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Dr. Michael A. Vishion, D.C. World Class Performance Training/World Class All Star Dance
Dr. Michael Vishion
For nearly 30 years, Dr. Michael Vishion has been on a quest to help people of all ages rehabilitate from injuries, prevent injuries before they happen, and perform at their best. Dr. Vishion has special expertise in diagnosing and treating difficult medical issues, including Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and post-concussion syndrome, and in working with competitive & professional athletes from a variety of sports, including football, baseball, basketball, volleyball, soccer, rugby, competition dance studio, all-star dance, ballerina, music/theater and dance team.
Watching his mother struggle to recover from a serious car accident until finding strong chiropractic care planted the seeds for a medical career in Dr. Vishion at a young age. A talented multi-sport athlete in high school, Dr. Vishion was offered a college football scholarship before being sidelined by an injury. He retired from football and earned a bachelor of science in human biology and a doctor of chiropractic degree from Logan University. After several years as a successful solo practitioner, Dr. Vishion served as clinical director and chief operating officer of a large St. Louis multidisciplinary clinic. In 2019, Dr. Vishion co-founded World Class All Star Dance (WCAS), creating the St. Louis region’s first and only all star dance gym focused on treating dancers as athletes and providing a comprehensive dance team training program to prepare dancers for middle school, high school, and college dance team experiences.
A St. Louis native and passionate sports fan, Dr. Vishion and his wife Paula, a teacher at Promise Christian Academy, live in West County with their four children – Evan, Connor, Hannah, and Jake. The boys are all talented multi-sport athletes, and Hannah, a longtime competitive dancer who inspired Dr. Vishion to start WCAS, is the 2022-23 captain of Marquette Mystique dance team & a member of the WCAS Senior Ultimate team.