Dr. Ries attended the University of St. Thomas earning a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry with minors in Biology, Chemistry and Spanish. He then graduated from National University of Health Sciences with a Doctoral Degree in Chiropractic Medicine in 2010.Dr. Ries believes that evaluation and management is the most important part of health care, taking a conservative approach, allowing the body to heal itself, then strengthening the body to stabilize and maintaining the body to prevent further damage. Dr. Ries’s passion is to get his patients well by focusing on their functionality rather then their symptoms.