Today, we’d like to introduce you to Jenny Le.
Hi Jenny, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for sharing your story with us – to start, maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers.
I grew up in a small city, Port Arthur, Texas, about two hours from Houston.
Like any newly fresh high school graduate, I did not know what I wanted to do or pursue. I just knew I wanted to be in the health field. I started off taking classes in the pre-pharmacy route and later landed a job in a private psychiatric office. In 2010, my dad was diagnosed with cancer, and I saw the effects of medicine not only on him but on the patients I’ve encountered while working at the psychiatrist’s office. Since then, I knew I wanted to practice more holistically.
I honestly never heard of chiropractic care until several of my friends experienced neck and lower back pain due to being involved in an automobile accident and expressed how their chiropractors were able to decrease their pain and restore their mobility by just being hands-on with their patients, and that is what made me look into chiropractic care.
After months of researching chiropractic care and about the programs available in the state of Texas, I decided to finally apply and got accepted to Texas Chiropractic College shortly after. With the clinical portion of my curriculum occurring during the start of the pandemic, the struggle of learning and not engaging in experimental learning was quite difficult.
I was worried about 1. not fulfilling my requirements for graduation and 2. not being the best I could be without being face-to-face and without the ability of hands-on learning since that is the majority of what we, as chiropractors, use. And because of that, my last year of chiropractic school caused great stress and lack of sleep.
In my last two trimesters of school, and once we slowly started transitioning back into the clinic, I was blessed to be able to undergo neurology, radiology, and phlebotomy rotations and was also able to help assist with school physicals around the Houston area through our school clinic. In addition, I was able to intern both in the inpatient and outpatient clinics at the Moody Health Center, as well as complete several preceptorships specializing in personal injury and wellness care across Houston.
I graduated in April 2021 and later became board and state-certified. In 2024, I opened up my own small private practice, where I work in Baytown, Texas, as well as in conjunction with being an associate chiropractor in the Houston Heights area, working with Dr. Nataly Perez and Dr. Emily Egan.
I currently see patients ranging from prenatal, postnatal, pediatrics, and sports-related injuries to normal maintenance and wellness care, and I specialize in acupuncture and dry needling. I am Webster-certified.
I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
As quoted by Napoleon Hill, “Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle,” and there were plenty of struggles along the way.
Like any other student, stress took a major toll on my journey to becoming who I am today. My husband supported me mentally, emotionally, and physically by helping to ease the financial burden while I was pursuing my degree. And due to the stress from both the pandemic and the program itself, it slowly started to affect my health.
Growing up, I have always struggled with sleep, but during my last year, I noticed that my usual 5-6 hours a night dropped to 0-3 most nights. Due to the lack of sleep, I relied heavily on caffeine to help me be productive for the day. With the combination of the two, my right eye slowly started to twitch, and weeks later, the left side of my face also started twitching.
Normally, with any twitching, I blew it off, thinking it would slowly go away. But progressively, it got worse, and the left side of my face started to droop for months. A lot of visits to the chiropractor, ophthalmologists, and neurologists helped to rule out hemorrhages, brain and nerve disorders, strokes, and Bell’s Palsy and helped me to maintain and control what was going on.
This taught me that no matter what I may be going through, I always have to put my health first. And that helped to make me a better chiropractor by helping patients put their health first and prioritizing their needs.
Great, so let’s talk business. Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
In 2024, I opened my own small private practice in Baytown, Texas. I am also an associate chiropractor at a small clinic in the Greater Heights area, working alongside Dr. Nataly Perez and Dr. Emily Egan.
Our patients range in age, and we specialize in prenatal, postnatal, sports-related, and both acute and chronic injuries. We both utilize IASTM (instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization), kinesiology taping, and muscle stimulation, as well as practice both Activator and manual adjusting.
We also love to teach stretches and strengthening exercises to help a patient decrease pain, improve posture and mobility, and keep the patient performing at their optimal every day. We specialize in acupuncture and dry needling and are Webster-certified. Since the pandemic, we have seen many work-from-home and pregnant patients, so work has not slowed down for us at all!
What sets our office apart from others is that we are very patient-based. We cater to the needs of our patients and prioritize their health and wellness. Each treatment and visit is tailored to the patient and what they are coming in for, and we prioritize getting to know each patient individually, understanding what brought them in, and how their pain came about.
We are also very accommodating. Whether a patient has an emergency and needs to be seen as early as 7 or 8 am or due to their work and personal schedule and needs to be seen later, we try to help each patient in every way possible.
What changes do you expect to see in your work and the industry over the next five to ten years?
Although I love the patients and colleagues at the Heights office, in 5-10 years, I plan on being full-time at my own office in Baytown, Texas. Hopefully, expanding more in the sports and pediatrics world!
Contact Info:
- Website: www.houstonchiropracticandtherapy.com
- Instagram: @houstonchiropracticandtherapy and @drjennyle
Image Credits
Lily June Photography and Penny Nguyen Photography
