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The Squad. Two co-founders. One mission.

Pacha Hornaday and Dr. Steve Tullius. The brand strategist and the chiropractor behind Subluxation Squad, The Squadcast, and the Practice X-Ray.

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Founder / Brand Strategist

Pacha Hornaday.

Pacha is the founder and brand strategist behind Subluxation Squad and the co-host of The Squadcast. She originated the idea as a way to connect chiropractors with the tools, resources, and people that can help them build stronger practices, and strengthen the profession as a whole.

A designer since the beginning of her career and a brand strategist by evolution, Pacha has worked in the field for more than two decades. Through Balanced Brands, she helps chiropractic leaders clarify what they are building and align the brand, messaging, patient experience, team, and business decisions around that direction. Her Brand OS provides the strategic framework for that work and became the foundation for the Chiropractic OS.

She also brings the perspective of a long-term chiropractic patient. Pacha has been under chiropractic care for more than 15 years, including through two home births, and both of her children have received chiropractic care since birth. Her connection to the profession comes from lived experience rather than a dramatic miracle story: chiropractic has simply been part of how her family approaches health and life.

Pacha began Subluxation Squad because she saw chiropractors searching for trustworthy answers across a fragmented profession. She wanted to create a place where they could find practical support, learn from people doing meaningful work, and participate in a stronger conversation about chiropractic's future. That work also led her to write the first version of the Chiropractic Manifesto, now developing into the Chiropractic OS: a shared strategic foundation designed to help the profession clarify its identity, language, and direction.

Current work

What she is building.

  • Founder / Brand Strategist

    Subluxation Squad

    Leads the brand, strategic direction, and development of an ecosystem connecting chiropractors with useful tools, resources, and people.

  • Founder / Brand Strategist

    Balanced Brands

    Helps chiropractic leaders uncover what is out of alignment in their brand and business, then build a clearer foundation for communication, experience, and growth.

  • Co-Host

    The Squadcast

    Brings the patient and brand perspective to conversations about chiropractic practice, communication, leadership, and the future of the profession.

  • Creator / Co-Architect

    The Chiropractic OS

    Initiated the strategic framework and works with Steve and other contributors to clarify the profession's shared identity, language, and direction.

The path

From visual identity to professional infrastructure.

  1. 01

    The Designer

    Trained in design and graduated in 2002. Built more than two decades of experience using visual communication to help businesses express who they are and connect with the people they serve.

  2. 02

    The Translator

    Moved from design into brand strategy and founded Balanced Brands. As both a strategist and long-term chiropractic patient, she began helping chiropractors translate the depth of what they do into language and experiences the public can understand.

  3. 03

    The Movement Builder

    Founded Subluxation Squad to connect chiropractors with better tools, trusted resources, and useful conversations. Began developing the Chiropractic OS to give the profession a clearer strategic foundation for identity, communication, and collective growth.

Co-Founder / Chiropractor

Dr. Steve Tullius.

Steve is not building businesses. He is repositioning chiropractic, redefining health, and constructing scalable mechanisms that create demand, belief, and transformation at scale.

Everything he does threads back to one project: restoring alignment in people, in systems, and in a profession.

Current roles

Where he leads today.

  • Founder

    Waitlist Workshops

    Turnkey workshop marketing system for chiropractors and health practitioners.

  • Chair, Board of Trustees

    Sherman College of Chiropractic

    Philosophical anchor institution of the profession.

  • Co-Chair

    MAHA Chiropractic Working Group

    National political health movement coordination.

  • Steering Leader

    Chiropractic Freedom Coalition

    Strategic advocacy for subluxation-centered chiropractic.

  • Former Vice President

    International Federation of Chiropractors and Organizations (IFCO)

    Profession-wide leadership in subluxation-centered practice.

  • Co-Developer

    CHHP Austin Clinics

    Multi-location clinic platform with Dr. CJ Mertz.

The path

Three phases. One arc.

  1. 01

    The Clinician

    Entered chiropractic with a deep belief in innate intelligence and the body's capacity to heal. Practiced for over two decades. Saw firsthand the gap between what chiropractic actually is and what the public thinks it is.

  2. 02

    The Operator

    Built systems to attract the right patients, educate at scale, and convert with integrity. Created Waitlist Workshops, which has supported more than 10,000 workshops and $12M in advertising spend. Core realization: the problem is not demand. The problem is belief transfer at scale.

  3. 03

    The Strategist

    Stepped into IFCO, Sherman College, MAHA, and the Chiropractic Freedom Coalition. Now operating at the level of policy influence, professional positioning, and cultural narrative. Current driver: build a multi-generational shift toward a neurocentric, salutogenic model of health.

The work

Hear it. Run it. Use it.

The Squadcast carries the philosophy. The Practice X-Ray names what is broken. The Switchboard hands you the tools.