Meet the Vital Body Team

Our Why

This wellness center was born from lived experience, resilience, and hope.

In 2014, when Daniel Chammas was just 12 years old, he was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Months later, he suffered a sudden cardiac arrest while running during P.E., going more than 14 minutes without oxygen. He was told he would never walk, never talk, and would remain in a permanent vegetative state.

That prognosis was not accepted as the end of his story.

What followed was an 11-year journey of learning, advocacy, and healing led by Rebecca Chammas, Daniel’s mother, who became the educational and caregiving force behind every step of his recovery. Through extensive research, training, and hands-on involvement, Rebecca pursued therapies, technologies, and approaches that supported Daniel beyond conventional expectations, guided by compassion, intuition, and a deep belief in possibility.

Alongside her stood Joseph Chammas, Daniel’s father, whose steady presence provided the financial foundation, emotional stability, and practical support needed to sustain the journey. His consistency, strength, and unwavering belief held the family together through uncertainty and made it possible to pursue innovative therapies and long-term care.

Early on, hyperbaric oxygen therapy was introduced to support neuroplasticity, eventually leading to the purchase of a mild hyperbaric chamber so therapy could continue consistently at home. Over time, Daniel was able to come off all medications, and his care expanded to include nutritional support, infrared sauna detoxification, mobility and core strengthening, and restorative movement.

As understanding deepened, frequency-based and energetic modalities were integrated. Rife therapy and AO Scan technology were used to identify inflammatory and allergy-triggering foods, parasitic and viral stressors, energetic imbalances, and areas needing support. The AO Scan also delivered targeted frequencies to bones, muscles, and tissues, supporting the body as an interconnected system.

Emotion Code, Body Code, and Belief Code work became an important part of Daniel’s progress. By releasing emotional blockages, organ misalignments, and inherited ancestral belief patterns, his system was able to move forward more consistently. Ionic foot baths further supported detoxification, helping eliminate waste his body struggled to clear due to wheelchair dependence.

What was learned was simple yet profound: when the physical, emotional, and energetic burden on the body is reduced, the body responds.

Healing was truly a family and team effort. Cole Chammas, a certified personal trainer, trained alongside Daniel for years, supporting strength, mobility, and functional movement. Bella Chammas, a certified Pilates instructor, worked closely with Daniel through Pilates and healing practices to support balance, flexibility, and mind-body connection. Richard Hall, trained in emotion-based therapies, certified in mild hyperbaric therapy, and certified in assistive training and mobility, contributed to Daniel’s physical, mental, and cognitive well-being.

Today, in 2026, after 11 years of dedicated support and healing, Daniel is 23 years old. He eats regular food, is strong and healthy, walks with assistance, speaks more every day, and lives a full and purposeful life far beyond what was once believed possible.

This wellness center exists to share what has been learned through lived experience, not just from one journey, but from the collective experiences of everyone involved. We know what it feels like to sit in uncertainty, to hear limits placed on the people you love, and to search for support that sees the whole human being, not just a diagnosis.

We are a family-founded and family-owned center built on education, persistence, empathy, and collaboration. Our mission is deeply personal. We walk alongside individuals and families during their most vulnerable moments, offering informed support, genuine understanding, and hope grounded in real experience. We also believe that healing and recovery support is not only for those facing injury, illness, or disability, but for anyone seeking greater balance, resilience, and well-being. Every body carries an innate capacity to heal, adapt, and thrive when given the right tools, environment, and care, and we are honored to support that process with compassion, respect, and unwavering belief in what is possible.