Sheldon Deal is licensed both as a Naturopathic and a Chiropractic Physician. He graduated from the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic as Valedictorian of his class. He has been in private practice in Tucson, Arizona for over 40 years, where he operates one of the largest natural healing clinics in the Southwest. He is head clinician of a staff of twenty people including six doctors. He served as Chairman of the International College of Applied Kinesiology from 1978 to 1983 and is considered part of the “dirty dozen” who studied under [[George]]. He is the past President of the ICAK Board of Examiners. He started teaching workshops on Applied Kinesiology in Phoenix, Arizona, along with Dr. John Stoutenburg. He has taught advanced kinesiology workshops in sixteen countries throughout North America, Europe and Australia. He is the nutritional consultant for New Life Health Centers, and has contributed numerous papers on Applied Kinesiology.