Aligned Health

Meet the team

Doctors you can trust.

A highly qualified team in Laguna Hills. Dr. Dustin Hack and Dr. Tara Hadden still treat you themselves. If you are coming from elsewhere in Orange County, you will not spend that drive with an assistant.

Portrait of Dr. Dustin Hack, D.C.

Dr. Dustin Hack, D.C.

Chiropractor · 11 years of practice

Dr. Dustin grew up in the Midwest playing hockey, football, and baseball. He graduated from Minnesota State University, Mankato in 2010 with a B.S. in Human Biology and Chemistry, spent three years in undergraduate genetics research, and served as vice president of the Future Health Care Providers club. He earned his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Southern California University of Health Sciences and has been in practice for 11 years. In the room he is known for pairing adjustments with percussion and hands-on muscle work so a sports injury or a desk-tight back is not treated as two separate visits.

People respond to different tools. That is why he has more than one way in:

  • Diversified Adjusting
  • Activator
  • Drop Table
  • Y-Strap Cervical Distraction
  • Graston
  • Cupping
  • Kinesiology Taping

He has treated ankle sprains, golfer's and tennis elbow, runner's knee, and shoulder impingement in athletes who need to get back to play without guessing. The work is adjustments, soft-tissue, percussion, exercise, and taping when it actually helps. His line is simple: the body heals itself; we give it the conditions to do that.

“The power that made the body heals the body, we just need to give it the tools to do so.”

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Portrait of Dr. Tara Hadden, D.C.

Dr. Tara Hadden, D.C.

Chiropractor · Southern California native

Dr. Tara was born and raised in Southern California. She grew up in karate and softball, played collegiate softball at the University of Hawaii from 2010 to 2013, and was part of the 2010 Women's World Series team. At UH she studied Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Science. She later graduated with honors from Southern California University of Health Sciences with her Doctor of Chiropractic degree.

The techniques she uses most:

  • Diversified technique
  • Activator technique
  • Myofascial Release therapy
  • Percussion therapy
  • Rock tape and kinesio tape certified

She treats kids in rec leagues, weekend warriors, and people who sit at a desk all week. She will ask what you actually miss doing — the course, the track, the studio, the office — and build the visit around getting you back there, not around a canned protocol.

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