Craig E. Morris, DC, DACRB, FAFICC, CSCS

Dr. Craig E. Morris is the Director of the F.I.R.S.T. Health clinic in Torrance, where he has practiced for over 25 years. He is an internationally acknowledged non-surgical spine and extremity, sports and rehabilitation expert, lecturer and author. He brings a wealth of clinical knowledge and experience to the patients at F.I.R.S.T. Healh.

Dr. Morris is a native of the South Bay, graduating from Hawthorne High School and then attending Pepperdine University. He then attended Cleveland Chiropractic College in Los Angeles, where he earned his Doctorate Degree in Chiropractic in 1981.

Dr. Morris is a Professor of Clinical Sciences at Cleveland Chiropractic College, Los Angeles and a member of the post-graduate faculty at Southern California University of Health Sciences, Palmer Chiropractic College and the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College.

Dr. Morris is the editor and an author of the textbook entitled —Low Back Syndromes: Integrated Clinical Management—, a break-through multi-professional (contributors include internationally renowned experts in the fields of spine surgery, physical medicine & rehabilitation, pain management, osteopathy, physical therapy, psychology, radiology, occupational medicine, spinal biomechanics, and of course chiropractic) published by McGraw-Hill (2006).

Dr. Morris is Board Certified in Chiropractic Rehabilitation through the American Chiropractic Rehabilitation Board, the first Doctor of Chiropractic in California to earn this 3-year, post-doctoral specialty. He holds advanced certifications in Manual Medicine and Rehabilitation at Charles University Hospital, Prague, where he studied extensively with world-renowned Professors— Karel Lewit and (the late) Vladimir Janda.

Dr. Morris has lectured and taught workshops in North America, South America, Asia, and Europe on numerous occasions regarding rehabilitation, spinal and sports-related disorders.

Dr. Morris is also an expert in the field of California Workers— Compensation. He is a Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME), certified through the state of California. He has served as in-office District Office Health Consultant for State Fund Insurance (the largest workers— compensation carrier in California) for over 10 years.

In addition to rehabilitation, Dr. Morris specializes in sports injuries and medico-legal issues. He served as a member of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee's medical staff a Medical Committee Member for the International Powerlifting Federation. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA). He served as a rehabilitation consultant for both the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Florida Panthers ice hockey teams of the National Hockey League. He is a rehabilitation consultant for the National Hockey League Players— Association.

Dr. Morris is also an expert in the field of medico-legal evaluation. He is the Past President for the Academy of Forensic and Industrial Chiropractic Consultants and a Qualified Medical Examiner. He is a member of the American Chiropractic Association, the California Chiropractic Association and the California Society of Industrial Medicine& Surgery, the American Back Society. Dr. Morris is the Founding President of the Slovak Chiropractic Association, a member nation of the World Federation of Chiropractic.

Dr. Morris and his wife, Jana, have adult four children (and their first grandchild on the way!) and reside in the South Bay.

Theodore Georgis M.D. Q.M.E.

Dr. Theodore Georgis is an Orthopaedic Surgeon who graduated with honors from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois and went on to complete Medical School at Northwestern University at their downtown Chicago, Illinois campus.  Following graduation from Medical School, Dr. Georgis completed his internship and residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco in 1986.  Dr. Georgis then completed a one year Fellowship in Spinal Surgery at the University of California, San Diego.

After his fellowship, Dr. Georgis maintained a busy private practice for many years at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, CA, specializing in spinal surgery.  He also held the position of Voluntary Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Diego.

Due to a motorcycle accident that fractured both of Dr. Georgis’ hips, he retired from surgical practice for several years to go through extensive rehabilitation and focus on raising his family. During this time, Dr. Georgis gained valuable insight on what his patients go through, which enables him to better understand their pain and the challenges they face during the rehabilitation process. Already a man of integrity, this experience has made him an even more compassionate doctor to his patients.

He remains active in the community, serving as President of the local Pop Warner Football Association in the recent past.   Since 2008, Dr. Georgis has devoted his practice to non-operative treatment of orthopaedic conditions, as well as medical-legal evaluations.  Dr. Georgis also holds an active Washington state medical license and will be conducting IME’s in that state.