About Dr. Charlene Lohmueller

My family and I moved to the Bay Area from Ithaca, NY in January 2010.  We lived in Ithaca for four years while I attended chiropractic school and my husband completed his Ph.D. in genetics.  After graduating from chiropractic school, I worked as an associate in a busy chiropractic office in downtown Ithaca.  There I had an opportunity to treat a wide array of patients - from pregnant women, children, and the elderly to athletes from the Cornell Men's Track Team and members of the general population. This experience has opened my eyes to the full potential of chiropractic for alleviating many physical complaints, including musculoskeletal pain, pain during pregnancy, headaches, sciatica, TMJ pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, and many others. I am proficient at adjusting almost any joint in the body - both spine and extremity - and I complement the adjustments with the necessary soft tissue work and rehab exercises.  This combination of manipulation and muscle work has helped provide many of my patients with long-term relief from their pain.

I live in Berkeley with my husband and our toddler son. Adapting to East Bay culture was easy. We love the abundance of sunshine, mild temperatures, freeways, access to good Chinese cooking ingredients, and wide array of fresh vegetables and fruits brimming out of farmers' market stands.  My husband works as a post-doc at UC Berkeley while our son spends most of his time at the local playgrounds and attending Oakland A's games with his father.

- Dr. Charlene Lohmueller

Education and Background

Dr. Lohmueller graduated from Langley High School in northern Virginia and then spent one year attending National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei, Taiwan where she learned to better read and write Chinese.  Dr. Lohmueller is fluent in mandarin Chinese; she grew up speaking Chinese and spent most summers in Taiwan visiting extended family and attending Chinese summer school.  

Dr. Lohmueller graduated Cum Laude from Georgetown University with a degree in International Affairs in 2004.  She then obtained her Doctorate of Chiropractic from New York Chiropractic College (NYCC) in Seneca Falls, NY.  Dr. Lohmueller graduated Magna Cum Laude from NYCC and, as a chiropractic student, received several prestigious national scholarships such as the Foot Levelers scholarship, the OUM Wellness Works scholarship, and the American Chiropractic Association scholarship.