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12740 Culver Blvd 90066

Del Rey Culver City and who knows what else

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Is no secret I like taking photographs, and when I don’t have my semi professional hobby camera equipment, I’ll often times take photographs with my iPhone. I tend to be in my chiropractic office a lot (like many chiropractors are) and I’ve likely taken thousands of photographs of all sorts of

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American College Chiropractic Orthopedists

American College of Chiropractic Orthopedists Las Vegas

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Among the dozens of chiropractic postcards I receive at my office each week, there was one the other day for a clinical chiropractic seminar taking place in Las Vegas. The American College of Chiropractic Orthopedists is presenting their Clinical Update 2011 on April 28-30, at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas

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chiropractic classified ad service

Response To Your ITEM Posted For Sale

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I woke up to a forwarded e-mail this morning from a chiropractor that was contacted by someone inquiring about a piece of chiropractic equipment he had listed for sale. I’m thankful he quickly forwarded the e-mail to me so that the sender’s information could be investigated. While I’ve covered this topic

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Rock of Faith

The Rock of Faith 1927

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I am an odd fellow when it comes to numbers and dates. I’ll find a coffee can from 1895, and think about how it was made the same year DD Palmer discovered chiropractic. I will see a stone marked 1897 on the front of a building, and be reminded that was

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New Beginnings Student Fund New Jersey

New Beginnings Student Fund

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Something I have long loved about the New Beginnings chiropractic philosophy events taking place in New Jersey is their commitment to chiropractic students. While I was attending a speakers luncheon on Saturday, cards were handed out in support of the student fund. I grabbed a photo of the card, so that

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Disease Does Not Originate

Disease Does Not Originate Outside The Body

D.D. Palmer Poster photographed at the Ocean Place Hotel in North Long Branch, NJ. I was in town for a New Beginnings Chiropractic Philosophy Seminar. Along with a drawing of D.D. Palmer are words written by him regarding disease, drugs, God, and the Universe. Disease does not originate OUTSIDE the body. It is not the

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occipital bone atlas 2nd cervical vertebrae

Occipital Bone Atlas Axis Cervical Vertebra

What a great way to make use of your plastic spine models that you likely have in your chiropractic office. This image of a human occipital bone, first cervical vertebrae, and second cervical vertebrae, was made by placing a plastic spine model on a solid color surface (blue or green works well) and converting the

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paved path along truckee river

Continuing Education and Running Reno

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Ask any chiropractor that’s sat for 12 hours or more doing continuing education and they’ll likely tell you they’d rather be doing something else, especially since most chiropractors tend to take continuing education courses on weekends. Earlier in June I was in Reno Nevada for the California Chiropractic Association annual convention

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Chiropractic Care Los Angeles California

Pro Photographers in Your Office

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I emptied an online folder today that I was canceling a yearly subscription on. I found some photographs in there that I had not seen since they were uploaded back in 2006, which motivated me to create this post (can’t just let photos sit on the hard drive). I use chiropractic

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California Chiropractic ADIO

California Chiropractic Exposition and Convention

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I’m heading off to Reno Nevada for the 2010 CCA Annual Chiropractic Convention at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino. I’m excited about the many hours of chiropractic continuing education being offered, and I’m even more excited that those hours are free for existing CCA members. I’ve already been to half

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How to iPhone Chiropractic X-Rays

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. This is both for chiropractors and chiropractic patients. Those of you that are chiropractors who take x-ray, chances are you have already done some experimentation with digitizing analog x-rays. The most common technique I’m aware of is to place the analog x-ray on a on a lighted viewbox, turn the flash

Read More »
Chiropractors Darrel Crain and Damon West

Southern California Chiropractor Photos

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. They may not all be Southern California chiropractors, as they are chiropractors nonetheless, and the photos were taken in Orange County California (which is southern for those of you who have never been to this part of the world). Let’s start with chiropractors Darrel Crain and Damon West. They are both

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atlas vertebra art

Schools and Salaries

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I receive questions via email about chiropractic schools and chiropractic salaries more than any other topic related to the field. I took the time to answer a particular question today (Doctrine Degree and Chiropractor Intoxication Manslaughter) but the reality is I have hundreds of questions remaining unanswered that are growing stagnant.

