Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Dr. Hammett is a 1998 graduate of Life Chiropractic College West (LCCW) in Hayward, from which she holds a doctorate in Chiropractic. In addition, she is a graduate of Excelsior College in New York, from which she holds a Bachelor's of Science degree in Liberal Arts. Her specialty is restoring spinal curves to a natural, balanced posture, an advanced technique called Chiropractic Biophysics(CBP®), otherwise known as Clinical Biomechanics of Posture. While in college, she assisted Office Olympic Team Doctors at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia with pre-event physical conditioning and post-event evaluation and treatment of stress injuries. This experience helped her to sharpen her knowledge of the numerous physical conditions affecting elite athletes.