Dr. John Bartemus is a chiropractor at Transcendent Lifestyle Center, PC, in Cornelius. He is one of less than 100 doctors in the world with the Certified Chiropractic Wellness Practitioner degree from the International Chiropractic Association. This wellness certification program offers an extensive post-graduate curriculum of pertinent wellness research, patient care approaches and methods to maximize the clinical effectiveness of chiropractic care in a new wellness paradigm. The program includes evidence-based information in nutrition and natural health, wellness-directed physical fitness and spinal hygiene, state of mind and emotional health, as well as effective insights for generating and supporting patient lifestyle changes.