The happy faces behind The Float Zone

Dr. David A. Berv, Chief Experience Officer

Dr. Berv is a retired Sports Chiropractor and Diplomate in Acupuncture. He founded Back In Action Health Resource Center, an interdisciplinary medical arts center in Richmond, VA, 1997 - where he was the clinical director until 2017. He has over 30 years of experience in the healing arts, punctuated by frequent features in magazines and radio, as well as a number of “Best Doctor” awards.  He has been largely influenced by his years living and studying amongst the integrative medical models of the Pacific Northwest.

Dr. Berv has served on hospital panels, has been the team doctor for professional sports teams, and has treated high-level athletes in almost every sport.  In 2001, Berv patented a national golf performance program, Innerswing.  With this program, he worked closely with hundreds of teaching and touring PGA/LPGA golf professionals. 

Dr. Berv suffered a career modifying back injury at the height of his career, involving multiple surgically indicated disc herniations. This was compounded by getting diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, a central nervous system disease, in 2013.  He chose to not get surgery or take pain and M.S. medications, but instead to reduce his workload and to partake in alternative medical treatments. One of these treatments was the use of float therapy.  He acquired a home float tank in 2014 and has been experiencing the first hand benefits by floating weekly, for years.  This personal experience from both a patient and doctor’s perspective has provided a valuable vehicle for understanding floatation therapy’s true mind-body healing value.  This wealth of knowledge and experience coupled with a deep concern for the physical and mental health of the greater Richmond community, has been a steppingstone for the development of The Float Zone. 

Stephanie Berv, Chief Relaxation Officer

Stephanie began her working career in public accounting within a small firm in Hartford, CT, which primarily catered to the medical profession. After moving to Boston in the early 80’s her professional course switched when she joined Deloitte and Touche. Her specialty became working with and advising small and emerging businesses. Her passion for start-ups continued throughout her career as she consulted with many businesses from high tech to biotech, exhibit and design companies to your local “mom and pop” shops. She has engaged with many companies both private and public, from the east to west coast and held many positions including controller, financial manager and chief financial officer.

When she moved to Richmond in the late 90’s, she left the corporate world to assist her husband, Dr. David Berv, in the creation of what has become the largest and most successful alternative healthcare center in Richmond’s history.  Stephanie served as Back In Action Health Resource Center’s operations manager from 1998 - 2019.

Stephanie now finds a new position in the emerging and exciting industry of floating.  She is a partner in this operation and her background is perfectly suited to play a role as its financial manager.

Christopher "Woody" Cheuk, Chief Happiness Officer

Grew up in St. Louis, Missouri where he first learned the importance of family and a healthy lifestyle.  He attended college in North Carolina and moved to Richmond for graduate school, luckily meeting his wife in the process.   In the summer of 2014, Woody left the unique demands of the legal world to stay at home with his two children, Christopher and Charlotte (a third, Joshua, has since joined the family).

The paradigm shift in his life gave Woody the opportunity to prioritize his family and use this time to achieve a personal goal of owning and operating a business committed to enriching the lives of those in Richmond.  A provider-patient relationship with Dr. David Berv to treat chronic sports-related injuries led to a chance conversation between them about floating, something Woody had recently heard about on a popular podcast.  His discussions with Dr. Berv, who had traveled extensively to float, fostered a growing partnership, which has now blossomed into The Float Zone.  

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