Dr. James Sorensen, who doesn’t mind if you call him Dr. James, joined The Joint Chiropractic family of healthcare providers in 2016 before landing at the Mansfield location in 2018.
A graduate of University of Arizona, Dr. James earned a bachelor of science degree in nutritional sciences with a minor in chemistry. He received his doctorate in chiropractic from Parker University.
“The thing I enjoy most about being in the chiropractic field is being able to help patients achieve their health potential,” Dr. James says. “The other thing is seeing patients grow both personally as well as health-wise.”
Dr. James says he always wanted to work in the medical field, but it was personal experience and research that led him down the chiropractic path..
“After visiting a chiropractor in high school, my fascination in the natural side of the healing arts was sparked,” he says. “The more I learned, the more I was interested, and I have been interested in chiropractic ever since.”
He and wife Samantha don’t have any children, but they do have a dog named Cash, a half-husky, half-blue heeler. Samantha is working toward becoming a high school science teacher.
“I love this community,” Dr. James says of working at the Mansfield clinic. “We have access to so many healthy options in such a close proximity that we can all feed off one another to help make the community healthier.”
Dr. James grew up in Tucson, Ariz. To relax, he enjoys fishing at local lakes and occasionally working on cars. He also likes to spend time exercising, playing softball, and watching baseball and football.
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God’s perfect food is also Dr. James’ perfect food. He says eggs are the one thing he must have handy at all times. “It’s such a versatile food that you can consume at any time of the day,” he says. “It packs a punch in terms of nutrition, both with fats and proteins.”
Given the opportunity to share a meal with any four characters from history, Dr. James says his perfect dinner party would include Jesus Christ, George Washington, Babe Ruth, and megachurch pastor Matt Chandler.
“Matt Chandler is a big inspiration for me at the moment in my faith, so I feel like it would be an amazing experience to be able to talk one-on-one with him,” says Dr. James, who also wouldn’t mind learning first-hand from Jesus.
He would similarly love to pick the brain of Ruth, maybe the greatest baseball player of all time, and Washington: “I would love to have some insight into the original founding fathers’ ideas for the country.”
No doubt, Dr. James would tell Ruth about the coolest thing he has ever done: He played in the high school state championship during his junior year. “It was an experience not everyone gets to have,” Dr. James says. “It was just a magical year that came together for us.”
