“Go see Dr. Peters,” Dr. Paras Mehta told me, over a week ago. Paras and Shivani Mehta were my first hosts in Charlotte. They both finished medical school several years ago. Shivani already finished her residency and is currently practicing. Paras, however, has extended his residency to assist in building an acupuncture program he’s helping to implement at Charlotte’s Carolinas Medical Center. Obviously on the path of a very holistic, integrative physician, I asked Paras if he knew of any chiropractor in Charlotte he may wish to recommend to me. “Go see Dr. Peters,” Paras told me, without hesitation, “that’s actually the name of his website too.”
Dr. Tony Peters practices both chiropractic and acupuncture. Easy to find in the digital world, Peters received my e-mail and invited me in for complimentary treatment. I showed up a half hour early Wednesday afternoon for my appointment, and was greeted by his very friendly staff. “Just call me Tony,” Dr. Peters requests. I spent two hours in Tony’s office, during the first of which he not only adjusted my neck and back, he also did some very painful, very helpful soft tissue work. (I had to clutch the bars of the adjustment table amid the pain.) Next, it was on to the acupuncture room, where I spent the next hour face down, with 19 needles planted into me from head to toe.
I emerged very “charged” from one of my best-ever healing sessions. Tony introduced me to his wife and kids, and then returned me to my miles-away hosts Mike & Mary. We all ended up sharing dinner together, and yesterday Tony called me out for an off-the-route paddle-boarding lesson. I ended up accepting an invitation to spend the night on their sofa. Joined by Saki, their cuddly little doggy.
He charged me up with a few more adjustments in his office this morning, before I returned to Mike & Mary’s.
Funny thing, though it was Dr. Paras Mehta who recommended that I “go see Dr. Peters,” Dr. Tony Peters doesn’t even remember Paras Mehta. I don’t even know if Paras Mehta ever met Tony– maybe he’s just heard of him?? Either way, that didn’t stop Tony Peters from opening his doors to someone new, offering his finest hospitality

Thank You, Dr. Peters!

Chinese dinner tonight with Tony Peters,  Mike, Mary, David & Jeff. David is a good friend from Portland; I lent him & Sarah, his wife, my car when I left the Pacific Northwest. I hadn’t met Jeff, but he’s part of the “in” network of Austin, TX– Jeff now lives on the same property with Jenna Jasso, who accompanied me for two days of walking out of Austin.  

Jeff, Mike, Mary, George, David

Men in Hoods