Meet Your Healthcare Team

Dr. Wade A. Lofton

Dr. Wade A. Lofton was born and raised primarily in Sioux Falls, SD where he graduated from Washington High School in May of 1994. Dr. Lofton graduated in the top 10% of a class of 500 and excelled in power-lifting and wrestling on a state level; setting many school records. In September of 1995, Dr. Lofton enrolled in pre-chiropractic at South Dakota State University where he excelled academically on the Dean's List and wrestled at the NCAA Division II level. In January of 2001, Dr. Lofton enrolled in Chiropractic school at Northwestern College of Chiropractic, now the Northwestern Health Sciences University in Bloomington, Minnesota. In May of 2004, he graduated with a Bachelors of Science and a Doctorate of Chiropractic. Several months post graduation, Dr. Lofton continued his study of the human body and one year later became Certified in Pediatrics through the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association. He also became certified in Torque Release Technique, a low force non-linear technique that assesses the function of the brain and spinal cord activity, through reflexive responses in the spine.

Prior to and post graduation from Doctorate School, Dr. Lofton traveled the United States shadowing and learning from many well known Doctors, Management Coaches, and Figures in the Chiropractic profession.  Post graduation, Dr. Lofton spent one year visualizing, studying, perfecting, and praying for God to show him direction as to the time, location, and style of practice that he was called to build.

One morning Dr. Lofton was studying the Bible and he ran across Mark 16:15, which states: Go ye into the World and tell the good news to everyone.  At that instant moment he jumped out of bed and asked his lovely wife if he should become a Pastor and Teacher, so that he could fulfill Mark 16:15.  She responded to him in a kind about way that he should get out of school debt before he thinks of putting himself back into debt.  With discouragement he agreed and proceeded to continue reading.  To his amazement, he came across Mark 16:18, which states: Those who believe shall lay hands upon the sick and they shall recover.  This was the beginning of a vision that would and is attempting to bring Christ to the forefront in healthcare.  A faith based health care facility that teaches and preaches the good news to everyone (Mark 16:15) and lays hands on the sick with the belief that they will recover (Mark 16:18).

In July of 2005, Dr. Lofton went out in faith and built a brand new 2200 sq. foot free standing building and named it LifeForce Family Chiropractic PA; the first of many faith based health care facilities to come.  Also, in 2005, he and many other doctors went to El Salvador and rendered free health care services to the country for a week, which he was later rewarded by the President of El Salvador with a beautiful signed certificate of appreciation.

In August of 2006, Dr. Lofton and his team at LifeForce Family Chiropractic partnered with Research and Clinical Sciences.   They were proud to be 1 of 220 facilities or clinics in the world with an IRB Approved Research status that was documenting and publishing the amazing changes in quality of life through chiropractic care.  All research participants subjective and objective findings were being analyzed by a scientific advisory panel of Medical Doctors, Chiropractic Doctors, and PH.D Scientists that approve or deny publications in main stream peer reviewed journals.

In March of 2007, Dr. Lofton became Certified in Auriculo-Therapy by the American College of Addictions and Compulsive Disorders.  He also received an Advanced Proficiency rating and certification in the Torque Release Technique.

Dr. Lofton currently is the President of the Minnesota Christian Chiropractic Association where he and many others strive to bring the message of health and healing, through Jesus Christ, to the forefront in healthcare.  He also serves as a member of the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association, International Chiropractic Association, Christian Chiropractic Association, and The World Chiropractic Alliance.

Dr. Lofton is very passionate about Christianity and Chiropractic and believes that these are two of the best kept secrets that need to be talked about more often and taught on a global level.  Some of his passions are: serving people, loving people, educating people, and empowering people today to change the world tomorrow.  He believes in life changing choices; act now or lose later in life.

In between accomplishing the vision that God has placed in Dr. Lofton, he loves to spend time exercising, hunting, competing and watching every type of dirt and pavement racing known to mankind, camping with his family, watching his children race and compete in numerous sports, and watching his beautiful children excel and grow up in life.

