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Kevin Joe and California CCA events

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I’ve been meaning to get this information posted but I guess I’ve been spending too much time hanging out on twitter and not checking  important e-mails like the one I received from Southern California chiropractor, Kevin Joe. In January Dr. Joe sent me information regarding the Orange County Chiropractic District and

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COCSA Adopts Scoliosis Awareness Program

The Congress of Chiropractic State Associations (COCSA) today announced that it has adopted the Scoliosis Awareness Program produced and provided by the non-profit Scoliosis Care Foundation, as its newly launched national outreach project. COCSA’s board of directors voted to join forces with the Scoliosis Care Foundation in offering all chiropractic state associations access to educational materials from Scoliosis Care Foundation that have the potential to make a positive impact on the way scoliosis is treated in the United States.

Read More »

Sciatica of the Atlas

Sciatica is often referred to as inflammation of a large spinal nerve (known as the sciatic nerve) which is generally accompanied by agonizing pain. Sciatica is one of those terms commonly used by people presenting with low back pain to healthcare professionals. 10 different doctors will provide 10 different diagnoses, and there’s many times sciatica won’t be one of them. If there is inflammation of a spinal nerve other than the sciatic nerve, can it still be termed sciatica?

Read More »

Purging Advertisements and Moving Forward

2008 was quite a year for chiropractic classified advertising on planetchiropractic.com. Categories such as Chiropractor Practices For Sale and the Help Wanted categories had reached all-time highs for listings. More than 800 chiropractic offices were listed for sale across the USA and Canada and more than a thousand help wanted ads were placed during the year. In an effort to keep things fresh and allow for continued growth, we made some changes today on active classified advertising listings. For all of our visitors that have classified advertising accounts, we’d appreciate that you check in to see that your advertisements are current and accurate.

Read More »

Before You Upgrade That Laptop

People are still talking about the economy and how it’s affecting the purchasing of new computer equipment. I love electronic gadgets like any other Internet geek but I’ve been paying closer attention to my spending habits since the beginning of 2009. I’ve kept telling myself I’m in the market for a new laptop computer but the reality is that my 2007 Dell laptop continues to work great, aside from one thing I felt could use an upgrade. The laptop battery.

Read More »

Beta Testing Windows 7 on Main PC

From what I’ve been reading in news reports online, the public beta release of Windows 7 Ultimate, has been receiving some rave reviews. There have been articles related to security settings as well as those comparing functionality and esthetics to Windows Vista. But the experience I’m relying on most has been on my own beta test PC, which has been running for nearly one month.

Read More »

Hearts of Love Chiropractor Classifieds

Nothing says “I Love You” like a chiropractic adjustment (well maybe a 2 karat diamond set in a gold atlas ring). We trust your Valentine’s Day was special and fulfilling. May you find great happiness, joy, love, prosperity, and a great deal on some xray equipment. in searching for those deals you can browse all recently placed chiropractic classifieds or get a gander at the latest ones included here.

Read More »

Alternative Names for the New Depression

Will the recession morph into an American Depression? While economic analysts everywhere are discussing the possibilities of the US moving from recession into a financial state of depression, folks on Twitter are having fun coming up with names to call the pending economic state of the nation.

Read More »

Ultimate Man Purse for Valentine’s Day

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Ladies, if you have a geeky man in your life, consider a Man Bag (aka Man Purse) or any of the items that go in it, as the perfect 2009 Valentine’s Day gift. Trust me, most guys receiving any of these items, will love you long time. I’m proud of my

Read More »

Integrated EMR Practice Management Touchscreen System

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Chiropractic software, I haven’t discussed billing or practice management suites in some time. Still no news on any practice management software running on Linux (unless using VMware). Wow, back in November of 2007 I had a practice management software post with questions about products on the chiropractic market at that time.

Read More »

Zenith 420 Plus 155 New Spine Tingling Classifieds

Classified advertising summaries were put off for the week since we were focused on 2009 Super Bowl news and other stories. A whopping 155 new classified ads were placed in the past week, many being for practices getting sold throughout the United States. Traction tables, Hydrocollators, SOT blocks, Nutrition Response DVDs, chiropractic space for least, and 100+ other classified advertisements were placed. You can browse all of them on the chiropractic classifieds pages.

