Prairie Roots Health
Prairie Roots Health is a multi-provider functional medicine and chiropractic practice located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, founded and led by Dr. Cheryl Bones, DC. The clinical team also includes Dr. Jessica Pearson (Gynecologist and Functional Medicine Practitioner), Sam Niewenhuis (Family Nurse Practitioner), Dr. Sarah Tadlock (Chiropractor and Doula), and Kendra, a Nutrition and Wellness Coach.
The practice includes a mix of Holistic & Integrative providers: Dr. Bones is a Doctor of Chiropractic certified in functional medicine through the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM), Dr. Pearson is an OB/GYN physician who is also IFM-certified and board certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Sam Niewenhuis is a Family Nurse Practitioner with a functional medicine focus. Dr. Bones has stated she faced her own gastrointestinal struggles that conventional care could not resolve, and Sam Niewenhuis has described his own family’s health challenges as leading him to functional medicine, indicating some personal experience with chronic, unresolved health conditions among the practice’s providers.
The practice’s focus areas include gastrointestinal dysfunction, hormone balance, women’s health (menopause, PCOS, abnormal uterine bleeding, fertility), sinus issues, skin issues, POTS, pediatric care, and general chronic disease management. The website describes a root-cause, whole-person approach across its providers, aimed at identifying underlying drivers of symptoms rather than only treating them. The site does not specifically mention CIRS, mold illness, multiple chemical sensitivity, or environmental toxin exposure, though its general functional medicine orientation toward gut health, hormonal imbalance, and chronic unresolved symptoms is consistent with the kind of root-cause approach relevant to a non-toxic living directory.
Services include chiropractic care (including cranial and muscle/fascial work), functional medicine consultations, direct primary care membership (which includes telehealth visits, though only available through Sam Niewenhuis, NP), fee-for-service primary care visits, lab testing, hormone therapy, health coaching, and wellness therapies such as InBody analysis, the Ceragem bed, EMS muscle stimulation, PowerPlate vibration therapy, BrainTap, and laser therapy. In-person visits take place at the Sioux Falls office, and telehealth/virtual appointments are available through the direct primary care membership; the website does not specify which states are served for telehealth. The practice does not bill health insurance, though patients may use HSA/FSA funds for services, and it can order certain labs and imaging through outside facilities that bill insurance separately. The direct primary care option offers a complimentary “meet and greet” consultation to determine fit.