About the Doctors

Allen Thomashefsky, M.D.

Dr. Thomashefsky is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  He received both his undergraduate and medical degrees from Case Western Reserve University.  He completed post-graduate medical training at Stanford University Hospital. 

After spending two of his early medical career years living and working on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, he moved his family west.  In Eugene, Oregon Dr. Thomashefsky managed the ER at Sacred Heart and McKenzie Willamette Hospitals and began a private practice in Family Medicine.  His next move was to Santa Barbara, continuing his Family Practice while developing specialties in Sports Medicine and non-surgical Orthopedics--leading to a teaching position at the University of California at Santa Barbara in Sports Medicine. 

Today Dr. Thomashefsky divides his time between two locations: in Santa Barbara, where he has practiced for more than 30 years and in Ashland, Oregon where he opened a second office in 1995.  His practice of medicine now specializes in Proliferant and Regenerative Injection Therapies for the treatment of injuries.  In the field of non-surgical orthopedics, Dr. Thomashefsky is well-known and regarded as regional expert with two decades of experience in the practice of R.I.T. in the western U.S.

While his reputation precedes him, his patients will tell you that Dr. Thomashefsky is appreciated as a teacher as well as an experienced physician.  He listens to each patient and believes it is important to teach people about their bodies, how an injury happens, and how the body tries to compensate for an injury.  Working with Dr. Thomashefsky is an educational, cooperative process in which patients are empowered to actively make choices and participate in their own healing.

Dr. Thomashefsky twice completed the Hawaii Iron Man competition. He has practiced yoga for over 20 years and more recently added pilates to his personal wellness program

For more information on R.I.T., listen to Dr. Thomashefsky discussing Health and Prolotherapy (Real Audio).

Justin Adams, MD

Dr. Adams is a native of Ashland, Oregon. He received his undergraduate degree with honors in biology from Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon and an MS in Ecology from the University of California at Davis. After work as a field ecologist, he spent several years as an educator, including work as adjunct faculty at Southern Oregon University graduate program in education. He then went on to pursue and complete his medical degree at Oregon Health and Science University.

With an early interest in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Dr. Adams has prioritized the study of musculoskeletal medicine, and has received training in Prolotherapy and Regenerative Injection Therapy from some of the top practitioners in the country. Thanks to his early introduction to the discipline, Dr. Adams promises to be one of the future leaders in this field. He is currently practicing Family Medicine at St. Mark's Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah and divides his prolotherapy practice between his clinic in Salt Lake City and Ashland, Oregon.

A marathon runner, Iron Man triathlete, avid skier and mountain biker, Dr. Adams is committed to returning his patients to the active lifesyles that they enjoyed prior to injury. Patients appreciate the interaction and learning that comes from working with a former teacher and the individualized and wholistic approach that Dr. Adams takes in their care.