DeCrescenzo Chiropractic – Pawtucket of Newport

DeCrescenzo Chiropractic - Pawtucket of Newport is a chiropractor in Newport, Rhode Island, located at 1168 Newport Ave. The practice operates four offices across Rhode Island, in Pawtucket, East Providence, Providence, and Central Falls, and offers same-day appointments at each. Care is led by Dr. Gregory DeCrescenzo and Dr. Shadi Shakoori, who are joined by chiropractors Dr. Amy Malek, Dr. Frankie Rodriguez, and Dr. Christopher Hazard. The team treats a range of conditions and provides decompression therapy, a gentle treatment that stretches the spine to relieve pressure caused by herniated discs, bulges, and protrusions. The practice holds a rating of 4.90 from the customers who have reviewed it.

Dr. DeCrescenzo began his pre-medical coursework at Rhode Island College and completed it at New College of California in Los Angeles. He started his chiropractic education in 1993 at Life Chiropractic College West in San Leandro, California, where he was among the youngest students in his class. After finishing his clinical requirements early, he worked as an examination doctor at Athens Chiropractic Clinic in San Carlos, California, a facility that formerly treated the San Francisco Forty Niners and the San Francisco Giants, and he advanced to head of the examination department there. He was first introduced to chiropractic at 16, after a lower back injury from powerlifting resolved within two weeks of chiropractic care and rehabilitation.

Dr. Shakoori came to chiropractic after volunteering at a hospital in Northern California following high school. Her goal is to provide every patient a safe and positive environment combined with effective treatment, and she regards a positive mental attitude as essential to healing. Dr. Malek, a Chicago native, earned a bachelor's degree in human biology from National University of Health Sciences in 1997 and her Doctor of Chiropractic degree in 1999, then relocated to Providence. Dr. Rodriguez, a Providence native, graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science and earned his doctorate with honors from Palmer Chiropractic College Florida. Dr. Hazard, from Coventry, received a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from the University of Rhode Island and his doctorate from Palmer College of Chiropractic in Daytona Beach, Florida.

With a 4.90 rating from its reviewers, DeCrescenzo Chiropractic brings a multi-doctor team and decompression therapy to Newport and its other Rhode Island locations.