Dr. Lee Popwell Bio (Pictured on Left):

Dr. Popwell graduated National College of Chiropractic in Chicago, Illinois in 1979. After a short internship in Chicago and Cincinnati, Ohio, he returned to his home town of Jacksonville, Florida and began practicing in Jacksonville Beach in 1980.

He practiced for nearly 20 years with Dr. Gil Brown, who had practiced in Jacksonville Beach since the early 1950s. Dr. Popwell greatly appreciated the wisdom gained from the years of mentoring with Dr. Brown, who had practiced with his father.

Dr. Popwell met Elizabeth in Florida, and they were married in 1987. Since that time the Lord blessed them with three children: Brooks (’88), Lisa (’89), and Ben (’95). They homeschooled their three children while living in Jacksonville Beach. Seeing the need for Christian schooling to complete their education, they decided to move to Greenville to accomplish this goal at the Bob Jones school system. This move was made in 2003, at which time the Popwell Spine Center was established in Taylors, South Carolina, a suburb of Greenville.

Throughout his career, Dr. Popwell has served many professional golfers with their chiropractic needs. Being a golfer himself, his shared passion for the game as well as his chiropractic profession has allowed him to assist many golfers, both amateur and professional. One of his most unusual venues of treating has been through the locker rooms of both the Players championship and the Masters where he had unique access to the players right on their own turf during those professional events.

The Spine Center was based around chiropractic family practice that was consistent with Dr. Popwell’s conservative healthcare beliefs. As God blessed the practice, the need for another doctor became apparent. It was at this time, through the Christian Chiropractic Association’s website, that Dr. Popwell met Dr. Joe Scota from Philadelphia. Not coincidentally, Dr. Scota had once lived in this area and his father was and still is a resident in Taylors, where he owns and operates the Scota Karate Academy.

Dr. Popwell & Dr. Scota established the Popwell•Scota partnership in 2004. Their desire is to work together to provide “Golden Rule” care for their patients based around hands-on healthcare in a family-practice setting.

Dr. Joe Scota Bio (Pictured Above on Right):

Dr. Joe Scota was born and spent his early years in Philadelphia PA. His father’s job moved them to the Greenville area during his high school years, and he graduated from Riverside High School in Greer. Initially resisting the move, Dr. Scota has come to know and love the south as home.

After his undergraduate studies, Dr. Scota graduated from Sherman Chiropractic College in 2001, and moved back to the northeast for the early part of his career. After practicing in New York and Pennsylvania, the Lord had it for him to move to the south once again.  While visiting his father in the spring of 2004, it was Dr. Scota's wife, Sybil, who the Lord used as an instrument for change.  At her prompting, and while visiting, Dr. Scota initially met Dr. Popwell through the Christian Chiropractic Association's website.  Dr. Popwell was looking for a partner to share the treatment load, and Dr. Scota was looking to establish ownership in a practice.  After much prayer and consideration, both doctors recognized the Lord's hand in their meeting.  Since that time Dr. Popwell and Dr. Scota have enjoyed the blessing of practicing in partnership at the Popwell Scota Spine Center.

Dr. Scota is also an avid Martial Artist of 23+ years. Having earned the rank of 3rd degree black belt.  Dr. Scota is also a head instructor in his family’s karate school, Scota Karate Academy, in Taylors SC.  His knowledge of physical fitness couples nicely with guiding patients in stretches and excercises to help rehabilitate their conditions.  Dr. Scota also teaches a monthly core strengthening class at the karate school for established patients.

Dr. Scota is a member of Heritage Bible Church and currently resides in Taylors with his wife, Sybil, and five children, Amber, Lucas, Caleb, Joshua, and Jocelyn.  

Dr. Charles Kenya Bio

In August 2001, Dr. Kenya and his wife, Amilliah, arrived in Iowa for a mission trip in the same town from which the first three missionaries to his home area had originated in 1895. Little did he know that God had placed his feet on a journey that would radically change his life. His wife was struggling with chronic back pain that had sent her to the hospital several times. She had tried several treatments, including, among others, physical therapy, in vain. Their host family who had their spines checked by their chiropractor every two weeks invited them to see their chiropractor. They had never heard of chiropractic. They were very skeptical as they entered the chiroractor's office. However, not only was his wife's back problem resolved once and for all, but also along with it came a wonderful package of good health. He experienced tremendous health. Allergies and other chronic health problems he had not mentioned to the chiropractor "disappeared" along the way under chiropractic care.

They went back to Kenya where they had been high school teachers for twelve years. In 2002 they moved to the United States to study chiropractic at Sherman College of Chiropractic. He and his wife graduated in 2006. It was at Sherman that he met Dr. Lee Popwell and Dr. Joe Scota via the Christian Chiropractic Association. Since then they have been part of their family. Their brotherly kindness extended to his whole family; a relationship that has been of great value to his family. Dr. Kenya worked in a different ofice until January 2010 when an opportunity was presented for him to join Dr. Popwell and Dr. Scota at the Spine Center.

His family has benefited greatly from chiropractic care. His son Daniel, who had scoliosis, now enjoys active and vibrant health. His daughter Hope, who used to have frequent asthmatic attacks, now enjoys good health even during the winter, and their youngest son Harry enjoys full health under chiropractic care.

At Popwell Scota Spine Center we team up with you to enhance and enjoy full health.