Read More »

Don’t Forget the Location

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. You never know when people are going somewhere you’ve already been. This post is a summary of localized topics using granular information. I’ve used the term granular numerous times in blog post and news articles, but I still think it’s something that often overlooked. I mentioned granular data in a post

Read More »

Michael Phelps Suspended for Marijuana Pics

Looks like the Michael Phelps marijuana photo drama is far from over. News outlets are reporting that Phelps has been suspended from competing for three months after a photo emerged allegedly showing him smoking pot from a bong. While the situation isn’t related to anti-doping rules in his sport, the governing body for USA swimming has apparently decided to send a strong message regarding the pics. The 23 year-old Olympic superstar has also reportedly lost an endorsement deal with cereal maker Kellogg.

Read More »

2009 Ad Scam – First Nigerian Fraud Attempt Seen This Year

This relates to any website posting a classified advertising system, auction service, or community forum. Scammers looking to separate people from the items and money are hard at work daily. The chiropractic classifieds community at Planet Chiropractic has been vigilant in battling attempts by spammers and scammers to con active classified participants in sending their items and/or payments overseas. The first scan e-mail of the season appeared this morning, here are all the details.

Read More »

Potential Keyphrase Ranking with Twitter

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I set out to perform an experiment this morning related to longtail keyphrases (in this case focused on local search). Using Twitter, the popular micro blogging service, I sent a tweet to followers, asking them to share information about their location, and local weather. An investigation like this one works best

Read More »

12 Chiropractic CE Re-Licensing Hours 2009

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Don’t be sending me more postcards just because I’m adding some to the blog, many go in the trash. Thnx. Alright California, here’s another 12 hour chiropractic relicensing program taking place in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego and even San Jose. Looks to be a spectacular event, and it’s sponsored

Read More »

Parker Seminars Hosts the Premier Event within Chiropractic

With the dawn of a new presidency, all eyes shift to the escalating health care crisis in America. Many look to the new administration as a beacon of hope for a solution, while others already know the solution has come. In fact, it has been around for more than one hundred years. That solution is chiropractic. Nowhere was that sentiment more evident and alive than at the 2009 Las Vegas Parker Seminars, where more than 3,000 chiropractors gathered to expand their knowledge on this healing art and reignite their passion for serving others through quality health care.

Read More »

CCGPP on the Proper Use of Guidelines

Recently we were contacted about the appropriateness of individual states endorsing one guideline document over another. While we have no control over how any state association, governmental agency or payor uses or endorses guidelines, we would ask that each executive director and each individual doctor consider the proper use of guidelines and how these important documents potentially impact our profession, both from within and without Chiropractic.

Read More »

2009 Steelers Super Bowl Parade

The city of Pittsburgh will honor six-time Super Bowl Champion Steelers at noon today in a parade held throughout downtown Pittsburgh. The 2009 Superbowl victory parade will use the same route as Pittsburgh’s St. Patrick’s Day parade, beginning at the Mellon Arena on Center Avenue and Washington Place. The parade is expected to end at the Boulevard of the Allies and Stanwix Street. Streets in downtown Pittsburgh will be closed for several hours before and during the parade. Those attending are urged to use public transportation and make use of river shuttles being offered to the downtown area.

Read More »

2009 Best Super Bowl Commercials

Super Bowl 43 (XLIII) between the Arizona Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers (Steelers won 27-23) featured 67 game-time advertisements televised on NBC that ranged in costs between $2.4 million and $3 million per 30-second Superbowl commercial slot. The Super Bowl is a marketers dream as it is the one televised event of the year where people excitedly tune in to watch the commercials. It’s becoming a national pastime to vote on one’s favorite commercials and talk about them during the days following the NFL’s big championship game.

Read More »

Dennys Free Grand Slam Superbowl Ad Fail

Nearly a billion people tuned in to watch Superbowl 43 (XLIII) broadcast live today on NBC television. The Pittsburgh Steelers won the Super Bowl by a score of 27 to 23 over the Arizona Cardinals but who won and who lost in the world of Super Bowl advertising? With Super Bowl commercials costing companies between $2.4 million and $3 million per 30-second commercial advertising spot, it’s almost unthinkable to me that a company would not plan ahead with a Web strategy to handle the ginormous flood of visitors to their website receives seconds after the commercial has been aired. Superbowl 44 (XLIV) advertisers take note.

