Eastridge Chiropractic Team

Dr Shantai Watson

Dr. Shantai Watson is a second generation, dual national board-certified Chiropractor (🇨🇦&🇺🇸). She graduated with Cum Laude honors from Palmer College of Chiropractic West, and with a Bachelors of Science in Biology with distinction from the University of Alberta. During her time in chiropractic school, she served as the student President of the American Chiropractic Association Sports Council, and received accolades such as the Virgil Strang Philosophy Award, and being inducted into the Pi Tau Delta Chiropractic Honors Society. Dr. Shantai is Webster Certified, has taken Spinning Babies training and has extensive training through the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association (ICPA) and ACA in pediatric, prenatal, postpartum and sports chiropractic.

Growing up with 2 chiropractors as parents meant she witnessed and experienced the incredible health benefits of chiropractic since the day she was born. She decided to become a chiropractor after a ski racing injury where she broke both her legs and dislocated her knee, requiring 13 surgeries to stabilize her injuries. Though she was told she may never run again, 3 years later she was back to all the activities she loved, including skiing. Throughout this experience she learned to love the holistic, full body, multi-faceted approach of chiropractic, and decided to go to chiropractic school.

Dr. Shantai found her passion in perinatal chiropractic while in grad school, and supporting her best friend through her first pregnancy. Her mother's specialization in perinatal and pediatric care has further helped to guide her education and experience. Supporting women through the exciting and impactful times of pre-conception to pregnancy to postpartum is the biggest joy in her career, and getting to follow and help the little ones through their milestones is the cherry on top.

Dr. Shantai practices what she preaches and lives an active lifestyle involving cycling, yoga, hiking, weight lifting and skiing. Dr. Shantai also loves to travel, and has visited 35 countries. A bucket list item is to visit all 7 continents… She only has Antarctica left, but it might be a little too chilly!

Dr. Mat Mancuso

Dr. Mat has lived all over the place, however he has called Colorado home for the past 15 years. From an early age he was introduced to Chiropractic due to his involvement in sports as well as treatment of his chronic headaches. His success as a patient sparked an interest in health and wellness, and led him to attend the University of Colorado, Boulder for his undergraduate studying Integrated Physiology. During his time in school, he worked as an intern at the Spinal Cord Injury Recovery Center in Denver while simultaneously working as a personal trainer. These experiences further solidified his interest in the conservative health field, and ultimately becoming a Chiropractor.

Dr. Mat received his Doctorate of Chiropractic from Palmer College in Santa Clara, California. During his studies, he worked at a crossfit gym and was a member of the Sports Council providing on field care to athletes. When he graduated, he began working at a large integrated medicine clinic where he was the lead doctor at an office consisting of many other conservative and medical providers. He has extensive experience and training in acute care as well as injuries sustained in motor vehicle accidents. Dr. Mat focuses on the functional aspects of his patients’ health, and is well versed in exercises and movement rehab as well. He is also the team Chiropractor for the Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse team!

Dr. Mat enjoys traveling with Dr. Shantai (although has not been to nearly as many countries) as well as taking the office dog, Mabel, out to parks. You can usually find him in the local gym during the day, or researching the continued effort to perfect his rib smoking methods on the weekends.