Meet The Team

Dr. Aaron is a native of Washington State and has been a chiropractor for more 30 years. He graduated from the University of Western States and was licensed as a chiropractor in Washington State in 1990. He practiced in the Greater Seattle area for 10 years and he has now been serving patients here in SW Washington for the past 20 years. He is married and has 4 kids. He has a passion for exercise and enjoys most sports. His favorite sports are surfing and snowboarding, but he loves to just work out at the local gym or get outside for a bike ride. He loves to travel and loves the outdoors. His favorite locations to travel are anywhere he can enjoy sunshine and the beach. His most important and favorite past time though is spending time with his family. 

He has been a longstanding member of the Washington State Chiropractic Association. He has acted as a board alternate for the Washington State Chiropractic Association. He has been a contributor to the Washington State Chiropractic Trust, many of the chiropractic colleges, and the Spinal Research Institute. He has been a teacher and speaker within the chiropractic profession and has spoken to hundreds of organizations, businesses, and corporations on topics of health and wellness. He has a passion and dedication to empower people to take more responsibility for their health and life through finding natural solutions to their health problems and building a healthy lifestyle. He teaches classes in his office on building a healthy life through making healthy lifestyle choices. He founded Core Chiropractic in 2003, with a mission to support patient wellness through a “whole person” approach. Through the chiropractic adjustment, and encouraging healthy lifestyle choices, he has helped thousands of people to transform their lives. The most rewarding thing for him as a chiropractor is to see people get out of chronic pain, get off unnecessary medications, and get back to living the life they want to live without limitations.

Dr. Joey Gonzalez received his Doctor of Chiropractic Degree from Life Chiropractic College West in the East Bay Area in California. He completed his undergraduate studies with a B.S. in Sports Management with an emphasis on Business, Biomechanics, and Fitness at Sterling College in Sterling, Kansas where he played collegiate baseball. Dr. Joey found chiropractic through multiple injuries as an athlete and began to develop a passion for the chiropractic profession. Before his chiropractic journey, Dr. Joey was a certified Life Coach, Personal Trainer, and Fitness Nutrition Specialist, and coached others to help themselves by living a healthy lifestyle: physically, mentally, and emotionally. Throughout chiropractic school, Dr. Joey was the president of multiple clubs and was fortunate enough to serve over 9,000 people of Fiji on a mission trip with fellow chiropractic students and doctors. His passion and mission is to help people take a proactive approach to health and wellness through chiropractic and believes that if we can optimize our most important body system, the Central Nervous System, our lives will be limitless.

Dr. Austin was born and raised in Vancouver, WA. He graduated from Life Chiropractic College West, after getting inspired to become a chiropractor while under care of Dr. Aaron Gillespie. After graduating chiropractic college, Dr. Austin took a job up in Olympia, WA where he spent 5 years specializing in auto accident and work injuries, before coming full circle and joining the team at Core Chiropractic as a doctor. His mission is to help others unlock their inner potential to heal and live an unrestricted drug-free life. Outside of the office he loves to get outdoors, in the winter he is an avid snowboarder and loves to get out on the slopes. In the summer he likes to get out in the sun paddle boarding, hiking, and just relaxing on the beach.

Bailey is a licensed massage therapist who is passionate about the healing benefits of massage. She has been a massage therapist for 5 years and loves learning new solutions and techniques.  Bailey specializes in deep tissue, Swedish, and prenatal massage.  She also spent 2 years on a Marine Corps base donating her massage to Veterans and their families. Watching a client leave a massage taller and feeling like a superhero fuels her motivation to continue helping others through bodywork.  Bailey loves reading, paddle boarding, and hiking with her 4-year old daughter and golden retriever.  Living a “try anything once” lifestyle brings her joy outside of her career.