Read More »

Kevin Joe and California CCA events

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I’ve been meaning to get this information posted but I guess I’ve been spending too much time hanging out on twitter and not checking  important e-mails like the one I received from Southern California chiropractor, Kevin Joe. In January Dr. Joe sent me information regarding the Orange County Chiropractic District and

Read More »

COCSA Adopts Scoliosis Awareness Program

The Congress of Chiropractic State Associations (COCSA) today announced that it has adopted the Scoliosis Awareness Program produced and provided by the non-profit Scoliosis Care Foundation, as its newly launched national outreach project. COCSA’s board of directors voted to join forces with the Scoliosis Care Foundation in offering all chiropractic state associations access to educational materials from Scoliosis Care Foundation that have the potential to make a positive impact on the way scoliosis is treated in the United States.

Read More »

Sciatica of the Atlas

Sciatica is often referred to as inflammation of a large spinal nerve (known as the sciatic nerve) which is generally accompanied by agonizing pain. Sciatica is one of those terms commonly used by people presenting with low back pain to healthcare professionals. 10 different doctors will provide 10 different diagnoses, and there’s many times sciatica won’t be one of them. If there is inflammation of a spinal nerve other than the sciatic nerve, can it still be termed sciatica?

Read More »

Purging Advertisements and Moving Forward

2008 was quite a year for chiropractic classified advertising on planetchiropractic.com. Categories such as Chiropractor Practices For Sale and the Help Wanted categories had reached all-time highs for listings. More than 800 chiropractic offices were listed for sale across the USA and Canada and more than a thousand help wanted ads were placed during the year. In an effort to keep things fresh and allow for continued growth, we made some changes today on active classified advertising listings. For all of our visitors that have classified advertising accounts, we’d appreciate that you check in to see that your advertisements are current and accurate.

Read More »

Before You Upgrade That Laptop

People are still talking about the economy and how it’s affecting the purchasing of new computer equipment. I love electronic gadgets like any other Internet geek but I’ve been paying closer attention to my spending habits since the beginning of 2009. I’ve kept telling myself I’m in the market for a new laptop computer but the reality is that my 2007 Dell laptop continues to work great, aside from one thing I felt could use an upgrade. The laptop battery.

Read More »

Beta Testing Windows 7 on Main PC

From what I’ve been reading in news reports online, the public beta release of Windows 7 Ultimate, has been receiving some rave reviews. There have been articles related to security settings as well as those comparing functionality and esthetics to Windows Vista. But the experience I’m relying on most has been on my own beta test PC, which has been running for nearly one month.

Read More »

Hearts of Love Chiropractor Classifieds

Nothing says “I Love You” like a chiropractic adjustment (well maybe a 2 karat diamond set in a gold atlas ring). We trust your Valentine’s Day was special and fulfilling. May you find great happiness, joy, love, prosperity, and a great deal on some xray equipment. in searching for those deals you can browse all recently placed chiropractic classifieds or get a gander at the latest ones included here.

Read More »

Alternative Names for the New Depression

Will the recession morph into an American Depression? While economic analysts everywhere are discussing the possibilities of the US moving from recession into a financial state of depression, folks on Twitter are having fun coming up with names to call the pending economic state of the nation.

Read More »

Ultimate Man Purse for Valentine’s Day

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Ladies, if you have a geeky man in your life, consider a Man Bag (aka Man Purse) or any of the items that go in it, as the perfect 2009 Valentine’s Day gift. Trust me, most guys receiving any of these items, will love you long time. I’m proud of my

Read More »

Integrated EMR Practice Management Touchscreen System

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Chiropractic software, I haven’t discussed billing or practice management suites in some time. Still no news on any practice management software running on Linux (unless using VMware). Wow, back in November of 2007 I had a practice management software post with questions about products on the chiropractic market at that time.

Read More »

Zenith 420 Plus 155 New Spine Tingling Classifieds

Classified advertising summaries were put off for the week since we were focused on 2009 Super Bowl news and other stories. A whopping 155 new classified ads were placed in the past week, many being for practices getting sold throughout the United States. Traction tables, Hydrocollators, SOT blocks, Nutrition Response DVDs, chiropractic space for least, and 100+ other classified advertisements were placed. You can browse all of them on the chiropractic classifieds pages.

