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Chiropractors Serving Chiropractic Adjustment

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. The photo of the week for today was taken at a Parker Seminars chiropractic event in Las Vegas Nevada. The photo features a chiropractor serving another. Patients frequently ask “who adjusts you?” or “do you get adjusted?” In my case, the answer is a resounding yes. Most chiropractors I know receive

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DCS California Jam Neon Sign

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Today’s photo of the week features a massive sign that appeared at the Orange County Performing Arts Center for the very first DCS California Jam. Years later, it seems every chiropractor on the planet is aware of Dr. Billy Demoss and the DCS movement, which came out of Orange County California.

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Barry Diller and Chiropractor Michael Dorausch

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. This week’s chiropractic photo of the week was taken on March 14th, 2001 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, during the “Internet World” conference. The photo features keynote speaker Barry Diller and Chiropractor Michael Dorausch (that’s me). Barry Diller and Chiropractor Michael Dorausch At the time, Barry Diller was CEO of USA

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More CCA Convention Chiropractic Photos from San Diego

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. OK California Chiropractors, I promised more photos from the 2013 CCA convention in San Diego and here they are. I posted a brief recap of the conference the day I returned home, posted news about joining the CCA evolution of chiropractic in California on Tuesday, and posted more photos from the

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1970s Themed Banquet Party at Sherman Chiropractic Lyceum

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. After the presidential investiture of Dr. Edwin Cordero was over, and after Sherman Lyceum 2013 was complete, it was time for people to let down their hair and celebrate. In honor of the founding decade of Sherman College of Chiropractic, on Saturday night a 1970s themed banquet was held at the

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Photos from California Chiropractic Association Expo 2013

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. As I typically do when attending chiropractic conferences, I shot plenty of photography during the 2013 California Chiropractic Association Convention & Expo, I’ll be sharing several photos from that event in this post. Expect to see more images in a follow-up CCA conference post. I also posted news today on Planet

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CCA San Diego Parker Seminars Chiropractic Photos

The 2012 CCA Annual Chiropractic Convention in conjunction with Parker Seminars San Diego turned out to be a terrific success. Not only did chiropractors have the opportunity to get Continuing Education credits for relicensing, they also got great sunny weather, and three days of motivational talks by high energy chiropractors and chiropractic assistants. Continuing Education

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Chiropractic Christmas Office Decorations

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. It’s that time of year again (2011 went by lightening fast) to get your chiropractic office decorated for the December holiday season. Having been practicing at the same location in Los Angeles for nearly 10 years now, we’ve accumulated quite a bunch of Christmas decorations (more get added each year). Each

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Brian Kelly Presidential Inauguration Event Photos

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. OK gang, I’m back from Oakland, California (AirBart FTW!) and I still have loads of photos to sort through from the Life West weekend event. Not surprisingly, things cranked in my LA chiropractic office today, as a humorous reminder of how our head space effects volume and flow. I’ll get some

Read More »

Life West Presidential Inauguration Photos

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. This was a historic event in chiropractic and I wasn’t going to miss it. On Friday, August 5th, 2011, the Presidential Inauguration of Dr. Brian Kelly (as the 2nd president in history of Life Chiropractic College West) took place. Inauguration of Dr. Brian Kelly – Life Chiropractic College West It was

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Life West Wave Photos 2011

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I ran around all day with my camera (and had fun doing it) taking photos at the 2011 Life West Wave event which was held at the Oakland Marriott hotel in historic downtown Oakland (love the local architecture). Here’s a quick set of photos from yesterday, plenty more to come. Life

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Mexican University New Library Photos

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Planet Chiropractic News today had an article about Parker College of Chiropractic president Fabrizio Mancini and a university library in Mexico opening and being dedicated in his honor. I was sent 3 photos related to the news but only included one in the article so I wanted to share all 3

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Grouse Grind Hike at Grouse Mountain Vancouver

A 2.9 km (1.8 miles) trail length with a 933 m (2800 feet) vertical rise makes Grouse Grind in Vancouver BC a perfect one hour (ish) cardio workout. When mentioning to a client, that I was traveling to Vancouver for Canada Day and some hiking, he said “you’ve gotta do the Grouse Grind hike at

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Vancouver Canada Travels

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Back in July of last year, I was in Vancouver for Canada Day, along with a few days of hiking and visiting chiropractors. One of the photos from the trip appeared in my 2010 iPhone review photos and a few appeared on my Michael Dorausch blog related to beer drinking (some

Read More »
road closed la marathon

LA Marathon Photos 2011

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Everybody loves a marathon (except maybe preachers and priests because people can’t get to Sunday church service) and the city of Los Angeles is a perfect place to run one. Road Closed LA Marathon The LA Marathon (as well as other city marathons) often results in massive road closures. It takes

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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

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 »

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 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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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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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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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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1990s Photos and Importance of Chiropractic Fellowship

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. While I was preparing to leave for the office this afternoon I received a phone call from a chiropractor that is new to practicing in California. Dr. Glenn Larsen of Lifetime Health Chiropractic Center in Santa Barbara, California called me thanks to a referral from Dr. Anita Morgenstern in New York.

