About
Our mission, team, and experience.
Our Mission
Our mission is to combine movement therapy with physical medicine to help you be beyond just “better,” and become even better than before your injury or setback. This isn’t about just getting out of pain. This is about learning how to care for and optimize your body system from the inside out.
Our Team
Co-Founders Lily Hoog-Fry, DC, RYT-e, CSCS and John Baker DC, CSCS, DNS-ET are dedicated professionals who combine decades of experience to deliver transformative and sustainable results. We understand how frustrating and difficult the journey to sustainable wellness can be, and we’re here to help you navigate it.
Meet Dr. Lily
Bio
Dr. Lily is a Chiropractic Physician driven to give people the high quality healthcare they deserve. She has been teaching yoga for over a decade and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist.
In pursuit of her mission, along with achieving honors in her doctorate program she has done over a thousand hours of mentorship and additional training in areas such as TMJ, foot & breathing disorders, external pelvic floor rehabilitation, developmental kinesiology & rehabilitation, DNS, visceral manipulation and nervous system regulation.
She is certified in the Webster Technique for pregnancy and pediatric care, Gait Happens Natural Foot Function and Network Spinal’s nervous system reorganizational healing.
She is a self-proclaimed nerd and dedicated forever learner who became a Chiropractor because she wants to tend to the instinctual wellness inside you, so you can live your best life.
When not caring for patients you can find her spending time in the ocean, lifting weights, making jewelry & clothes by hand, gardening, taking barefoot walks and spending time with her best friend & partner, Dr. John.
Meet Dr. John
Bio
Dr. John Baker is a Chiropractic Physician, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), and Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization (DNS) Exercise Trainer specializing in physical medicine, biomechanics, and human performance. Over the course of his career he has worked with athletes at every level of sport, including Olympic hopefuls and Olympic Gold Medalists, as well as World Surf League (WSL) athletes, including Championship Tour World Champions, Big Wave World Champions, and winners of the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational.
His work spans a wide range of disciplines including surfing, skateboarding, swimming, diving, water polo, football, basketball, baseball, soccer, golf, track and field, climbing, mountain sports, martial arts, volleyball, powerlifting, Olympic weightlifting, and physique sports.
Dr. Baker holds a Doctorate in Chiropractic Medicine along with Bachelor’s degrees in Human Biology and Kinesiology. Before entering clinical practice he built his career as a strength and conditioning coach, where he developed a lifelong passion for understanding how the human body organizes movement, adapts to physical stress, and performs at a high level.
He approaches performance and rehabilitation through an integrated model that emphasizes collaboration between coaches, practitioners, and support staff, believing that when these disciplines work together the result is a powerful synergy for both recovery and performance.
Prior to his work in physical medicine and coaching, Dr. Baker served as an Ocean Lifeguard and EMT with the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department in La Jolla, California while completing his undergraduate education at Chapman University, where he also served as Director of Athletics for a Montessori school in Orange, California.
In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Baker is an inventor and entrepreneur. He is the creator of Catalyst Cream, a recovery-focused topical developed for athletes and active individuals, and continues to develop additional health and performance products. He has contributed to publications including Surfer Magazine and an e-book book, Repattern: Returning to Divine Design.