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Kellee Chee Khiong Financial Officer at Malaysia RHB Bank

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Been a while since we’ve had a classified advertising scam update. Thankfully, the community has really gotten awesome in spotting fraud and has been seriously kicking butt on emailing updates likety split. Not long ago a chiropractor received an email from someone claiming to be a financial officer at a bank

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1946 advertisement Los Angeles Chiropractic College

Los Angeles College of Chiropractic 1946

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I found this advertisement for the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic (today known as the Southern California University of Health Sciences) in a 1946 chiropractic publication. The College, located in Whittier California, recently announced the appointment of a new college president. The school is going to be celebrating its centennial next

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OC Charter Bus to CCA 2010 Reno Convention

By way of Dr. Joe at the California Chiropractic CCA, CCA Orange County District (OCCD) is putting together a really FUN bus trip to the CCA Annual Convention and Exposition, in Reno, June 11-13. Departure Where: Anaheim Garden Walk Parking Garage in front of 24 Hour Fitness 321 West Katella Avenue, Anaheim, CA 92802-3620 Time:

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California State Capitol 2010 Legislative Conference

On Michael Dorausch, DC There is a legislative conference for chiropractors being held at the California State Capitol on Tuesday, May 11. I’d been meaning to post the information earlier but didn’t get around to it until today, sorry for the short notice. The event is put on by the California Chiropractic Association (CCA) and

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Rancho Mirage CA Monterey Drive

Coachella Palm Desert Local Chiropractic

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. There is a lot of people living in the Coachella Valley Palm Desert area of Southern California, and there’s an amazing amount of medical services provided. I was doing some on-site research last weekend in the Rancho Mirage and Palm Desert area and I was blown away by how many dental

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Atlas Flag Chiropractic

DCS Orange County 2010 Chiropractic Photos

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Here is the first set of photographs from the 2010 Dead Chiropractic Society DCS Chiropractic extravaganza at the performing arts center in Orange County California. The 2010 Orange County event rocked as expected, and plenty of chiropractor turned out for continuing education and fired up chiropractic excitement. Consider this round one

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Racecar Driving Chiropractic Business Card

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Chiropractor James Von Hipple was visiting my chiropractic office in Los Angeles recently and he left this business card by the front desk. I had not seen it at first, we like keeping a collection of cards for other chiropractors practicing in Southern California (actually we like keeping cards for pretty

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4 Business Cards from Georgia

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I picked up some chiropractic business cards while on campus at Life University in Marietta Georgia a few weeks ago and I have been meaning to post some of those cards here. I must have a few thousand chiropractor business cards in my collection at this point. Even so, I still

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2010 Chiropractic Assistant and Chiropractor Award Photos

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Not only was the 2010 Parker Seminars in Las Vegas a spectacular event for chiropractors to attend, there were awards given out recognizing top chiropractic assistants and chiropractors of the year. 5 different chiropractors from across the globe received Chiropractor of the Year awards while at Las Vegas Parker, and three

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Parker Seminars 2010 Las Vegas Photos

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Chiropractic in Las Vegas for 2010 got kicked off with a bang when Parker Seminars rolled into the Hilton Casino and Hotel on January 14-16. There were thousands of chiropractors in attendance, and the energy at Parker Las Vegas was as stellar as it’s always been. Parker College of Chiropractic Booth

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Cambodian Chiropractic Mission Trip Photos

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Last week there was news regarding Life Chiropractic College West and a Mission Trip to Cambodia. The trip featured Life West faculty, alumni, and college interns traveling to provide chiropractic care in Cambodia. Iris J. Murillo, public relations manager for Life Chiropractic College West, emailed a few photos that were taken

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LifeForce 2010 Chiropractic Photos

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I’m sitting in a classroom at Life University in Marrietta, Georgia and the WiFi here is rocking. Thought I’d post some photos from the weekend before I get back to the office. The campus looks fantastic and I plan to post quite a few pics in the weeks to come. Life

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Free WordPress Theme for Chiropractic Websites

Guest Post By Don Campbell Free WordPress Theme for Chiropractic Websites – Optimized for Local Search Results We should never have watched that video. My friends and I got a hold of a video of the Korean National Tae Kwon Do demonstration team. These guys were absolutely amazing. Breaking boards, flying kicks, and acrobatics of

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10 Business Card Chiropractor Saturday

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I’m at a chiropractor conference in Tempe Arizona (big ASU game going on today next door to hotel I’m at) and I’ve already received a stack of new business cards from chiropractors across the country. Lot’s of docs have figured out that when they give me new cards I often post

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Daniel William Uncles Birthday Gift Classified Ad Scam

