Christine Bauer was raised in St. Petersburg in a family that practiced natural health. A boyfriend’s mother fine-tuned that interest when she introduced Christine to massage therapy when she was only 13. She became a licensed massage therapist at 18 and she has been an acupuncture physician for 11 years.

At Good HealthKeepers, Christine and her husband, Tom, specialize in pain control and structural restoration. Their customized, one-on-one patient care enables them to work with a variety of acute and chronic conditions, as well as with people who just want a healthier lifestyle. A unique offering at their practice is the gym on the premises, and the only one locally to offer the Roboflex Exoskeletal Trainer™, a workout machine developed for astronauts on which you can do 450 different exercises.

“We don’t send you out with a prescription for three treatments a week and a bag of herbs. We work with your whole lifestyle,” says Christine, who spends a minimum of one hour with each patient.

To relax, Christine throws pottery and practices yoga. She and Tom have two Norwegian elkhounds and an Australian Shepard.