Dr. Julie Quan was eleven years old when she walked into a chiropractor’s office and decided what she was going to do with her life. Her dad had gotten into a minor fender bender with her and her mom in the car, and they ended up in Dr. Michael Lin’s office. She saw a young doctor who loved what he did, whose family worked alongside him in the practice. Something clicked. Julie walked out with a career path she never abandoned.
Julie’s parents were Vietnamese refugees who arrived in the United States in 1979 and built their life on the southwest side of Las Vegas. Her mom worked two jobs to provide for the family — and Julie, watching that drive up close, made a decision that most kids her age don’t have the clarity to make. She was going to build something meaningful.
After high school, Julie went to UNLV for a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology. She was weighing optometry against chiropractic. When it came time to decide, she went back to Dr. Lin and asked him where he went to school. He said Cleveland Chiropractic College in Los Angeles. She applied, got in, and started her career.
At CCCLA, she was invited to visit the Gonstead Club during her first trimester. They were showing a video of a little boy in Idaho whose life had been changed by a chiropractor using the Gonstead System. That was the moment everything clicked. “Before then I didn’t even know that chiropractic was more than about back pain and car accidents,” she says. “I learned that chiropractic is about the nervous system and how it affects the rest of our body.” She became president of the Gonstead Club, attended more than 20 seminars before graduation, and earned her Gonstead Extremity Certification — a specialization most chiropractors never pursue.
The Gonstead System is not the chiropractic most people picture. There is no twisting. No guessing. Every adjustment is specific, guided by X-ray analysis, and biomechanically safe for patients of all ages — from newborns to seniors. Julie chose it because it was explainable, thorough, and produced results her patients could feel immediately.
Q Wellness & Family Chiropractic started in a Chinatown location in 2010. In January 2015, Julie moved to her current space at 5980 South Durango Drive — right at Durango and the 215, on the southwest side of the valley. She was there before IKEA, before the Uncommons, before the Durango resort.
Today Q Wellness is more than a chiropractic practice. It’s a wellness hub. Under one roof, patients can see two Gonstead-certified chiropractors, two medical massage therapists specializing in cupping and Tuina, a pelvic floor physical therapist who works with mothers pre-, during, and post-pregnancy, a fascial stretch therapist, and an esthetician who uses clean products. Julie built the kind of place where someone can take care of their whole body in one building.
A significant part of the practice is pediatric and prenatal care. Newborns come to Q Wellness for acid reflux, latching difficulties, chronic ear infections, torticollis, and colic. Julie is careful about how she frames this. “None of which we ever claim to heal or cure or treat,” she says. “What I tell them is that we remove the nerve interference and allow the body to do the healing. Because our body is the best doctor in the world — it can heal if given the opportunity to.”
One recent patient had suffered from acid reflux for years. She was on medication and slept in a recliner every night because lying flat made it worse. Her throat was dry and hoarse every morning. After the second adjustment, her reflux was gone and she had the best sleep she’d had in years.
Julie is a genuine community connector. She refers patients to holistic dentists, functional medicine doctors, physical therapists, local bakeries, restaurants, hairstylists, attorneys, realtors, and kid entrepreneurs. Her referral network includes Dee for Dentist, Lauren the Myocoach, Achieve PT, Circuit Fitness, Inferno/Cyclone, WHASN, Four Season Dental Spa, and Restore Chiropractic. She doesn’t just send patients to other providers — she connects small businesses to each other because she believes in the ecosystem.
When asked why she joined the 702 Alliance, Julie didn’t hesitate: “If they win, I win.” When asked what she’d tell another local business owner who was on the fence about joining, she said five words: “What do you have to lose?”
Q Wellness & Family Chiropractic is a member of the 702 Alliance — a network of vetted, locally owned businesses across the Las Vegas Valley.
Q Wellness & Family Chiropractic
5980 S. Durango Drive, Suite 113-114, Las Vegas, NV 89113
(702) 858-8824 · [email protected]
qwellnesscenters.com
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