‘Rockndoc’ lands on the Rock

“Chiropractor to the Stars” relocates to Mercer Island.

Walk into Mercer Island Chiropractic & Massage and you might see some new faces on the walls: Ted Nugent, Weird Al Yankovic and band members from Heart, Tool and Journey, to name a few.

The practice is welcoming a new doctor: Staten Medsker, also known as the “chiropractor to the stars” or “Rockndoc.” He’s not just a musician himself; he has also adjusted some of the more famous rock bands in recent memory.

“My table should be in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame,” he joked.

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Medsker recently moved to Mercer Island from Nashville, but started his career in Seattle in the 90s. Being a huge rock and roll fan, he said he would take his table to Key Arena every weekend and ask the stage or tour managers if the band would like to get adjusted before their show, for free.

“I know the toll rock ‘n’ roll takes on your body,” Medsker said.

Many agreed, in exchange for a promo shot for Medsker. Now, those photos and other memorabilia line the walls of a Mercer Island Chiropractic.

Medsker plays the guitar and writes songs, in an original genre he calls “pos prog,” or “positive progressive,” rock. His Christian faith inspires the message of his music.

“I believe in a positive message in every song,” he said.

His faith also contributes to his ultimate goal: to “heal the world.” He said he got into chiropractic care when he saw patients exiting appointments with positive, sometimes life-changing, results. He carries out this healing on a small scale every day with his own patients, but recently started to think bigger.

He wants break the Guinness world record for most people adjusted in one day, planning a benefit concert featuring bands he’d worked with and hoping to adjust 10,000 people in 24 hours. That remains a goal, which he will break by hosting annual events on the death anniversary of the first man to ever get adjusted. That man, William Harvey Lillard, lived in Seattle and is now buried on Capitol Hill, near Bruce Lee.

Medsker is also hoping to quantify the worldwide impact of chiropractic care by conducting a global census of how many people get adjusted each day, whether by a chiropractor, naturopath or barber, and count “many people utilize manipulation therapy as their healing choice.”

Medsker has many other projects. He owns Rockndoc Recording Studios, where he records albums and a weekly radio show.

He hosted a television show in Nashville called “ClubTV,” and is hoping to launch a similar concept, along with a YouTube series, here. The videos have simple but helpful concepts: how to wash dishes, vacuum or do other activities without straining your back.

His band, Rockndoc and the Backbones, which performed during the 2002 Winter Olympics, continues to play local shows. He is also writing a book called “Transitions: Coping in a Cracked Up World.”