Partners in Rehabilitation

Dave Dallmeyer has been in practice locally for over twenty-four years. Born and raised in Massechusetts, Dallmeyer moved west to attend Loma Linda University in 1972 for his post-graduate work in physical therapy after graduating from Atlantic Union College in Clinton MA. He spent his internship at New England Memorial Hospital in Boston. Returning to California, he was with the Rehabilitation Institute in Santa Barbara for a year, then moved to St Francis Hospital where he became the Director of Physical Therapy.

During his tenure at St. Francis, Dallmeyer began developing his team approach to physical therapy,
as well as starting numerous new programs and expanding the Physical Therapy Department. He was able to put his new ideas into practice when he founded the Chronic Pain Management Clinic in which modalities and therapy were selected to suit the individual patient's particular physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs. He also developed the "Hot Pool" exercise program for arthritis patients, which is currently offered by the YMCA in hundreds of clubs throughout the United States.

In 1980, wanting to combine his life-long passion for power-lifting with physical therapy,
he opened Santa Barbara Gym and Fitness. During this period he began to compete and train other lifters as well as gaining first hand knowledge about the specialized needs of athletes. As time went on and his patient base expanded, he moved to Los Aves near the Bird Sanctuary where he stayed for fifteen years. In 1999 he moved to Goleta.

Family man Dave Dallmeyer is married to Rita, has three children, Dawn, Deanna and Derrick, and is active in school sports and activities as well as community affairs. He has been on the Board of Directors of the Arthritis Foundation since 1977, and co-chaired the Taste-of -the-Town fundraiser for fifteen years. Competing at the national level since 1980, he won the National Championship in Power Lifting for the Amateur Athletic Union in 1998 lifting over six hundred pounds. He has coached numerous young power lifters in the Santa Barbara area.

Dr. Robert Thomas DC brings his own dynamic energy and focus to supervising patient care, evaluations and administering chiropractic as well as soft tissue treatments. Born in Miami, Bob was raised in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara and attended Santa Barbara High School where he excelled in sports including football, wrestling, and track & field.

Thomas joined the Army in 1987. Having developed an interest in health and physical fitness, he attended Santa Barbara Community College where he received his an A.A. in Liberal Studies and an A.S. in chemistry and physics while also studying athletic training and massage therapy. In 1998 he graduated from the Los Angeles School of Chiropractic, and interned at the Glendale Chiropractic Clinic.

In 1999, Thomas became a clinician For Dallmeyer Physical Therapy. In addition to hands-on chiropractic treatments and physio-theraputics, Thomas interacts with doctors and insurance companies on treatment protocols and charting, and develops and supervises exercise protocols based on intensive physiological research.

Married to Laurel, a massage therapist at Dallmeyer & Thomas, and flamenco dancer,
Bob is father to Bronson, Vivianna, and Vaughn. He is an active coach, and does
evaluations and physicals for the Youth Football League. He also gives seminars
on athletic injuries to fellow coaches. He is a former chairperson for the
Parents Association Committee for the Boys & Girls Club.