Contact Information:
Office and Mailing address:
| Hannigan Chiropractic Office, P.C. | |
| HollowBrook Office Park | Phone: 845-297-6688 |
| 11 Marshall Road, Suite 2A | Fax: 845-298-7401 |
| Wappingers Falls, New York, 12590 | E-mail: drjohn@backdoconline.com |
Directions / Landmarks:
Turn on to Myers Corners Road (AKA Rt 93), from Rt 9 (Next to the Mobil Station in front of Hannaford). If you are traveling South from Poughkeepsie you will be making a left turn just after the Hannaford Shopping Center. If you are traveling north from Fishkill you will be making a right turn at the Chase Bank opposite Poughkeepsie Nissan. Once on Myers Corners Rd., Marshall Road is the next Left at the light located approximately about 1/4 mile EAST of Route 9. We are in the same office park as Dutchess Community College South, the DMV and RiverBend Apartments.We are in the First building, adjoining the Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union.
Dr. John Hannigan grew up in Wappingers Falls, NY
He has many varied interests including skiing, scuba diving, hiking, sailing, biking, running, surfing, traveling, reading, writing, exploring alternative health solutions
Following graduation from Roy C. Ketcham High School in 1967 he went to the University of Bridgeport in Bridgeport, Connecticut, graduating in 1972 with a Bachelor of Science Degree.
Working in the commercial diving industry developing and implementing environmental & physiological control systems for oil-rig dive systems, he acquired an interest in alternative health solutions and decided to explore chiropractic. He first attended Fordham University in the Bronx, NY for a “pre-med” qualification before beginning classes at Life Chiropractic College near San Francisco, California in 1979. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from the main campus of Life Chiropractic College in Atlanta, Georgia in 1983 with the degree of Doctor of Chiropractic.
Following graduation he started his practice near Garden City on Long Island and practiced there until 1985 at which time he returned to his home town of Wappingers Falls with his growing family that now included a daughter born while in California and a son born after the opening of the practice on Long Island. The new practice in Wappingers, started in the fall of 1985 has flourished from the start.
Graduation from Chiropractic College was not the end of his education and was soon followed by additional post-graduate courses and he continues to up-date his education and back-round in various subjects related to chiropractic and alternative health. Following is a list of some of the many additional courses he has taken:
Post Graduate Courses
- Chiropractic Biophysics 136 hours
- Erhardt Program for X-ray Diagnosis of Spinal and Skeletal Disorders - 100 Hours
- Athletics, Physical Fitness and Sport Injuries - 100 Hours, with Certification as Chiropractic Team Physician
- Child Abuse and Mistreatment Training Program 10 hours
- Ayer Vedic Diagnosis 24 Hours
- Activator Methods Course 36 Hours
- Markey Lumbar Spine Seminars 48 Hours
- Risk Management Seminars 24 hours
- Low-Level Laser Therapy Certification Program
- Yearly Professional Re-Licensing Continuing Education Credit classes
Dr. Hannigan Currently holds and maintains the following licenses and certifications:
New York State Chiropractic License Number: X3660 Issued October, 1983
Massachusetts Chiropractic license Number: 751 Issued June, 1983
New York State Workers Compensation Provider Number: 231336 Issued April, 1985
Medicare Provider Number: X20171
Certified Chiropractic Team Physician Certificate Issued February, 1985
National Board of Chiropractic Examiners 1983
Dr. Hannigan is currently a member of the following associations and societies:
New York State Chiropractic Association
Pi Tau Delta International Chiropractic Honor Society
Wappingers Masonic Lodge #671 of F&AM
Ancient Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine
Past and Current Professional Activities:
Prepared and Written Lectures for:
Adult education health classes
Back school classes
Sport injury classes
Re-Conditioning and Rejuvenation program
Articles Written:
Back School Training Program Manual
“How To Live With a Bad Back” Book
Work-related injury articles written for Hudson Valley Business Journal
Health and performance related articles written for various sports and runner publications
