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Dr. Ann Klesmit

"My dad had failed back surgery, so he turned to chiropractic for help. Seeing my dad get pain relief and his life back to normal using chiropractic is only half the story of why I became a health care professional," recalls Dr. Klesmit. "The most amazing thing happened at the chiropractic office the day my dad took my older sister, Mary and I with him. My sister was born crippled with her legs turned inward at the hips. She couldn't walk even with medical leg braces. When she was 6, we were still pulling her in a wagon everywhere we went. My dad's chiropractor, Dr. Lamoureux, saw her one day and asked my dad if he could try to help her. My dad said he figured why not, nothing else had helped. But he was not very hopeful after years of medical doctor visits. Dr. Lamoureux picked Mary up, felt on her hips and we heard a loud crunch sound as he adjusted her. Then I remember my eyes getting huge in surprise when he stood my sister on the ground and she walked for the first time. I was 4 years old and that was the event that inspired me to want to help people in the healthcare field. After that day, my sister could walk, run, jump and be like any other happy child. In fact, she too went into the healthcare field and became an operating room technician."

Dr. Klesmit began her education at Viterbo College in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. After four years of study, she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.
After graduating from Viterbo College, Dr. Klesmit worked as a registered nurse for nine years in several different capacities. She originally worked as a nurse in the Emergency Room at St. Francis Hospital in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Later, she worked on the Spinal Trauma Unit at Lutheran Hospital in LaCrosse. With that experience, she was hired at the age of 21 as the Head Nurse of the Intensive and Coronary Units at Illini Hospital in Silvis, Illinois. While the Head Nurse at Illini Hospital, she joined the National Guard Army Nurse Corp. She served as a Second Lieutenant in a Mobile Surgical Unit from 1981-1987. During those six years, she was involved in training medics in units from Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois and Texas.

In 1982, Dr. Klesmit was accepted to Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa.  She excelled in her classes.  The beginning years of chiropractic school are the same type of classes that medical doctors take; advanced anatomy, physiology, microbiology, public health, and diagnosis.  Near the end of their four years, medical students learn more about drugs and surgery, whereas chiropractic students learn more about adjusting techniques, advanced x-ray study and non-drug methods of improving a patient's health through nutrition and supplements.

In addition to taking classes, Dr. Klesmit was also a faculty instructor and taught Emergency Procedures and Protocols to other students.  Dr. Klesmit graduated from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1986.

In 1986, Dr. Klesmit and her husband, Dr. Tom Klesmit opened Klesmit Chiropractic Office, P.A. at their current location in Garland.  As the doctors built their practice, Dr. Klesmit worked part-time as an Associate Professor at Parker College of Chiropractic in Irving, Texas, where she taught Radiological Analysis and Clinical Diagnosis.

In 2006, Dr. Klesmit earned the WBE Certification for women-owned businesses by the Women's Enterprise National Council.  Dr. Klesmit also was honored with the 2006 "America's Top Chiropractors" award by the Consumer's Research Council of America.  Dr. Klesmit was also honored in "D" Magazine as one of the top 100 chiropractors in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex in 2006.

In 2007, Dr. Klesmit received her certification as a Personal Certified Trainer.  In September 2007, Dr. Klesmit opened a second office, Remarkable Care, P.A., which combines chiropractic doctors, licensed massage therapists, certified personal trainers and a nutritionist all in one healthcare facility.