Our Company
Rising Wellness is a company about transition, both ours and yours. Starting in 1999, Barnings Chiropractic offered outstanding chiropractic care to residents of the Bitterroot Valley. Since then, our company has grown, changed and reemerged as Rising Wellness to offer more types of treatment, and additional kinds of care. Our growth and commitment to continuing education, ongoing training and investments in technology ensure that you are enjoying the finest treatment possible.
At Rising Wellness, we can aid you in achieving the best physical quality of life you can attain, whether recovering from an injury, or just transitioning to the ongoing years.
Meet the Team
At Rising Wellness, we have experienced, caring practitioners to aid you in your recovery from an injury, or ensure your overall wellness, strength and comfort in daily living.
Dr. Mandy Barnings
Dr. Mandy Barnings is passionate about wellness and quality of life for her patients. Her journey to becoming a chiropractor began with a car accident. As a Red Raider at Texas Tech, Dr. Barnings was studying to be an engineer. After a high-speed car accident left her with neck pain and unrelenting headaches, it was a good chiropractor who was finally able to give her some relief and help her begin to heal. After her personal experience, she became an enthusiastic advocate of this non-invasive, all-natural healthcare field, and she changed her path. She got her Doctorate of Chiropractic from Parker University, and began practicing in Arlington, Texas. She did additional post-graduate work in advanced extremity adjusting. A fateful visit to the Bitterroot Valley of Montana and the desire to live in a smaller community led her to make the move and become a Montana resident in 1999.
Dr. Barnings is an examining doctor for the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (NBCE) and has been voted “Bitterroot’s Best Chiropractor” by valley residents more than eight times.
In her free time, Dr. Barnings is an enthusiastic patron of the arts serving on the Board of the Bitterroot Performing Arts Council, supporter of organizations supporting youth in need, current swimmer and state record-holder for the US Masters, and wrangler of her Giant Schnoodle dog.
Learn more about some of the local organizations Dr. Barnings serves and supports here:
Meg Ryan, D.C.
We are delighted to have Dr. Meg Ryan, an experienced chiropractor with over 30 years of expertise in natural healing and whole-body wellness. Her journey began in Dallas, Texas, where she studied at Wellness Springs Massage Therapy School before earning her Doctorate from Parker College of Chiropractic.
Dr. Ryan is Brimhall Certified in the 6 Steps to Wellness and specializes in pregnancy, pediatrics, and advanced nutrition. She is known for achieving exceptional results through both gentle instrument adjustments and precise manual techniques, helping patients feel their best at any stage of life.
Now calling Hamilton home, Dr. Ryan is excited to bring her expertise, compassion, and commitment to natural healing to the Bitterroot Valley. She and her daughter, Rose, are loving their new community, and she can’t wait to meet you!
Dr. Janice Jones
Dr. Janice Jones grew up in Miami, Florida and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Colorado, Boulder. In January 1999, she received her Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Parker College of Chiropractic in Dallas,Texas. Most of her 21 years in practice were spent in Phoenix, AZ and she is grateful to now be in the great four season state of Montana!
With a unique perspective on healing born of a wide range of mainstream as well as unconventional knowledge and techniques, Dr. Jones brings something special to chiropractic. Treating her patients – both adults and children – with respect and loving attention, she listens not only with her ears but with her heart.
Dr. Jones feels she was divinely guided to become a chiropractor and, as such, holds herself to an exceptional standard of care for her patients.
Dr. Jones is the proud mother of a son about whom she loves to brag. He and his lovely wife made her a happy grandmother in 2019 with the birth of their firstborn – a beautiful boy. When she is not adjusting patients, Janice is likely walking her Standard Poodle or spending time in the great outdoors, trying to talk birds out of trees.
Maureen Griffith-Whelan, BA, NCBTMB
Maureen is a graduate of the Muscular Therapy Institute (now Cortiva-Boston) specializing in Orthopedic Massage and Sports Massage Therapy. She received her board certification from the National Certification Board for Massage Therapy and Bodywork (NCBTMB) and is licensed in the state of Montana.
Maureen has been practicing massage therapy since 2007 and holds a Bachelors in Psychology with a Concentration in Family and Community Systems from Cambridge College in Cambridge, MA.
Maureen completed her Oncology Massage training from Tracy Walton & Assoc. and is an active member of the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) and NCBTMB. She is also certified in Prenatal/Postnatal Massage Therapy, Deep Tissue Massage, Massage Cupping Therapies and Injury Treatment.