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Management

Kevin Burke

I'm Kevin Burke, and I'm the founder and CEO of WholesomeOne. I believe WholesomeOne can help you and millions of people heal from pain and experience good health like they never imagined possible.

This is a very personal project for me. I have a condition called ankylosing spondylitis. It's basically arthritis of the spine. My joints become swollen and inflamed. The cause is unknown. Over time, the affected bones join together. And if untreated I would become severely hunched over and eventually lose my capacity to breathe. Just as you would, I decided I wouldn't let this happen to me.

I went to conventional doctors and they prescribed daily doses of pills and weekly needle injections of a popular pharmaceutical drug that has unknown long term side affects. I did this for years, and frankly felt very little relief from the chronic pain I was dealing with. I was frustrated, decided that I needed to take more control over my treatment, and began looking for alternatives. After a lot of effort, I finally found yoga, and it changed my life.

I've never felt better and had more flexibility! And those drugs that were prescribed are no longer in my life. I don't need them. And the conventional doctors, whom I still see, agree that yoga has been more effective for me and safer.

I just wish that I was aware of holistic options sooner and that it didn't take so much effort to find a therapy. This is what WholesomeOne.com seeks to address.

I am deeply committed to helping people find holistic ways to heal from pain and experience good health. Through WholesomeOne, this will be accomplished by bringing you the latest information, stories, opinions, local practitioners, experts, and products to guide you to holistic health. 

Follow me on Twitter @kb33, connect on LinkedIn or email kevin[dot]burke[at]WholesomeOne[dot]com

 

 

Team

Rich SnyderRich Snyder, DO
Director of Integrative Medicine and Holistic Health

Dr. Rich Snyder is an osteopathic physician and board certified internist and nephrologist (kidney specialist). He has an integrative medicine based clinical practice in Pennsylvania. Keen areas of interest for him include high blood pressure, kidney health and kidney disease, alkalinity, adrenal health and fatigue and preventive and integrative medicine. 
 
He's written several books, including What You Must Know About Kidney Disease: A Practical Guide to Using Conventional and Complementary Treatments, What You Must Know About Dialysis: The Secrets for Surviving and Thriving on Dialysis, as well as the upcoming Adrenal Fatigue For Dummies. Rich is committed to helping people on their health journey through the most up-to-date holistic therapies and treatments. He can be reached at rich.snyder[at]wholesomeone[dot]com
 
 

Sandy ChoSandy Cho, MD
Director of Medical Information

Dr. Sandy Cho is a medical writer with years of experience in academic, clinical, and industry medicine. She has been involved in developing health-related content for numerous and diverse therapeutic areas that include neurology, cardiology, women’s health, rheumatology, and pulmonology. Her past work in research has led to publications in Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology and Pediatric Radiology. 
 
She earned her Bachelor’s degree at Lehigh University in Biology, Religion Studies, and Environmental Sciences. She earned her MD at The George Washington University School of Medicine. She can be reached at sandy.cho[at]wholesomeone[dot]com
 
 

Greg Wilson
Director of Technology
A systems administrator and web programmer with specialties in linux, PHP and MySQL. He can be reached at greg.wilson[at]wholesomeone[dot]com

 

Cristie Ritz-King
Community Manager
A holistic health coach, writer, educator and doula managing WholesomeOne's online community relationships and activity. She can be reached at cristie.ritz-king[at]wholesomeone[dot]com

 

Joan Brodecki
Editor
A writer and lead editor of WholesomeOne. She can be reached at joan.brodecki[at]wholesomeone[dot]com

 

Jessica Braun
Associate Editor
A writer and an editor of WholesomeOne. She can be reached at jessica.braun[at]wholesomeone[dot]com

 

Kristen Stewart
Associate Editor
A writer and an editor of WholesomeOne. She can be reached at kristen.stewart[at]wholesomeone[dot]com