Meet Dr. Kim

Hello. I'm Dr. Joon M. Kim, DC. Most people just call me Dr. Kim.

I've been a chiropractor for over a decade. I earned my Doctorate in Chiropractic, Magna Cum Laude, from the Southern California University of Health Sciences, after a degree in biology. Early on, I treated underserved patients through the Orange County Rescue Mission, and later completed advanced training in spinal injury and traumatology at the Spine Research Institute of San Diego. I've worked with everything from everyday aches to serious injury cases, which taught me how to find what's actually wrong and fix it.

Why I started Align Northwest

Somewhere along the way, getting care turned into a process. Paperwork, mystery costs, a different person every visit. I watched good care get buried under all of it, so I built the kind of practice I'd want to go to myself.

How I work

I do a lot with my hands. Soft tissue work, adjustments, and instrument-assisted techniques when they help. The idea is simple: find what's tight or stuck, work on it directly, and respect your time while I do it. I pay attention, and I don't treat you like a number on a schedule.

Outside the clinic

I was born in Korea and speak it fluently, so Korean-speaking patients are always welcome here. I moved to Oregon in 2019 and I'm a dad of two, so most weekends are spent outdoors with family, camping, crabbing, or behind a camera. I'm a tinkerer at heart too. I like building and making things with my hands, probably the same instinct that drew me to this work. There's something satisfying about fixing what isn't working, whether it's a stiff back or a stubborn project on my workbench.

I'd be glad to help you feel better.