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Early this morning I was preparing for an awesome Wednesday at the office when I received an e-mail from a chiropractor questioning the validity of a reply he had for a piece of chiropractic equipment he was selling in the classifieds. On the surface the e-mail didn’t look quite as spammy

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Google 7 Box Map Data Results

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. It was mentioned yesterday on Search Engine Land that in the United States, Google would now be providing their own map data, instead of using data (as they did in the past) from a company called TeleAtlas. While local search expert Michael Blumenthal provided details in a blog post regarding the

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Historical Chiropractic Research Funding and Los Angeles Hospital

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. If you followed along any of the chiropractic writing I’ve done in the last 12 years or so, chances are you’ve read about mentions I’ve made on numerous historical chiropractic events. While everyday is a day of chiropractic history, some events are better publicized than others, and many don’t receive any

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Venice Beach Skate Park Photos

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Two things that are really near and dear to my heart, skateboarding, and the city of Venice, California. I was a kid skating Long Island around the time DogTown skateboard paraphernalia (mostly artfully done wooden skateboard decks) begin appearing in the New York suburbs. I figure that was around 1976 or

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Classifieds Maintenance Until Thursday Oct 4

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Below is an old post (from 2009). It’s just a place setting as we are working on some classified database speed issues. This may take a few days (or more). We will be back! I was just about ready to finish my two months blogging vacation when some schmo replies to

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Helene Dido Internet Classified Ad Scams

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I’m posting this in the hope that someone potentially getting scam by an overseas buyer will perform a search and find this persons info. It’s similar to the dozens of other scam emails I’ve seen over the years, only the names and email addresses change (and sometimes the IP address). Here

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7 Summertime Stories from Chiropractic Days Past

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Here’s a summary of seven summertime articles from the past, all posted during the summer, from as far back as year 2000. Summer time should be getting all of us outdoors for increased activity and enjoyment. You don’t want to spend your days sifting through 10 years of chiropractic news content

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7 Classic Photo Chiropractic Memories

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Going through some photo archives after having been off-line for the past few weeks (enjoying some summer fun in July time outdoors without a laptop) and I thought I’d post seven classics. Chiropractic Leadership Alliance Booth – I’m pretty sure this image was taken in January of 2000 even though that’s

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12740 Culver Blvd 90066

Del Rey Culver City and who knows what else

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Is no secret I like taking photographs, and when I don’t have my semi professional hobby camera equipment, I’ll often times take photographs with my iPhone. I tend to be in my chiropractic office a lot (like many chiropractors are) and I’ve likely taken thousands of photographs of all sorts of

Read More »
American College Chiropractic Orthopedists

American College of Chiropractic Orthopedists Las Vegas

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Among the dozens of chiropractic postcards I receive at my office each week, there was one the other day for a clinical chiropractic seminar taking place in Las Vegas. The American College of Chiropractic Orthopedists is presenting their Clinical Update 2011 on April 28-30, at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas

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chiropractic classified ad service

Response To Your ITEM Posted For Sale

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I woke up to a forwarded e-mail this morning from a chiropractor that was contacted by someone inquiring about a piece of chiropractic equipment he had listed for sale. I’m thankful he quickly forwarded the e-mail to me so that the sender’s information could be investigated. While I’ve covered this topic

Read More »
Rock of Faith

The Rock of Faith 1927

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I am an odd fellow when it comes to numbers and dates. I’ll find a coffee can from 1895, and think about how it was made the same year DD Palmer discovered chiropractic. I will see a stone marked 1897 on the front of a building, and be reminded that was

Read More »
New Beginnings Student Fund New Jersey

New Beginnings Student Fund

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Something I have long loved about the New Beginnings chiropractic philosophy events taking place in New Jersey is their commitment to chiropractic students. While I was attending a speakers luncheon on Saturday, cards were handed out in support of the student fund. I grabbed a photo of the card, so that

Read More »
Disease Does Not Originate

Disease Does Not Originate Outside The Body

D.D. Palmer Poster photographed at the Ocean Place Hotel in North Long Branch, NJ. I was in town for a New Beginnings Chiropractic Philosophy Seminar. Along with a drawing of D.D. Palmer are words written by him regarding disease, drugs, God, and the Universe. Disease does not originate OUTSIDE the body. It is not the

Read More »
occipital bone atlas 2nd cervical vertebrae

Occipital Bone Atlas Axis Cervical Vertebra

What a great way to make use of your plastic spine models that you likely have in your chiropractic office. This image of a human occipital bone, first cervical vertebrae, and second cervical vertebrae, was made by placing a plastic spine model on a solid color surface (blue or green works well) and converting the

