The Oklahaven Children’s Chiropractic Center began in response to the needs of chronically ill children in 1962, many of whom in the early 1960s were paralyzed, in braces and wheelchair-bound. Oklahaven founders chose to provide chiropractic care through a nonprofit 501 (c)(3) organization. They relied on the generosity of the private sector who shared the children’s centers vision of natural drug-free healthcare and of other chiropractic colleagues to donate their services.

Has the sky finally fallen on the spinal decompression market? The title of this article “Bank Repo Spinal Decompression Table Blowout” was exactly the headlines seen in my e-mail spam inbox this morning. Somebody’s looking to move some spinal decompression units and I imagine banks don’t want to get stuck with worthless outdated inventory. What’s this mean for the chiropractic industry? Is the sheriff coming to change the locks on US chiropractic offices? Much of that depends on the chiropractor.