Dr. Brad was born in Mattoon, Illinois. He grew up and attended Minooka schools where he excelled in football, served as senior class president, and was in “Who’s Who Among American High School Students”. After graduating with honors in 1978, he decided to devote himself to a career in Chiropractic because of the impressive results he witnessed with his mother’s migraine headaches. Dr. Brad attended the Prestigious National College of Chiropractic and graduated in 1984 with post-graduate certification in clinical acupuncture. After practicing as an associate doctor for two years in Joliet, Illinois, Dr. Brad founded Morris Chiropractic Health Service in 1987.

In the year 2000, Dr. Brad saw the need to develop a multi-disciplinary health care facility to better serve his patients and the community, and allow him the ability to expand health care services the facility offered. He opened Grundy County PainCare Center in 2000, which has evolved into a multi-disciplinary health care facility. The Center employs a medical director, physical therapists, and chiropractors, massage therapists and anesthesiologists working together for the benefit of the patient. This has allowed patients to receive a higher level of care that was previously unavailable in the area. As a direct result of their unprecedented growth, the pain care practice had to expand and relocate to their present facility, which occupies 10,000 sq. ft. of the Evergreen Plaza at 425 E. U.S. Route 6, just East of Wal-Mart.

"Dr. Brad" has enjoyed a very successful practice and was voted "Best Chiropractor in Grundy County" by a 1996 Morris Daily Herald Readers’ poll. He has also been placed in "Who’s Who Among Business Professionals". Dr. Brad constantly strives to update and improve his knowledge in the chiropractic field and regularly attends special seminars throughout the country.

Dr. Brad is an active member of the Illinois Chiropractic Society, Parker Chiropractic Research Foundation, Personal Injury Centers of Chicago and has also received certification in spinal disability and carpal tunnel diagnosis and treatment. To date, Dr. Brad has treated over 15,000 personal injury, workers’ compensation, automobile accidents and other cases during his career.

Dr. Brad and his three children, Kelsey, Matthew and Alex, reside in Morris.

Dr. Varma is our Medical Director for the Grundy County Pain Care Center, and was born and raised in India. Dr. Varma received his Medical degree, Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees from University of Rajasthan, India and continued his education post-doctorate in Teratology from University of Manitoba, Canada, and post-graduate medical studies at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee. Residency in occupational medicine, preventative medicine and Masters of Science in Genotoxicity. His fellowship in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation was at Baylor Medical College in Houston Texas.

He has been in the Advisory Team to Governor of Georgia, consultant to OSHA; and Department of Energy. He has worked and/or trained in India, Canada and many states within the United States.

Not only is Dr. Varma proficient in performance and interpretation of nerve studies (NCV/EMG), he is also board-eligible for certification in pain management and has extensive training in joint injections, facet blocks, radio-frequency ablation and additional interventional procedures. He derives a great sense of satisfaction in assisting in the care and management of patients in pain.

Dr. Varma is a skilled physician, with over 27 years of experience in the medical and aesthetic fields, who also continually widens his scope of expertise. Dr. Varma has additional training in the use of BOTOX Cosmetic, Mesotherapy, liposculpting and Restylane fillers, as well as endovenous laser ablation treatment of varicose veins. At the Rella Medical Spa, Dr. Varma combines state-of-the-art aesthetic procedures with the latest medical grade skin products to maximize results and rejuvenate a youthful appearance.

Dr. Varma is an extensive traveler and has traveled around the world twice and visited all 50 states of the United States. He and his wife reside in Sterling and in Morris, while their two children attend University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana and Wheaton College.

Steve Arpon is our Physical Therapist at the Grundy County Pain Care Center. He grew up in a military family and his father was a career NCO helping to hunt Russian submarines during the cold war. Needless to say, his family traveled around. At the end of his father’s career, they settled in the Philippines. This is where Steve obtained his B.S. in Physical Therapy at the renowned University of Santo Tomas in Manila.

Immediately upon graduation, Steve returned to the United States and practiced as a Physical Therapist at the U.S.A.F.’s Wilford Hall Regional Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. Upon his Honorable Discharge from the U.S.A.F., Steve has accumulated extensive clinical experience in many diverse civilian settings from out-patient orthopedics, to home care, to skilled nursing facilities. His clinical focus for the last 10 years has been in the outpatient care setting.

He has been asked to be a faculty presenter at the American Academy of Pain Management and the Scientific Exposition of the American Physical Therapy Association on the subject of a pain modulating technique he developed specifically for the out-patient setting.

He enjoys the multi-disciplinary environment of the Grundy County Pain Center and feels that this is the best approach to helping patients return to pain-free function in the fastest time possible. Steve lives with his wife, Beth, and his two daughters, in the Aurora area.