Dr. Michael T. Braden is a lifelong resident of Toms River.  He is married to Cheryl and they have three beautiful children, Kyle, Paris and Landon along with two dogs, Jack and Chip.  Dr. Braden enjoys outdoor activities with his family such as surf fishing, boating and nature walks.  He is also a member of the Amateur TrapShooting Association and plans to compete in state events this spring and summer.  Dr. Braden is an active member of the Association of New Jersey Chiropractors.

Dr, Braden received his Associate's Degree at Ocean County College.  While at Life University, he completed his Bachelor of Science Degree in conjunction with his Doctor of Chiropractic Degree.  He also started on his Master's degree as well.

Dr. Braden started implementing Decompression Therapy into his office over 7 years ago when few have heard about this type of treatment let alone practiced it.  He became concerned at the time frame that it took some patients to recover from injuries to the spine.  That is what caused him to seek other types of Chiropractic treatment to help the patients recover faster with the least amount of discomfort to them.

Dr. Braden is currently erolled at the Spine Research Institute of San Diego and will complete his training in Cervical Acceleration/Deceleration Syndrome (Whiplash) in October of 2009.  Dr. Braden will also be completing his advance training of MRI in April 2009.  He also works part time for Community Medical Center in the Histology/Pathology department and completed training in the Polysomnogram Tech program.