Dr. Lapenski discovered NUCCA while in Chiropractic college and following his first NUCCA adjustment, he realized this was the care he needed to provide for his patients. Dr. Lapenski graduated with honors from Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa in 1999. Since opening a practice in 1999, Dr. Lapenski has been committed to the perpetual advancement of the reduction of the atlas subluxation complex. Dr. Lapenski is one of 27 Board Certified NUCCA doctors worldwide, receiving full NUCCA board certification in 2010. He has been drawn into the study of the upper cervical spine because of the impact it has had on his own health, and the profound impact he has observed it having on the thousands of people he has cared for. He believes that adopting a proactive health care model for yourself is one of the best decisions you can make in your life, and that the most foundational component to being healthy is good brain/body communication.

Dr. Lapenski has been on the NUCCA Board of Directors since 2010 and is the President of the Upper Cervical Research Foundation. He also is the Co-Chairman to the Certification and Standards of NUCCA and a Credentialed Instructor for NUCCA. Dr. Lapenski was also awarded the Dr. Marshall Dickholtz, Sr. Scientific Research Award in 2023 and the Ralph Gregory Lifetime Achievement Award in 2024.