Dr. Lofton is a proud father of three girls,  four boys, one on the way, and is happily married to a beautiful woman who enjoys most everything he does.  His family consists of his wife Kathryn and his seven children: Alexis, Bryce, Carley, Destiney, Elijah, Forester, and Graham.  The family enjoys going on their traditional vacations in the summer to the Water Park and to the Mountains in the winter.

Their goal is to be together and travel around the world fulfilling their purpose that God has called them to do in life.

Brandon Johnson

After playing sports over the years, Brandon knew he wanted to do something in the chiropractic field.  He brings his high energy and positive attitude to LifeForce Family Chiropractic (LFFC) with a background in chiropractic training.  Brandon loves every day he has at LFFC because of the amazing changes he sees in patients lives, not only physically through neurological adjustments but also spiritually.

Brandon’s journey to LFFC is truly by the grace of God.  In the winter of 2011, Brandon was unemployed after working at a chiropractic clinic for several months.  One day while sitting at home, his wife, Heidi called to tell him about a chiropractic clinic she had heard on KTIS.  She told him to contact the doctor to see if he was looking or knew anyone looking.  It took Brandon a few days before he contacted Dr. Lofton.  To this day he remembers the e-mail he received back from Dr. Lofton, which simply said “How divine, when can we meet?”  From that point on Brandon has been a part of the LFFC family.

Brandon will be one of the first people you will meet at LFFC because he handles the entire new patient testing.  You will get to visit him throughout your care for re-exams and re-x-rays.  If you need further care than just chiropractic care, he can perform Auriculotherapy on you.  Brandon is currently finishing up his training to becoming a full time Neurological-based Chiropractor.  If he is not in the office, he probably is out helping with the Outreach team-educating people about Neurological-based chiropractic and the Gospel.

Brandon is truly blessed being a part of the LFFC family.  He thanks God each and every day for his wife being in his life and hearing the ad on the radio.  God is truly doing amazing things in his life and LifeForce Family Chiropractic!

Katie J. Lofton

Katie Joann Lofton was born in Akron IA and raised in Valley Springs, SD. She was raised on an animal farm where they raised exotic animals. She has 1 brother and 2 younger sisters who reside in South Dakota. Katie graduated from Brandon Valley High School in Brandon, SD where she participated in Basketball and Softball. While in the last two months of her senior year she met her future husband (Wade A. Lofton). In 1998 Katie and Wade had their first of seven children who they named Alexis June Lofton. In 1999 they moved to Bloomington, Minnesota to pursue her husband’s career of changing lives through Chiropractic.

Katie worked various jobs while her husband attended graduate school and in September of 2000 they had their second child Bryce Arnett Lofton. After having two children Katie decided to start her own daycare business and stay at home with their children in their new home in Burnsville, Minnesota. As time passed Katie started thinking about her life long dream of being a Massage Therapist and in 2004 she was accepted into Aveda Institute of Massage Therapy School in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. After a long and stressful year of school, due to her third pregnancy, she graduated as a Certified Massage Therapist.

In 2005, Katie started working as the Chiropractic Assistant, Office Manager, Insurance Coordinator, and Massage Therapist for LifeForce Family Chiropractic in Savage, Minnesota; the Chiropractic facility that her husband envisioned would someday bring Jesus Christ to the forefront in healthcare. As you can see, Katie is a go to person and knows just about every position at LifeForce Family Chiropractic, with the exception of being the Doctor, ha.  Due to her growing family, Katie currently is the Payroll Department.

Katie and Wade currently have three beautiful girls and four wild boys that most times are all a very big handful, but fun and exciting! From oldest to youngest their names are Alexis, Bryce, Carley, Destiney, Elijah, Forester, and Graham. Everyone asks them when are they going to say quits in regards to having children and their answer always seems to bring some sort of smile or interesting expression to peoples faces; We will have as many as God blesses us with and trusts us with while here on earth!

