Meet Dr. Renold Bleem
From Farm Life to Chiropractic Care
Dr. Ren spent the first 21 years of his life on an organic dairy farm in Southern Illinois. It’s no surprise that he has spent his entire chiropractic career in a farming community. An injury on the farm sent Dr. Ren to the family chiropractor. After that appointment, he walked out able to function, and his curiosity, along with his excellent ability to work with his hands, launched a career.
Dr. Ren Bleem graduated from Logan University of Health Sciences in 1995. He has dedicated the past 28 years to caring for people in the small west central Illinois town of Havana.
My practice is built on relationships first. I see patients from all walks of life. Chiropractic bridges the gap between us.”
Expanding into Animal Chiropractic
Many years into practice, Dr. Ren was missing the farm. “I had to get back to the barn. With my understanding of large animals, knowledge, and skillset, adding animal chiropractic was the best choice I could have ever made.” With his two children grown, Dr. Ren had more time and obtained his Animal Chiropractic Certification through Options for Animals in Wellsville, Kansas, in 2019. Upon graduation, he passed his IVCA animal chiropractic certification. In September 2019, Dr. Ren passed his AVCA animal chiropractic certification board. He holds a rare dual certification in animal chiropractic.
Dr. Ren has a keen ability to read large animals and livestock and has a thriving horse and livestock practice in central Illinois. Locally, he’s affectionately known as Dr. Hog for the large number of hogs he adjusts during the show season. His mustache is rather famous in its own right.
Dr. Ren runs his Midwest practice with his wife of 30 years, Melanie. You will often find her at seminars filling in any administrative gaps. Melanie is Dr. Ren’s “handler” and runs his practice. She is a wealth of information, and they have spent the last 28 years serving their small community, sharing the good news about chiropractic, educating the public on the importance of a certified practitioner, and championing chiropractic causes. Dr. Ren is also an Examiner for the AVCA Certification Exam in Miami, Oklahoma.
In his spare time, Dr. Ren is an ultra-runner, cold plunger, and reader, and he spends time studying the biomechanics of the adjustment.
A Family Rooted in Chiropractic
Dr. Bleem has lived in Havana for nearly 30 years with his wife Melanie and their two children, Samuel and McKenna. Now in college, both children have grown up around chiropractic and the family business. Sam and McKenna have each been adjusted since they were two days old and make chiropractic a part of their routine healthcare.
Melanie helped Dr. Bleem open the office nearly 30 years ago, and they have enjoyed working side by side all these years. The Bleems are active in their community and church and love the close-knit feeling that comes with living in a small town.
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