Dr. Tara J. Gooden was born and raised in Ottumwa, Iowa. She graduated from Ottumwa High School in 2005. In addition, Dr. Gooden graduated Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa in 2009 and Palmer College Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa in 2013. Dr. Tara discovered chiropractic by her own personal experiences with migraine headaches. Dr. Tara use to suffer from severe migraines that left her unable to perform her daily activities. Dr. Gooden tried several different approaches to help relieve her pain, but chiropractic care was the only successful approach that got down to the root of the cause and resolved the problem. Dr. Tara knows that chiropractic works and strives to help people get well through specific chiropractic care.