Commencement/Graduation

Commencement Speaker:

Dr. Kou Yang

Dr. Yang has compassion for humanity and a soft heart for people’s health. His chiropractic journey started back in 2006 during his deployment to Baghdad, Iraq. He became aware that our bodies can suffer greatly through the experience of trauma and stress and become very worn down.

His real story began in the southeast part of Asia. He was born in a refugee camp in Thailand at the end of a civil war era in Laos which the Americans were heavily involved in. His family came to the U.S. as refugees in the late 80’s and he grew up in central Wisconsin and the Twin Cities area. He enlisted on active duty as a Tanker in the Army right after graduating high school in 2004 and went to basic training in Fort Knox, Kentucky and was stationed in Korea, Texas, and Iraq. Shortly after his deployment to Iraq that ended in 2008, he enlisted in the Minnesota National Guard and left the military in 2012 and became a full-time student. Kou went to Century College, MN, University of River Falls, WI, and Northwestern Health Sciences University, MN and received his Doctor of Chiropractic degree in 2018 at NWHSU.

During his deployment to Iraq, he developed chronic back pain that eventually led him to learn about chiropractic care and understand human anatomy.  Along the way, he became aware that there is an innate force within us which can be altered from our lifestyles. We express disease when the innate force is dimmed and misaligned.   Dr. Yang is very passionate about helping others become better and his mission is to serve every man, woman, and child in a family wellness environment!