. Dr. Shaneyfelt in the foremost authority on Chiropractic First Aid utilizing sacro occipital technique (SOT) and soft tissue orthopedic (STO) modalities.


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Inside SOTO–USA

17th Annual Clinical Symposium

May 12-14, 2016
New Orleans, Louisiana

8th Annual SOT Research Conference







May 13-14, 2016
New Orleans, Louisiana

Meet Dr. DeJarnette - Developer of SOT

Vist the wisdom, skill, and humor of Dr. DeJarnette the developer of Sacro Occipital Technique.

The History of Sacro Occipital Technique

Major Bertrand DeJarnette, DC, was a renowned inventor, engineer, osteopath, and chiropractor throughout his long and productive career.