After five years away, Brooks Hill ‘20 was called back to College Station. Between the vivid visions of her move and the spiritual support found in prayer with her husband’s grandfather and pastor, everything fell into place. Securing both a home and office space in mere weeks, Hill didn’t see a lucky streak — she saw the hand of faith guiding her back home.

Following her graduation from Texas A&M, Hill and her husband moved to Dallas in pursuit of furthering their chiropractic education; later, the couple moved to Austin with the intention of planting roots and settling down. But when the newlyweds began to see signs — or “godwinks” — to look toward Aggieland, they decided to upend all their plans and head back home. 

Now, Hill spends her days at Heritage Row Chiropractic — her College Station practice, established in October 2025 — working to educate patients from all walks of life about the impact nervous system care has on their long-term well-being. 

“What we do here is we focus on the way God designed our bodies,” Hill said. “God designed our bodies fully connected in many ways, but particularly through the nervous system — it runs from our head to our hands to our toes and everywhere in between and controls everything.”

As a practicing chiropractor, Hill said she relies on tools that are more intentional rather than simply popping and cracking to relieve pain. Her process of learning about patients’ histories, stressors and lifestyles helps her gather a full picture before going to the table.

“We want this to be kind of like a continuation of where you feel comfortable,” Hill said. “And yes, I’m Dr. Brooks, but overall, we want this to not necessarily feel like your typical doctor’s office — we want you to feel loved while you’re here.”

For the first 20 minutes of an appointment, Hill sits down with her patients to get a feel for where their health currently stands and their goals for the future. Whether patients are visiting Heritage Row Chiropractic for help with anxiety, digestive issues, fertility or simply optimization of health, she said most are surprised to be asked questions about brain fog, childhood experiences and even their own births.

A nervous system scan comes next, allowing Hill to get an idea of the patient’s baseline health. Then, the patient enters the adjustment room to test their range of motion and receive a palpation exam before Hill creates an adjustment plan.

“I usually tell patients towards the end, ‘I know you’re tired of hearing my voice — I promise that you’re not always gonna have to hear it this much — but I want you to understand everything that’s happening to you before it’s done,’” Hill said.

Taking their preferences into consideration, Hill recommends realignment options to her patients before beginning treatment. Once the proposed adjustments have been approved, Hill begins the adjustment process, talking patients through the entire appointment and detailing her expectations. 

“I am never gonna promise anything in care because health is so unique to each person,” Hill said. “I’m also never going to tell you that this will heal you — God does the healing, you do the healing — I’m just here to remove stressors on the body and the nervous system and let the body do what it knows how to do.”

As the appointment comes to a close, Hill said she creates a plan with her patients that spans over 12 visits, gradually healing their nervous system until they reach the maintenance stage — or what Hill calls the “Legacy Club.”

To ensure these personalized plans are motivated by clinical and personal needs rather than administrative restrictions, Heritage Row Chiropractic is a cash-based practice. Collecting payment up front, Hill’s transparency allows her and her patients to focus entirely on the healing process without the dictations of insurance coverage.

“We want to be able to recommend what you truly need, not just what’s going to be covered,” Hill said. “It’s not because I don’t care about your insurance, it’s because I care about you as a person — and the less involved I am with what they will and will not cover, the better doctor I can be.”

Seeing patients progress toward self-regulation and a deeper understanding of their bodies is the primary reason why Hill hopes to welcome more students into Heritage Row Chiropractic. She aims to challenge the idea that chiropractic care is only for individuals with chronic injuries or those of older age, emphasizing it instead as a universal need.

“Your brain, your spinal cord and all of your nerves control how you feel and how you function, and sometimes that’s common knowledge,” Hill said. “But here’s what’s not always a common thing to know: that it’s at every age and stage of your life.”

Kinesiology senior and Heritage Row Chiropractic student ambassador Ellianne Patrick said she trusts Hill as both a caregiver and educator due to her warm personality and comprehensive knowledge.Patrick said she came across Hill’s Instagram page and messaged her when she was looking for any doctor who would take her in as a shadow

“Her Instagram reels are just so kind and warm and educational — and she preached so many things that I believe in so strongly within health,” Patrick said. “So I drove down to Austin and shadowed her, and I learned more about the human body shadowing her for a day than I did in any of my classes.”

Patrick said two of the things she values most in Hill’s care are her deep understanding of the nervous system and how intentionally she works to get to know each patient, both within a medical setting and beyond.

“She’s incredibly easy to confide in,” Patrick said. “When I have a hard week, I look forward to seeing Dr. Brooks — not only are her adjustments good for my nervous system but having conversations with her is really good for my well-being.”

Receiving care from Hill has helped Patrick become more aware of where her body holds stress and how it deals with it, which she said has been paramount to her success as a student.

“I would recommend her to college students so much,” Patrick said. “We’re so healthy, but we also have a lot of stressors on our bodies that don’t always allow us to perform or recover at our fullest potential.”

Patrick encourages students like her to pay Hill a visit at Heritage Row Chiropractic to promote generational health for themselves and their future families.

“If you want to be more intentional with your body, this is an incredible place to start,” Patrick said. “It’s not just for old people, it’s not just for people with injuries — it’s for everybody keeping up maintenance with generational health.”