Read More »
paved path along truckee river

Continuing Education and Running Reno

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Ask any chiropractor that’s sat for 12 hours or more doing continuing education and they’ll likely tell you they’d rather be doing something else, especially since most chiropractors tend to take continuing education courses on weekends. Earlier in June I was in Reno Nevada for the California Chiropractic Association annual convention

Read More »
Chiropractic Care Los Angeles California

Pro Photographers in Your Office

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I emptied an online folder today that I was canceling a yearly subscription on. I found some photographs in there that I had not seen since they were uploaded back in 2006, which motivated me to create this post (can’t just let photos sit on the hard drive). I use chiropractic

Read More »
California Chiropractic ADIO

California Chiropractic Exposition and Convention

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I’m heading off to Reno Nevada for the 2010 CCA Annual Chiropractic Convention at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino. I’m excited about the many hours of chiropractic continuing education being offered, and I’m even more excited that those hours are free for existing CCA members. I’ve already been to half

Read More »

How to iPhone Chiropractic X-Rays

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. This is both for chiropractors and chiropractic patients. Those of you that are chiropractors who take x-ray, chances are you have already done some experimentation with digitizing analog x-rays. The most common technique I’m aware of is to place the analog x-ray on a on a lighted viewbox, turn the flash

Read More »
Chiropractors Darrel Crain and Damon West

Southern California Chiropractor Photos

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. They may not all be Southern California chiropractors, as they are chiropractors nonetheless, and the photos were taken in Orange County California (which is southern for those of you who have never been to this part of the world). Let’s start with chiropractors Darrel Crain and Damon West. They are both

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atlas vertebra art

Schools and Salaries

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I receive questions via email about chiropractic schools and chiropractic salaries more than any other topic related to the field. I took the time to answer a particular question today (Doctrine Degree and Chiropractor Intoxication Manslaughter) but the reality is I have hundreds of questions remaining unanswered that are growing stagnant.

Read More »

Kellee Chee Khiong Financial Officer at Malaysia RHB Bank

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Been a while since we’ve had a classified advertising scam update. Thankfully, the community has really gotten awesome in spotting fraud and has been seriously kicking butt on emailing updates likety split. Not long ago a chiropractor received an email from someone claiming to be a financial officer at a bank

Read More »
1946 advertisement Los Angeles Chiropractic College

Los Angeles College of Chiropractic 1946

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I found this advertisement for the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic (today known as the Southern California University of Health Sciences) in a 1946 chiropractic publication. The College, located in Whittier California, recently announced the appointment of a new college president. The school is going to be celebrating its centennial next

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OC Charter Bus to CCA 2010 Reno Convention

By way of Dr. Joe at the California Chiropractic CCA, CCA Orange County District (OCCD) is putting together a really FUN bus trip to the CCA Annual Convention and Exposition, in Reno, June 11-13. Departure Where: Anaheim Garden Walk Parking Garage in front of 24 Hour Fitness 321 West Katella Avenue, Anaheim, CA 92802-3620 Time:

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California State Capitol 2010 Legislative Conference

On Michael Dorausch, DC There is a legislative conference for chiropractors being held at the California State Capitol on Tuesday, May 11. I’d been meaning to post the information earlier but didn’t get around to it until today, sorry for the short notice. The event is put on by the California Chiropractic Association (CCA) and

Read More »
Rancho Mirage CA Monterey Drive

Coachella Palm Desert Local Chiropractic

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. There is a lot of people living in the Coachella Valley Palm Desert area of Southern California, and there’s an amazing amount of medical services provided. I was doing some on-site research last weekend in the Rancho Mirage and Palm Desert area and I was blown away by how many dental

Read More »
Atlas Flag Chiropractic

DCS Orange County 2010 Chiropractic Photos

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Here is the first set of photographs from the 2010 Dead Chiropractic Society DCS Chiropractic extravaganza at the performing arts center in Orange County California. The 2010 Orange County event rocked as expected, and plenty of chiropractor turned out for continuing education and fired up chiropractic excitement. Consider this round one

Read More »

Racecar Driving Chiropractic Business Card

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Chiropractor James Von Hipple was visiting my chiropractic office in Los Angeles recently and he left this business card by the front desk. I had not seen it at first, we like keeping a collection of cards for other chiropractors practicing in Southern California (actually we like keeping cards for pretty

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4 Business Cards from Georgia

