Vanessa has been practicing therapeutic massage for 15 years. She is passionate about massage therapy and believes that every touch should have intention. While Vanessa specializes in deeper work, incorporating stretching throughout the session, she also provides a variety of other treatment options. Each client is unique and Vanessa will integrate various techniques to cater to your specific needs. She offers Neuromuscular, Trigger Point, and is certified in Prenatal Massage.

Vanessa attended Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT. While in school, she enrolled in the Study Abroad Program and completed a semester at University College Cork in Cork, Ireland. She graduated from Quinnipiac University, with her Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communications in 2004.

After college, Vanessa began working in the Financial Industry. While she enjoyed working with clients in the fast paced environment, she knew it wasn’t her passion. In 2008, Vanessa completed a 900 hour certification program, including 150 clinical massage practice hours at The Salter School, in Malden Massachusetts. She began her career working at a spa on Newbury Street in Boston.

In 2013 Vanessa and her husband Kevin moved to Charleston, to start their lives together. She worked at a spa Downtown for three years before pursuing a private practice, where she traveled to her client’s homes offering outcall massage therapy services. Vanessa is very excited to now be joining Dr. Sarah at Cypress Chiropractic, where she can reach a broader audience and provide healing touch to you.

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Dr. Sarah Kalani Wharton stands strong in the chiropractic philosophy, trusting and knowing of the innate power of the body to heal from within. She provides customized and specific chiropractic care that focuses on clearing the nervous system of interference to open the pathways of function and healing. As your chiropractor she removes the interference in your spine and nervous system with adjustments, but you are the healer!

Dr. Sarah is a South Carolina native and has called Charleston home since 2004. Chiropractic has changed her life in so many ways that are immeasurable. Throughout life, she has been challenged by many health issues such as a traumatic birth, allergies, and disc herniation. It it wasn’t for the power of chiropractic, those conditions would still be plaguing her life today.

Dr. Sarah received her undergraduate degree from the College of Charleston in 2008 and in 2016 she began her journey at Sherman College of Chiropractic in Spartanburg, SC. During her studies at Sherman College, she took over 200 hours of certified Gonstead Chiropractic Training and in 2024 she received and advanced certification in Pediatric Chiropractic with the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association (ICPA). When providing care for her patients, she borrows from various chiropractic techniques such as Gonstead, Thompson, Webster, Toggle/Upper-Cervical, and Sacro-Occipital Technique (SOT).

She opened Cypress Chiropractic & Wellness in 2022 with the vision of it being a pillar of health in the Charleston community.

Besides doing what she loves at Cypress, you can find her on the yoga mat, in the barre gym, out in her garden, nature, or hanging out with her partner Michael, her cat Bubbles, and her dog Mystick.

For more information, please refer to www.CypressChiroCare.com. The best time to start your healing journey is at birth, the second best time is now!

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