Dr. Brandan J. Tong became part of The Joint Chiropractic’s team of local healthcare providers
in 2021 when he began serving residents in the Bay Area, where he continues doing the work
he finds so rewarding.
“The best thing about being a chiropractor is developing amazing relationships with people and
watching their quality of life, for them and their families, improve,” he says. “It’s a joy feeling like
I can have a positive influence in people’s lives.
“I enjoy being able to help people without any drugs or surgery. In my opinion, it is a much
healthier way to take care of the body long-term.”
Dr. T, as his patients call him, was raised in Concord and worked previously in Castro Valley. He
is married and, in his spare time, enjoys board games, hiking, and rock climbing. “It’s a great
form of exercise and just all-around fun,” he says.
He earned his doctorate of chiropractic in 2017 from Life Chiropractic College West in Hayward
after getting a bachelor’s degree in biology at Cal State Northridge.
“After finishing my undergraduate degree, I was looking for other opportunities to pay for
graduate school,” he says. “I applied to work in a chiropractic office but didn’t make the cut. The
chiropractor thought I would make a better chiropractor than an assistant. He told me to look
into Life Chiropractic College West, which happened to be close to where I grew up and where
my family lived. After touring the school and learning more about how the human body is
self-healing, self-perpetuating, and adaptive, I had a peace in my heart that this is where I was
supposed to be. I wanted to help many people but I didn’t want to wait until people were sick
and suffering to do so.
“Through my years as a chiropractor I’ve learned that many people come to a chiropractor when
they’ve exhausted all their options for help. They come to me having suffered longer than they
needed to and without hope of getting better. When we explain how the body works with the
nerve system the person begins to understand. And their first few visits they begin to see
improvement and have hope again. My favorite part is when a person I care for is inspired for a
better life with lots of hope.”
In Case You Didn’t Know
Dr. T says there are three things he always keeps stocked in his kitchen, rice, beans, and
spinach: “They seem to be a core staple in many of my foods and they have great nutritional
value as well.”
If he could bring together any four people from history for his ideal dinner party, Dr. T would
include pastor/author John C. Maxwell, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Oprah Winfrey,
and basketball legend Michael Jordan. “Maxwell would help me to be able to serve others
better, and Churchill has been an inspiring figure to many leaders and been so influential in the
world,” he says. “Oprah has done so much in her life and I want to know how she gets it all
done. I’d like to learn Jordan’s work ethic and how he became the best at what he does.”
A book that has meant much to him is Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin:
“This book helped me learn how I can take more responsibility for my life, and when I do, it feels
empowering."
