ABout us & Our Family

Dr. Mike and his wife Jess are both Ohio natives but met right here in Orlando! In January 2025 they were blessed to welcome their daughter Aurora. Jess works in leave of absence and long-term disability and is currently a full-time grad student with FSU Law School! In addition to Cole Spine & Performance @ Barbell-13, Dr. Mike proudly serves our nations Veterans at the Orlando VA Healthcare System where he works as a Staff-Chiropractor, Clinical Educator & Clinical Researcher.

So both full-time parents, with full time jobs, why Barbell-13 and Cole Spine & Performance?!?!

While Dr. Mike loves working in an integrated healthcare system such as VA and truly loves treating our nations Veterans, together Jess and Dr. Mike wanted something they could call their OWN and something that could grow with their family.

Sadly, our Veteran population is one of the unhealthiest populations in our country and many suffer from severe levels of chronic pain with complex co-morbidities. While Dr. Mike enjoys this challenging and rewarding setting, he also wants to help other obtain their maximum functional capacity. So a gym-based chiropractic practice made sense!

Also, Dr. Mike jokingly HATES CHIROPRACTORS as a chiropractor himself. Why? They often sadly make false claims, or claims not supported by clinical evidence. They are more focused on business versus caring for the patient, and try and sell patients on expensive long-term care plans. Simply put Dr. Mike prides himself on being a evidenced-based chiropractor that is patient centered! Chiropractic care has been shown to be an effective treatment for managing neuromusculoskeletal conditions and is a recommended first line treatment across clinical practice guidelines. Florida can be even worse, as majority of chiropractic care in FL is personal injury. Sadly, this results in care focused on maximizing an insurance claim versus acting within the best interest of the patient. Lastly, you have franchised chiropractic care now… focused on long-term subscription based chiropractic care. While affordable, the level of care is lacking and their selling point is long-term subscriptions with a 1 size fit all approach.

At Cole Spine & Performance, our goal is to help you optimize your functional capacity while decreasing or eliminating your pain! We offered an evidenced based, patient-centered approach, and not a one size fits all, long-term subscription! We provide high quality care focused on you! Not racking up a personal injury claim.

In addition to traditional spinal manipulation, we have several other evidenced based treatment modalities to help us reach our treatment goals whether that goal is increasing your PR lifting, running a marathon or simply playing with your kids or grandkids pain-free, we are here to support you!