Month: March 2009

April Fools Day is perfect for unleashing a nasty computer worm payload on your PC, and it’s no joke. First discovered in October 2008, a computer worm, referred to by some as a computer virus, is set to strike on April 1, and it has created quite a concerned buzz on the Internet.

April Fools Day 2009 (April 1) is nearly upon us and we’ve been planning around the office what the April Fools prank this year is going to be. You can just do the snakes in a jar routine, a good April Fools joke takes some careful consideration, in order to get the desired result. Our lost money prank from last year worked well, so feel free to use that one in your place of business, if you’ve come up with no ideas.

DRX9000 lumbar unit, Free Xray equipment, Associate Positions, Fully Equipped Offices, Office Space at Wellness Center, and bundles more in todays chiropractic classifieds collection of chiro advertisements. No Tesla Model S Electric cars, but lot’s of equipment and other items of interest for chiropractic industry professionals.

A Biological Sciences student at Marquette University asks questions about choosing chiropractic colleges to attend. Questions are important to get answered before enrolling in any long-term educational program. The more knowledge and understanding one goes in with, the better suited they will be for success upon graduation.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in Mexico City Wednesday stating that an “insatiable” appetite in the United States for illegal drugs is to blame for much of the violence that has ravaged Mexico in the past year. Thousands in Mexico have died while rival drug cartels reportedly battle for smuggling routes and drug distribution territories. Wow, I agree with Hillary Clinton, almost.

Palmer Homecoming 2009, Aug. 13-15, Features a Stellar Line-up of Speakers, Up to 23 CE Credits and “Extraordinary Stories from the Field”

What is it that people are chattering regarding chiropractic care? Ever wonder what’s going on in the stream of various Internet conversations? I like to take a peak now and then to get a glimpse of what’s being said as people go about their daily activities. If you’re expecting text messaging like: OMG my chiro taught me about TONE. 1895 so ROX! or: SubLuxAtion Removal Time :O off to DC you may be disappointed. The local chiropractor may not be in your Fav 5 (they should be!) but that thing often referred to as a spinal adjustment (not by patients) is certainly a topic of conversation.

At Planet Chiropractic we receive questions about attending chiropractic colleges on a regular basis. I don’t always have the answers or the time to reply to all emails received but I’m working on putting a few aside to answer here, so that others can hopefully get answers to similar questions. The latest comes from a pre-medical student with concerns about chemistry classes.

Some chiropractors remember the days when the only choices in advertising office equipment for sale was to fill out a form in the back of a chiropractic journal. They’d wait for the next issue to come out (sometimes only quarterly) and hope their items sold. Then the magazines came and filled chiropractic mailboxes with reams of paper mailings, followed by endless faxes promising financial freedom by using latest the gadgets. Now those toxic assets clutter office storage areas and the luxury car purchases have been put on hold.

There’s been much discussion the past few weeks regarding the micro blogging service Twitter as a real time search engine. While the debate continues (I say it’s a human powered search help tool) I’ll keep “searching” the real-time events I’m interested in. For me, Twitter has become the first place I go to find the latest up to date information, and a runners marathon in Pasadena, CA, provides an excellent localized example, of why I love it so much.

Life Chiropractic College West has announced the recipients of six scholarships for the Winter Quarter, 2009. Commitment to Excellence Scholarships were awarded to Allison French, Clinic 4 from Sacramento, Calif.; Dustin Freund, Clinic 2 from Abbotsford, British Columbia; Jane Baxley, Clinic 4 from Danville, Calif.; Brian Morris, Clinic 1 from Redding, Calif.; and Torey Griswold, Clinic 2 from Cle Elum, Wash.

A crowd of over 8,000 runners, walkers and cyclists will hit the streets of Pasadena, California, Sunday morning to compete in the 2009 inaugural Pasadena marathon, half marathon, bike tour, 5K and fun run/walk. The 26.2 mile full marathon and 13.1 mile half marathon will begin at 6:30 a.m. in Pasadena, CA. Weather forecasts show a 70% chance of precipitation and possible thunderstorms, but race events will continue rain or shine.