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I picked up some chiropractic business cards while on campus at Life University in Marietta Georgia a few weeks ago and I have been meaning to post some of those cards here. I must have a few thousand chiropractor business cards in my collection at this point. Even so, I still

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2010 Chiropractic Assistant and Chiropractor Award Photos

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Not only was the 2010 Parker Seminars in Las Vegas a spectacular event for chiropractors to attend, there were awards given out recognizing top chiropractic assistants and chiropractors of the year. 5 different chiropractors from across the globe received Chiropractor of the Year awards while at Las Vegas Parker, and three

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Parker Seminars 2010 Las Vegas Photos

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Chiropractic in Las Vegas for 2010 got kicked off with a bang when Parker Seminars rolled into the Hilton Casino and Hotel on January 14-16. There were thousands of chiropractors in attendance, and the energy at Parker Las Vegas was as stellar as it’s always been. Parker College of Chiropractic Booth

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Cambodian Chiropractic Mission Trip Photos

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Last week there was news regarding Life Chiropractic College West and a Mission Trip to Cambodia. The trip featured Life West faculty, alumni, and college interns traveling to provide chiropractic care in Cambodia. Iris J. Murillo, public relations manager for Life Chiropractic College West, emailed a few photos that were taken

Read More »

LifeForce 2010 Chiropractic Photos

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I’m sitting in a classroom at Life University in Marrietta, Georgia and the WiFi here is rocking. Thought I’d post some photos from the weekend before I get back to the office. The campus looks fantastic and I plan to post quite a few pics in the weeks to come. Life

Read More »

Free WordPress Theme for Chiropractic Websites

Guest Post By Don Campbell Free WordPress Theme for Chiropractic Websites – Optimized for Local Search Results We should never have watched that video. My friends and I got a hold of a video of the Korean National Tae Kwon Do demonstration team. These guys were absolutely amazing. Breaking boards, flying kicks, and acrobatics of

Read More »

10 Business Card Chiropractor Saturday

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I’m at a chiropractor conference in Tempe Arizona (big ASU game going on today next door to hotel I’m at) and I’ve already received a stack of new business cards from chiropractors across the country. Lot’s of docs have figured out that when they give me new cards I often post

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Daniel William Uncles Birthday Gift Classified Ad Scam

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Early this morning I was preparing for an awesome Wednesday at the office when I received an e-mail from a chiropractor questioning the validity of a reply he had for a piece of chiropractic equipment he was selling in the classifieds. On the surface the e-mail didn’t look quite as spammy

Read More »

Google 7 Box Map Data Results

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. It was mentioned yesterday on Search Engine Land that in the United States, Google would now be providing their own map data, instead of using data (as they did in the past) from a company called TeleAtlas. While local search expert Michael Blumenthal provided details in a blog post regarding the

Read More »

Historical Chiropractic Research Funding and Los Angeles Hospital

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. If you followed along any of the chiropractic writing I’ve done in the last 12 years or so, chances are you’ve read about mentions I’ve made on numerous historical chiropractic events. While everyday is a day of chiropractic history, some events are better publicized than others, and many don’t receive any

Read More »

Venice Beach Skate Park Photos

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Two things that are really near and dear to my heart, skateboarding, and the city of Venice, California. I was a kid skating Long Island around the time DogTown skateboard paraphernalia (mostly artfully done wooden skateboard decks) begin appearing in the New York suburbs. I figure that was around 1976 or

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Classifieds Maintenance Until Thursday Oct 4

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Below is an old post (from 2009). It’s just a place setting as we are working on some classified database speed issues. This may take a few days (or more). We will be back! I was just about ready to finish my two months blogging vacation when some schmo replies to

Read More »

Helene Dido Internet Classified Ad Scams

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I’m posting this in the hope that someone potentially getting scam by an overseas buyer will perform a search and find this persons info. It’s similar to the dozens of other scam emails I’ve seen over the years, only the names and email addresses change (and sometimes the IP address). Here

Read More »

7 Summertime Stories from Chiropractic Days Past

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Here’s a summary of seven summertime articles from the past, all posted during the summer, from as far back as year 2000. Summer time should be getting all of us outdoors for increased activity and enjoyment. You don’t want to spend your days sifting through 10 years of chiropractic news content

Read More »

7 Classic Photo Chiropractic Memories

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Going through some photo archives after having been off-line for the past few weeks (enjoying some summer fun in July time outdoors without a laptop) and I thought I’d post seven classics. Chiropractic Leadership Alliance Booth – I’m pretty sure this image was taken in January of 2000 even though that’s

Read More »