Welcome To The West Hartford Group

• After spending 5 years of active service in the US Marine Corps with a 1 year tour in Vietnam,  Dr. Hyde attended Florida Sate University and graduated with a BA in Biology and a minor in Chemistry.  While there, he met his future wife, Susan, married and spent their honeymoon moving to St. Louis to attend Logan College of Chiropractic.  Dr. Hyde graduated in 1977. He and Susan have one daughter, Jennifer. Upon graduation they moved to Miami, FL where Dr. Hyde practiced until sustaining a significant injury forcing him out of practice. He was hired by Graston Technique where he taught for 10 years.  This led to the creation, with another DC,  of Functional and Kinetic Treatment with Rehab (FAKTR). He was co-editor, with Dr. Marianne Gengenback, DC and contributor to 2 text books on Conservative Management of Sports Injuries. Dr. Hyde has written a number of peer reviewed articles, several chapters in other text books and countless articles for a variety of publications.  He continues to lecture while enjoying his hobby of climbing mountains for charity, hiking, and photography.  He and Susan live in Asheville, NC. 

Dr. Radford is the third generation in his family to practice chiropractic medicine. His undergraduate studies at Robert Morris were in biology, his chiropractic degree was obtained at National College of Chiropractic, he earned a Master of Science degree in Advanced Clinical Practice at National University of Health Sciences. His studies and training there expanded his clinical practice into integrative and functional medicine. In his dissertation he presented an evidenced based means to help patients with autoimmune disease reverse the process with vitamin D, diet and lifestyle changes.  

Dr. Radford is fellowship trained in neurophysiology and electrodiagnosis. He has had more than two decades of experience in the field. He has had 5 years of clinical experience integrated in hospital settings working in their departments of neurology, orthopedic and neurosurgery. During these years he evaluated hospital patients planning their treatment. Pre and post surgically he helped rehabilitate chronic pain patients using physiotherapy, manual therapy, exercise, and nutrigenomics.  He uses his research experience in vitamin D deficiency, genetics, epigenetics and nutrigenomics to help patients deal with their comorbidities.   He has published his work in the professions clinical journals and he has presented on advanced practice topics throughout the country. He is board certified in chiropractic medicine and electrodiagnosis. He and his wife Mary live in Chagrin Falls, OH.

Dr. Hamm is a 1979 graduate of National University of Health Sciences and has earned diplomate status in chiropractic orthopedics and forensic sciences. For the past 39 + years he has directed a referral-based practice in Goldsboro, North Carolina.  Other experiences include health care quality measures development, risk management, CPT/ICD coding and Medicare. He holds a Masters of Science in Health Sciences with a concentration in Healthcare Quality from The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Dr. Hamm currently serves on the editorial board of the Journal Academy of Chiropractic Orthopedists. He has served two consecutive terms as co-chair of the American Medical Association specialty society Resource Based Relative Value Health Care Provider Advisory Committee (RBRVS HCPAC) and is currently the Chief Clinical Officer for the Spine Institute for Quality. Dr. Hamm also served as president of the American Chiropractic Association.

• Dr. Fitzsimons  has been in private practice  since 1993. His focus is treating musculoskeletal issues and building bridges with the local medical community.  He is certified in Graston Technique, Active Release Technique®  and Dry Needling. He has post-doctoral training in Orthopedics, Spinal Rehabilitation, Soft Tissue and Myofascial Therapies, Occupational Health, and Ergonomics.  He was the Director of Clinical Chiropractic For Oxford Health Plans and previously served on the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Chiropractic Association as a District Director.  He is a graduate of  the University of Connecticut and The National College of Chiropractic.

•  Dr Foster is in private practice in Little Rock Arkansas. She practices primary spine care and has been voted "Best of the Best" for 20 years by multiple Arkansas publications.She served on the Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners for 15 years during which time she developed a plan for acceptance of National Board Part IV in lieu of a state examination among many other projects. She has served on several test committees for the NBCE. Dr. Foster currently serves on the Arkansas Department of Health. She lectures fourth year medical students on Chiropractic medicine and Ayurvedic medicine.She is Vice President and co-founder of the Academy of Advanced Practice Chiropractic Medicine.She was a founding board member of the Arkansas Chiropractic Society,formed over 25 years ago, to promote evidence-based chiropractic medicine as an alternative to the existing association of subluxation-based practitioners. Her husband,T. Martin Davis, is an attorney and has volunteered countless hours writing pro-chiropractic briefs, and donating legal services to the profession. She has three sons, two are lawyers (twins), and the eldest is Lieutenant Commander USN.