Ann Swindell is currently a practicing chiropractor and the founder of the Vertical Project. She is best known for her relationship with Dr. Steven Gudakunst, a famous author and medical researcher who revolutionized the field of rehabilitation and physical therapy. Ann Swindell began her career as a medical technician in San Diego, California where she worked as an elevator operator. One day, while on leave, Ann was talking with her friend Jerry about working in a chiropractic office. They discussed the challenges of working in the building and becoming a chiropractor. Later that night, Ann Swindell wrote a proposal for a plan to help people with various heights and nationalities achieve their maximum height potential through a regimen of spinal adjustments.
Ann had been dating Dr. Gudakunst for several years when she initiated the Vertical Project. The program offers a step-by-step blueprint for how to get a partner of identical or relatively identical nationalities. Ann Swindell and her partner, Stephen Gudakunst, were both raised in identical upper middle class families. As children, the couple did not see a difference between their outer world and their inner world. Afterward, both of them pursued careers in different fields and later, in separate lives, discovered that they were very attracted to each other. The couple married in July of 1992 and six months later Ann Swindell began dating Mr. Gudakunst.
Ann Swindell has been working diligently to make sure that her program will help thousands of individuals every year who are not tall enough to reach their full height potential. She also hopes to help individuals break through the outer barriers that seem to be in place because of genetics or limited mobility. Ann is not simply advocating one kind of treatment or another but is instead describing her real experience and what she has done to overcome problems that other height therapists may have not had to deal with. Ann’s website also includes a message board and an Ask Ann Page, which allow patients to ask questions about her services and see testimonials from other clients.