Burke Mays

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About Me

I'm Dr. Burke Mays – the practitioner who asks why instead of what next.
For over 25 years, I've been that chiropractor who refuses to accept "your labs are normal" as an answer when someone's body is clearly screaming for help. I'm a foundational wellness specialist, root-cause detective, and honestly? I'm a bit of a rebel when it comes to conventional healthcare's symptom-chasing game.
My path here started early. My mother was committed to natural wellness before it was trendy – before "functional medicine" was even a phrase people knew. Chiropractic care felt like the natural extension of how I was raised: trust the body's innate intelligence, remove the interference, and watch what happens.
But here's what separates me from the pack: I don't just adjust spines and send people on their way. I dove deep into applied kinesiology, functional neurology, and advanced lab analysis because I needed to understand why bodies break down – not just how to temporarily patch them up.
At 57, I feel better than most people in their 30s. And no, that's not some guru flex – it's the result of asking the right questions about my own health and actually living what I teach. (Though I'll be honest: I'm human. I get busy, drop good habits, and sometimes need my own wake-up calls. Like when my pants stopped fitting and I had to decide between buying new ones or fixing what was actually broken. I chose the latter – for longevity, not vanity.)
I founded Pathways Integrative Health on a simple but radical philosophy: health is a dynamic, lifelong journey, and you should be equipped to become your own best doctor. My job isn't to create dependency – it's to remove barriers to wellness and teach you how to ask the questions that lead to real, lasting transformation.
Because here's the truth nobody tells you: your complaints aren't your problems. They're downstream effects of foundational breakdowns. Fix the foundation, and the complaints take care of themselves.
I bridge time-honored health wisdom with cutting-edge therapeutic techniques. I'm as comfortable discussing ancestral health principles as I am analyzing complex lab results. And through a rich network of mentors and continuous learning, I stay on the leading edge of what actually works – not what's trendy.
My mission? Transform the healthcare paradigm one person, one family, one community at a time. Because healing individuals creates a ripple effect that changes everything.

Who I want to meet...

I'm looking to connect with Twin Cities-area clients and professional partners who share my foundational wellness philosophy.
Clients Ready for Transformation:
If you know someone who's exhausted despite "doing everything right," gaining stubborn weight, hearing "your labs are normal," or dealing with chronic pain that keeps coming back – they're exactly who I help.
These are typically Twin Cities parents and professionals (ages 38-60) who remember having energy in their 30s and refuse to accept that decline is inevitable. They've bounced between specialists, tried the diets and supplements, done the gym memberships and adjustments... but nothing creates lasting change because no one's asking the right questions about what's actually broken.
I specialize in the interconnected web that conventional medicine treats as separate problems: gut dysfunction, thyroid issues, autoimmune conditions, chronic inflammation, and stubborn metabolic resistance. When someone's managing symptoms with medication but still feels terrible, or when their structural issues keep recurring despite treatment, I'm the detective who digs deeper to find the foundational imbalance creating the whole cascade.
Whether they're coming in for weight loss through our Metabolic Reset Program, complex health issues that leave other practitioners scratching their heads, or even "typical" chiropractic cases – I'm always asking: What foundational breakdown is creating this symptom?
The common thread? They're done chasing symptoms and ready to rebuild their foundation.
Referral Partners Who Think Like I Do:
Healthcare Practitioners – I collaborate with chiropractors, functional medicine docs, naturopaths, acupuncturists, and integrative providers who recognize when a patient needs deeper foundational work. If you're seeing clients plateau or need gut/metabolic/detox work outside your scope, I support your treatments by addressing the foundations that make your work more effective.
Fitness & Wellness Professionals – Personal trainers, yoga instructors, nutritionists, and health coaches: if your clients are doing everything right but their bodies aren't responding, there's likely a foundational breakdown I can identify. I help make your coaching actually work by fixing what's blocking their results.
Business & Professional Networks – If you work with high-performing executives, entrepreneurs, or professionals whose health issues are impacting their performance, I speak their language. They don't want to be "patients" forever – they want to understand what's wrong, fix it systematically, and get back to crushing it.
Mental Health Providers – Therapists and counselors: when your clients are doing the mental/emotional work but still dealing with anxiety, depression, brain fog, or mood instability that has physiological roots (gut-brain axis, thyroid, inflammation), I can address those foundations to support your work.
Corporate Wellness & HR Leaders – Companies investing in employee wellness often see diminishing returns because their people are trying to build health on broken foundations. If you're looking for a provider who can actually move the needle on chronic absenteeism, low productivity, and rising healthcare costs by addressing root causes, let's talk.
I'm building a network of like-minded professionals who refuse to accept "that's just aging" or "learn to live with it" as acceptable answers. If that's you, let's connect.

A great referral for me is...

They're considering or already on medications but want root-cause solutions

WHO I COLLABORATE WELL WITH:

Primary care physicians open to functional approaches
Mental health professionals (the gut-brain connection is real)
Personal trainers/coaches (when exercise isn't working like it should)
Physical therapists (addressing recurring structural issues)
Financial advisors/attorneys (serving high-capacity professionals who need their health to perform)

I'm happy to consult or collaborate on complex cases—I do this WITH people, not TO them.