Dr. Stephen Banko is a practicing Chiropractor, Shaman and Energy Healer. A native of up-state New York, he has resided in Raleigh, North Carolina since 1983. After obtaining his Associates, Bachelors and Doctorate degree, he opened a chiropractic office in 1992. He maintained a very successful, referral-based practice for 11 years, working with conditions from aches and pains to cancers to emotional traumas. It was after this period of time that he felt the need to further his studies in energy medicine.

Dr. Banko has always had a strong interest and fascination with energy medicine, and incorporated it into his chiropractic office. He reached a point though, where he knew he was only scratching the surface of his true potential working with energy and knew it was time to take it to the few levels. He consequently took a hiatus from his office setting and pursued studies with a well known energy healer, Jerry Wills. This led Dr. Banko on trips to Peru with Jerry Wills where he worked with Shaman (medicine men) from the Amazon jungle and the Andes Mountains. Dr. Banko is now under shamanic studies with the Four Winds Society through Dr. Alberto Villoldo (Master Incan Shaman).

Dr. Banko has since reopened his office. Shamanic healing and energy healing are his true forte and are the main reasons why people come see him. And of course he still performs chiropractic care, for those who want that type of treatment program. Most patients usually opt for a combination of all three! The most obvious differences when using energy/shaman/chiropractic work together is that most problems that seemingly could never be fixed (physical and emotional) can now be helped; results last much longer; and the number and frequency of treatment visits are dramatically reduced.