The United States Postal Service is offering nearly a quarter of its workforce early retirement and is cutting more than 3000 jobs in an effort to slash operation costs in the currently declining US economy. The USPS is expected to close six district offices that provide administrative functions, affecting more than 500 employees that work in those departments.

Parker College of Chiropractic will participate in CollegeWeekLive, the world’s biggest virtual college fair exhibiting to more than 25,000 attendees on March 25 and 26, 2009. Parker College will have its own virtual booth where students can learn about the school and degree programs, chat live with Parker representatives, access important documents, and even apply for admission.

The 2009 first day of spring is upon us, and March Madness, NCAA Tournaments, and approaching Easter holidays are the air. The start of spring is referred to as the Vernal Equinox (aka spring equinox) and it’s a time when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is inclined neither towards nor away from the Sun, with the Sun being vertically above the Earth’s Equator.

Golfers of all levels are invited to participate in the annual Life Chiropractic College West Golf Classic on Thursday, April 30 which will be held at the Dublin Ranch Golf Course. The Golf Classic benefits the Life Chiropractic College West Research Department.

Sometimes things don’t get used as you thought they would. Something truly interesting about the chiropractic classifieds on Planet Chiropractic has been the number of jobs posted during the past year. While the position of chiropractor or chiropractic associate is a common one, jobs for medical doctors, chiropractic assistants, xray technicians, school faculty, online marketing managers, inhouse local search marketers, massage therapists, and others have been appearing in ads more frequently these past 365ish days. Pretty awesome to think people are getting hired from ads their finding on the site. Not that jobs are the only category, we received a happy email today from an office that sold all their x-ray equipment, which made several parties happy.

Parker College of Chiropractic announced plans to establish a Stay Fit Seniors (SFS) facility within the Parker College Wellness Clinics, making Parker the first chiropractic college to embrace this program. Parker will join SFS in its mission to help thousands of chiropractors help millions of seniors.

I was shown a reminder this past weekend that a great majority of people visiting Planet Chiropractic have likely never heard of the micro blogging service known as Twitter. For some that may seem hard to believe, but it’s a reality, as real as people not knowing about subluxation and principles of healing. Like learning chiropractic principles, understanding Twitter takes time, but in my opinion it’s worth the effort.

On March 3, 2009, ABC aired a piece on chiropractic care and children, “Crack! Kids Head to the Chiropractor”. Reporter David White interviewed an ICPA member, Dr Beth Forgosh and several parents of her patients. He also interviewed Lonnie Zeltzer, MD for her expert opinion on non-allopathic therapies.

Conferences and seminars are one of the best ways to network, learn from experts, and peddle wares at vendor booths. With so much already going on and all the travel involved in getting to out of state locations (or even in-state events), it’s surprising to me not more seminars don’t take place at airport hotels.

Cranial Laser, Family Practices For Sale, Associate Positions, Fully Equipped Offices, and oodles more in todays chiropractic classifieds collection of recent advertisements. Smarter economics means seeking out better deals for successful chiropractor operations. Get connected with what you need to move forward.

Chiropractic Economics is pleased to announce the launch of a new blog that will focus on President Obama’s stimulus package, the package’s influence on health IT, HIPAA, practicing in a recession, and the programs affect on the chiropractic profession.

At Planet Chiropractic, we receive many questions from prospective students, active doctors of chiropractic, those attending chiropractic school, and people having questions about chiropractic and other forms of health care. We do our best to answer questions but we’re not always going to have the best or correct answer. That doesn’t mean people shouldn’t get their questions answered. Finding the best information is one of the main reasons I surround myself with multiple different experts inside and outside the field of chiropractic. Thanks to social media, web sites and blogs, many of those experts are only a click away.

Orange County rocked again with chiropractic glory on March 7, 2009, as chiropractors from around the United States gathered for a day of philosophy, camaraderie, passion, and laughs. Getting together with friends is a major bonus side effect of attending events like the DCS, it’s important to remind ourselves there are others of similar mindset, moving forward with a focus on living life to its fullest.