Katie enjoys her family and having the children involved in numerous activities and sports. Her passion is to raise Children and spend a lot of money, while doing it! She loves the outdoors, hunting/fishing, watching and participating in racing of all sorts, and watching football with her husband. She is a man’s gal and fits right in with all of the guys if you know what I mean…

Katie and her family attend Celebration Church in Lakeville where their kids are on the Junior Bible Quiz team (JBQ) and serve within the church. Their family strives to become closer to God more and more each day so they can some day look back and know that they have done good in setting an example and groundwork for their very large family!

Laura Edwards

Over the years Laura Edwards had excelled at providing customer service working for retailers like J.C. Penney, Wal-Mart, and Pro-Phase Marketing. After running a Day Care facility out of her home she decided that God was calling her to bigger and better things.  And she had always wanted to work somewhere that made a difference, where it wasn't just about making a profit.

This is when she began praying that God would provide such a job for her! Due to her past work history she was confident she was considered very employable and didn't want to apply at any old place that was hiring and get offered a job somewhere God didn't truly intend for her to be at in this moment in her life. She specifically prayed for God to place the job in front of her
so she would know it was where he wanted her to be in life. She faithfully prayed for this for about six months, then one day at Bible study a new lady sat at her usual table. When the study was over the lady got up to leave, and she pointed out a “Now Hiring” flier for LifeForce Family Chiropractic (LFFC), that she had set on the table. Without even reading it, Laura immediately knew it was God answering her prayers as it had literally been placed on the table in front of her!

What Laura found when she went to the interview was a faith-based Chiropractic office whose vision was to teach the two best kept secrets: Christianity and Chiropractic. Here was the job where making a difference was the bottom line versus only making a profit! She accepted the Receptionist job and began working for LFFC in December 2005.

In February 2006 she completed the Chiropractic Assistant Program at the Northwestern College of Chiropractic Gathering. Since then she has been to several seminars to learn more about the Chiropractic profession and it's principals.

Laura is currently the Office Manager for LFFC where she strives to provide order with excellence.  Her friendly and can-do
attitude make her an awesome asset to the LifeForce Family Chiropractic Team. We are so blessed to have her and look forward to where God places her in the future as the vision of LFFC is manifested. 

Alesya Zubik

Sarah Loewen

Sarah brings energy and excitement to LifeForce Family Chiropractic (LFFC), with a back ground in Retail Management she comes equipped with customer service skills and multitasking. She loves working for LFFC, being able to see the life changing testimonies everyday!  Also, she loves being in such a positive Christian environment. Sarah was a practice member (patient) at LFFC before she came to work for LFFC and understands first hand the experience of being a practice
member.  Being on the other side of the fence serving the practice members. 

Sarah met LFFC at Higher Ground, a Christian music festival, where she was adjusted neurologically for the first time via Dr. Lofton. Sarah's husband had already scheduled and paid for Sarah to come in as a new patient prior to Higher Ground, but due to her skepticism she chose not do so, until she met the LFFC team at Higher Ground.  When Sarah came to her new patient exam she was extremely skeptical.  She had been to many traditional chiropractors since her accident in 1996 and never got any relief from pain, nor ever had any correction.  So needless to say Sarah had lost all hope in ever getting better.  Since Sarah became a practice member in August of 2010 she has had awesome results, not only with pain, along with noticeable correction in her spine.  She also has more energy, when before it was hard for her to even get out of bed, and her family tells her for the first time that she is extremely more happier and stable emotionally; isn't God wonderful, we believe he is, and only time will tell before you experience these life changing results.
 

Sarah is so blessed to have found LFFC, and we are so blessed that God has brought her onto our Team of Servants. Since working here she has grown in her work ethic, emotionally, and spiritually! Sarah started out as the morning receptionist, but has now moved on to Dr. Lofton's Chiropractic Assistant (CA) and is more than ever interacting with all of the practice members and being enticed to maybe one day go back to school and get her Doctorate degree in Chiropractic.  This is
absolutely the plan that God has for her at this time in life, and she is excited more than ever about what the future holds for LFFC and how that will affect her position on the team!

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