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LA Marathon 2009 Favorite Photos

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Many thank you’s to the folks at the official Los Angeles Marathon website for having Planet Chiropractic at the 2009 LA Marathon as part of event media coverage. Our coverage of the LA Marathon began last week, with news on preparations for the event, and concerns about potential heat in Los

Read More »

Herniated Discs Getting on Your Nerves

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I’ve been playing around with a Canon digital SLR camera I purchased last month for taking photographs around chiropractic offices. The plan is to begin using in-house photographs for article posts (like this spinal column seen in a recent classified ad news post) that are of better quality than we’ve shown

Read More »

Marked Pelvic AP Lumbar Spine X-Ray

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I was looking at some xray photos today and I came across this AP Pelvic Lumbar Spine X-Ray. It was taken with an analog xray system and I took a photo of the film while it was up on a viewbox. Unlike the LMFAO Cervical Spine Xray post I don’t have

Read More »

Orange County to the Valley SF

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. One of the things I like most about attending conferences is the opportunity to catch up with friends. Ppl can often find me in the lobbies chatting it up and snapping photos of chiropractors, CAs, chiropractic students, and whatever else catches my eye. While at DCS earlier this month I took

Read More »

Red Ford F-150 Chiropractor Truck

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I spotted the coolest Ford F-150 yesterday while at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. I was in the parking garage when this vehicle caught my eye. Fortunately, I had my Man Purse (which many people made fun of yesterday) with all my gadgets in it. Whipped out my coolpix camera

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Spizerinctum

Spizerinctum: Anything that puts happiness in the head, determination in the heart, energy in the hand and invisible courage in the will. — BJ Palmer, DC, PhC. The photo comes from the Pennsylvania office of  Dr. Tina Sigafoose. Very large BJ Palmer painting and quote on wall in front reception area. Get the idea, all

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Chiropractors of the 1990s

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. While working for planetchiropractic.com I’ve taken thousands of photographs of chiropractors across the planet. Some chiropractors are old, some chiropractors are young, some chiropractors are yet to be (as they were students when we took their photographs). In preserving the history of chiropractic and those we’ve crossed paths with, I’m sharing

Read More »

Chiropractors Serving Chiropractic Adjustment

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. The photo of the week for today was taken at a Parker Seminars chiropractic event in Las Vegas Nevada. The photo features a chiropractor serving another. Patients frequently ask “who adjusts you?” or “do you get adjusted?” In my case, the answer is a resounding yes. Most chiropractors I know receive

Read More »

DCS California Jam Neon Sign

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Today’s photo of the week features a massive sign that appeared at the Orange County Performing Arts Center for the very first DCS California Jam. Years later, it seems every chiropractor on the planet is aware of Dr. Billy Demoss and the DCS movement, which came out of Orange County California.

Read More »

Barry Diller and Chiropractor Michael Dorausch

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. This week’s chiropractic photo of the week was taken on March 14th, 2001 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, during the “Internet World” conference. The photo features keynote speaker Barry Diller and Chiropractor Michael Dorausch (that’s me). Barry Diller and Chiropractor Michael Dorausch At the time, Barry Diller was CEO of USA

Read More »

More CCA Convention Chiropractic Photos from San Diego

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. OK California Chiropractors, I promised more photos from the 2013 CCA convention in San Diego and here they are. I posted a brief recap of the conference the day I returned home, posted news about joining the CCA evolution of chiropractic in California on Tuesday, and posted more photos from the

Read More »

1970s Themed Banquet Party at Sherman Chiropractic Lyceum

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. After the presidential investiture of Dr. Edwin Cordero was over, and after Sherman Lyceum 2013 was complete, it was time for people to let down their hair and celebrate. In honor of the founding decade of Sherman College of Chiropractic, on Saturday night a 1970s themed banquet was held at the

Read More »

Photos from California Chiropractic Association Expo 2013

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. As I typically do when attending chiropractic conferences, I shot plenty of photography during the 2013 California Chiropractic Association Convention & Expo, I’ll be sharing several photos from that event in this post. Expect to see more images in a follow-up CCA conference post. I also posted news today on Planet

Read More »

CCA San Diego Parker Seminars Chiropractic Photos

The 2012 CCA Annual Chiropractic Convention in conjunction with Parker Seminars San Diego turned out to be a terrific success. Not only did chiropractors have the opportunity to get Continuing Education credits for relicensing, they also got great sunny weather, and three days of motivational talks by high energy chiropractors and chiropractic assistants. Continuing Education