Read More »

Don’t Forget the Location

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. You never know when people are going somewhere you’ve already been. This post is a summary of localized topics using granular information. I’ve used the term granular numerous times in blog post and news articles, but I still think it’s something that often overlooked. I mentioned granular data in a post

Read More »

Michael Phelps Suspended for Marijuana Pics

Looks like the Michael Phelps marijuana photo drama is far from over. News outlets are reporting that Phelps has been suspended from competing for three months after a photo emerged allegedly showing him smoking pot from a bong. While the situation isn’t related to anti-doping rules in his sport, the governing body for USA swimming has apparently decided to send a strong message regarding the pics. The 23 year-old Olympic superstar has also reportedly lost an endorsement deal with cereal maker Kellogg.

Read More »

2009 Ad Scam – First Nigerian Fraud Attempt Seen This Year

This relates to any website posting a classified advertising system, auction service, or community forum. Scammers looking to separate people from the items and money are hard at work daily. The chiropractic classifieds community at Planet Chiropractic has been vigilant in battling attempts by spammers and scammers to con active classified participants in sending their items and/or payments overseas. The first scan e-mail of the season appeared this morning, here are all the details.

Read More »

Potential Keyphrase Ranking with Twitter

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I set out to perform an experiment this morning related to longtail keyphrases (in this case focused on local search). Using Twitter, the popular micro blogging service, I sent a tweet to followers, asking them to share information about their location, and local weather. An investigation like this one works best

Read More »

12 Chiropractic CE Re-Licensing Hours 2009

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Don’t be sending me more postcards just because I’m adding some to the blog, many go in the trash. Thnx. Alright California, here’s another 12 hour chiropractic relicensing program taking place in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego and even San Jose. Looks to be a spectacular event, and it’s sponsored

Read More »

Parker Seminars Hosts the Premier Event within Chiropractic

With the dawn of a new presidency, all eyes shift to the escalating health care crisis in America. Many look to the new administration as a beacon of hope for a solution, while others already know the solution has come. In fact, it has been around for more than one hundred years. That solution is chiropractic. Nowhere was that sentiment more evident and alive than at the 2009 Las Vegas Parker Seminars, where more than 3,000 chiropractors gathered to expand their knowledge on this healing art and reignite their passion for serving others through quality health care.

Read More »

CCGPP on the Proper Use of Guidelines

Recently we were contacted about the appropriateness of individual states endorsing one guideline document over another. While we have no control over how any state association, governmental agency or payor uses or endorses guidelines, we would ask that each executive director and each individual doctor consider the proper use of guidelines and how these important documents potentially impact our profession, both from within and without Chiropractic.

Read More »

2009 Steelers Super Bowl Parade

The city of Pittsburgh will honor six-time Super Bowl Champion Steelers at noon today in a parade held throughout downtown Pittsburgh. The 2009 Superbowl victory parade will use the same route as Pittsburgh’s St. Patrick’s Day parade, beginning at the Mellon Arena on Center Avenue and Washington Place. The parade is expected to end at the Boulevard of the Allies and Stanwix Street. Streets in downtown Pittsburgh will be closed for several hours before and during the parade. Those attending are urged to use public transportation and make use of river shuttles being offered to the downtown area.

Read More »

2009 Best Super Bowl Commercials

Super Bowl 43 (XLIII) between the Arizona Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers (Steelers won 27-23) featured 67 game-time advertisements televised on NBC that ranged in costs between $2.4 million and $3 million per 30-second Superbowl commercial slot. The Super Bowl is a marketers dream as it is the one televised event of the year where people excitedly tune in to watch the commercials. It’s becoming a national pastime to vote on one’s favorite commercials and talk about them during the days following the NFL’s big championship game.

Read More »

Dennys Free Grand Slam Superbowl Ad Fail

Nearly a billion people tuned in to watch Superbowl 43 (XLIII) broadcast live today on NBC television. The Pittsburgh Steelers won the Super Bowl by a score of 27 to 23 over the Arizona Cardinals but who won and who lost in the world of Super Bowl advertising? With Super Bowl commercials costing companies between $2.4 million and $3 million per 30-second commercial advertising spot, it’s almost unthinkable to me that a company would not plan ahead with a Web strategy to handle the ginormous flood of visitors to their website receives seconds after the commercial has been aired. Superbowl 44 (XLIV) advertisers take note.

Read More »