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Q & A with Dwight Reid, aka Doc Bones

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Every Friday, the Portland Tribune puts questions to a prominent – or not so prominent – local person.


When he arrives at his second job, Doc Bones sees an identical scene every time: a bunch of rowdy girls all heading in the same direction, and it isn’t straight.

Counterclockwise. It’s always counterclockwise. Which contributes to its own unique problems, but we’ll get to that later.

Bones, whose offstage name is Dwight Reid, serves as team doctor for the Portland-based Rose City Rollers. From nine-to-five he’s a Clackamas-based chiropractor, which is appropriate, since in roller derby, not everything is as it appears.

Reid’s day job at Bridgetown Chiropractic and Wellness is a lot more peaceful and a lot less rock and roll than the Saturday night gigs with the Rollers. Why, Reid even keeps his acoustic guitar propped up in the corner of his office.

But don’t let the mild-mannered disguise fool you. Reid’s other moonlighting gig? He’s a corner man for Ultimate Fighters.

“The girls often joke that somebody has to keep them together,” Reid says. “With my knowledge of the muscular skeletal system and anatomy, it is actually a really good fit for the impact sports.”


Portland Tribune: So what drew you to roller derby?

Dwight Reid: The moxie of it. That these girls had the retro attitude with the quad skates and the costumes. I remember watching the local L.A. roller derby when I was a child. It’s the showmanship of it.

Tribune: You’ve been with the Rollers for a year. What do you remember about your first match?

Reid: The number of injuries I saw. For example, a girl fell and took a skate to the face.

Tribune: What are the most common derby injuries?

Reid: Torn ligaments in knees – ACLs, MCLs, there was a meniscus tear – hip bruises, broken ribs. That was another really bad one. She felt those for the next six months.



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