Dr. Schmidt is the owner of Pleasant Valley Chiropractic Clinic located on the border of Parma, Seven Hills and Broadview Heights. He moved to the Cleveland area from Columbus and has been practicing here since 1993. He is soft spoken, gentle and caring. He is married and has four daughters who in turn have two dogs, a cat, 3 frogs and a turtle. Dr. Schmidt graduated with honors from Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa and has completed a post graduate certification course in Spinal Trauma. He is certified by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners and the Ohio State Chiropractic Board of Examiners. He is on the board of the Northeast Ohio Academy of Chiropractic and is Chairman of the Ohio State Chiropractic Association Legislative Committee.

Dr. Schmidt enjoys spending time with his family as well as hiking, participating in water sports and motorcycle riding.

Before becoming a chiropractor, Dr. Schmidt worked for B&O Railroad and Rockwell International - both union facilities. Pleasant Valley Chiropractic accepts most major insurance as well being well versed in Worker's Compensation cases. He has also testified as an expert witness in multiple personal injury cases.

It is Dr. Schmidt's goal to help as many people as possible through conservative, non-invasive treatments including chiropractic adjustments, flexion distraction, spinal decompression and lowlevel laser therapy. Dr. Schmidt has a working relationship with other doctors in the area who specialize in pain management, orthopedics and neurology