Meet Our Doctors

At Crossroads Back & Neck Care Center, our team has 36 years of combined experience in treating all types of neck and back-related conditions. Through the creation of an integrated clinic, Crossroads has been able to achieve the most well-rounded and state-of-the-art clinic in treating patients throughout the South Valley area.

By combining forces in both life and in the clinic, Dr. Pluckhan and his wife Piper have been able to provide an approach that is extremely rare. Many of the patients who come to Crossroads have never experienced this type of team approach to their health care. This approach is what has pushed Crossroads to be the only rehabilitation clinic in the South Valley that focuses specifically on the spine.

The network of physicians who refer to Crossroads for this expertise grows daily. Many of those same doctors have become fans of Dr. Pluckhan and Piper because they have needed their services themselves!

Please call us today at (408) 883-1231 to set up an appointment where we can begin the process of determining if you are a good candidate for our program!

Brad Pluckhan, D.C.

Dr. Brad Pluckhan began his chiropractic career in Spinal Rehabilitation during the late 80’s at a large rehab clinic in San Jose, CA.

“From early on, I loved the challenge. I’d bring a patient who really thought they were going to have a life filled with back pain, to a reality that they could get better.” says Dr. Pluckhan. He adds, “I found that most chiropractic patients were missing a true knowledge of why they have the problems they do. I like to show them what they need to do in order to change it for the long term.”

He graduated Cum Laude from Palmer Chiropractic College -West in San Jose in 1996. He then opened his first practice in Los Gatos. “Starting out, I worked with a lot of athletes. I found that these patients were already on their way to better health. Then I realized that a greater challenge were those who have traveled further down the road of poor spinal health.” 

In 2000, Dr. Pluckhan opened his second Crossroads clinic in San Jose where he began to shape his protocols to address the significant structural problems he was seeing. “The deeper we dove into spinal challenges the more patterns we began to see and I found that many of the treatments that we had been performing were not accomplishing as much as we wanted, so we needed to made some additions.”

In 2003, Crossroads added spinal decompression therapy to its arsenal of tools in order to combat acute and chronic neck and back pain. “Adding decompression to our practice philosophy was a no-brainer. We were now able to help an entirely new group of people who in the past were faced with surgery or just pain management,” Dr. Pluckhan. With over 20,000 decompression treatments rendered, Dr. Pluckhan has become one of the foremost experts on the west coast in the field of spinal decompression and rehabilitation.

Dr. Pluckhan was also thrilled to add his wife, Piper, who received her Masters Degree in Physical Therapy in 1998, to his team. “Bringing Piper onto our team gave us a huge boost to our rehabilitation department. With her experience of working with elite professional and university athletes, we are confident in all aspects of the rehabilitation of our patients.”

In 2007, Dr. Pluckhan and Piper opened their third clinic in Gilroy, CA.

“We decided that we both wanted to practice closer to home and finally practice in the community we live in,” -Piper.

EDUCATION:

• Graduated Cum Laude from the prestigious Palmer University School of Chiropractic in San Jose, 
• California in 1996.
• Undergraduate education obtained from Patten University in Oakland, California.
• Graduate of California Lutheran High School in Huntington Beach, CA.
• Completed over 300 hours of post-graduate education in spinal biomechanics.

POST DOCTORATE EDUCATION:

• Advanced training in Cox Flexion/Distraction Technique
• Advanced training in Activator Methods

MEMBERSHIPS:

• American Chiropractic Association (A.C.A.)
• A.C.A. Sports Council
• International Chiropractic Association (I.C.A.)
• I.C.A’s Honor Society – Pi Tau Delta
• California Chiropractic Association
   

Jeff Hartmen, D.C.

From early on, I loved sports including golfing, swimming, and riding my bike. That lead me to study Athletic Training at Santa Barbara City College. Early on, I loved seeing athletes the athletes not just feel better, but also improve their performance.” This lead him to begin his pursuit of helping as a career in Chiropractic.
He graduated from Palmer Chiropractic College -West in Sunnyvale in 1991. After practicing under multiple doctors, he decided to open his own practice in 1993. He quickly attracted athletes into his practice due to his sports medicine background.

Professional athletes began to seek him out. He was working with athletes from Bay Area pro teams such as San Jose Sabercats, San Francisco Giants, San Jose Sharks, San Francisco 49ers, as well as multiple Olympians.

After more than 30 years in practice, Dr. Jeff stated, “I still love and enjoy helping our community not just get out of pain, but achieve the highest potential in life they can!”

EDUCATION:

• Graduated Palmer University School of Chiropractic in Sunnyvale, California in 1991.
• Undergraduate education obtained from San Jose State in San Jose, California.

POST DOCTORATE EDUCATION:

• Completed post graduate work as a QME for the state of California, which is a specialist in work related injuries.