Read More »

Chiropractic Christmas Office Decorations

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. It’s that time of year again (2011 went by lightening fast) to get your chiropractic office decorated for the December holiday season. Having been practicing at the same location in Los Angeles for nearly 10 years now, we’ve accumulated quite a bunch of Christmas decorations (more get added each year). Each

Read More »

Brian Kelly Presidential Inauguration Event Photos

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. OK gang, I’m back from Oakland, California (AirBart FTW!) and I still have loads of photos to sort through from the Life West weekend event. Not surprisingly, things cranked in my LA chiropractic office today, as a humorous reminder of how our head space effects volume and flow. I’ll get some

Read More »

Life West Presidential Inauguration Photos

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. This was a historic event in chiropractic and I wasn’t going to miss it. On Friday, August 5th, 2011, the Presidential Inauguration of Dr. Brian Kelly (as the 2nd president in history of Life Chiropractic College West) took place. Inauguration of Dr. Brian Kelly – Life Chiropractic College West It was

Read More »

Life West Wave Photos 2011

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I ran around all day with my camera (and had fun doing it) taking photos at the 2011 Life West Wave event which was held at the Oakland Marriott hotel in historic downtown Oakland (love the local architecture). Here’s a quick set of photos from yesterday, plenty more to come. Life

Read More »

Mexican University New Library Photos

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Planet Chiropractic News today had an article about Parker College of Chiropractic president Fabrizio Mancini and a university library in Mexico opening and being dedicated in his honor. I was sent 3 photos related to the news but only included one in the article so I wanted to share all 3

Read More »

Grouse Grind Hike at Grouse Mountain Vancouver

A 2.9 km (1.8 miles) trail length with a 933 m (2800 feet) vertical rise makes Grouse Grind in Vancouver BC a perfect one hour (ish) cardio workout. When mentioning to a client, that I was traveling to Vancouver for Canada Day and some hiking, he said “you’ve gotta do the Grouse Grind hike at

Read More »

Vancouver Canada Travels

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Back in July of last year, I was in Vancouver for Canada Day, along with a few days of hiking and visiting chiropractors. One of the photos from the trip appeared in my 2010 iPhone review photos and a few appeared on my Michael Dorausch blog related to beer drinking (some

Read More »
road closed la marathon

LA Marathon Photos 2011

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Everybody loves a marathon (except maybe preachers and priests because people can’t get to Sunday church service) and the city of Los Angeles is a perfect place to run one. Road Closed LA Marathon The LA Marathon (as well as other city marathons) often results in massive road closures. It takes

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 »
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 »

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

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 »

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

Read More »

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

Read More »

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 »

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

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 »

1990s Photos and Importance of Chiropractic Fellowship

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. While I was preparing to leave for the office this afternoon I received a phone call from a chiropractor that is new to practicing in California. Dr. Glenn Larsen of Lifetime Health Chiropractic Center in Santa Barbara, California called me thanks to a referral from Dr. Anita Morgenstern in New York.

Read More »

LA Marathon 2009 Favorite Photos

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Many thank you’s to the folks at the official Los Angeles Marathon website for having Planet Chiropractic at the 2009 LA Marathon as part of event media coverage. Our coverage of the LA Marathon began last week, with news on preparations for the event, and concerns about potential heat in Los

Read More »

Herniated Discs Getting on Your Nerves

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I’ve been playing around with a Canon digital SLR camera I purchased last month for taking photographs around chiropractic offices. The plan is to begin using in-house photographs for article posts (like this spinal column seen in a recent classified ad news post) that are of better quality than we’ve shown

Read More »

Marked Pelvic AP Lumbar Spine X-Ray

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I was looking at some xray photos today and I came across this AP Pelvic Lumbar Spine X-Ray. It was taken with an analog xray system and I took a photo of the film while it was up on a viewbox. Unlike the LMFAO Cervical Spine Xray post I don’t have

Read More »

Orange County to the Valley SF

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. One of the things I like most about attending conferences is the opportunity to catch up with friends. Ppl can often find me in the lobbies chatting it up and snapping photos of chiropractors, CAs, chiropractic students, and whatever else catches my eye. While at DCS earlier this month I took

Read More »

Red Ford F-150 Chiropractor Truck

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I spotted the coolest Ford F-150 yesterday while at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. I was in the parking garage when this vehicle caught my eye. Fortunately, I had my Man Purse (which many people made fun of yesterday) with all my gadgets in it. Whipped out my coolpix camera

Read More »

Spizerinctum

Spizerinctum: Anything that puts happiness in the head, determination in the heart, energy in the hand and invisible courage in the will. — BJ Palmer, DC, PhC. The photo comes from the Pennsylvania office of  Dr. Tina Sigafoose. Very large BJ Palmer painting and quote on wall in front reception area. Get the idea, all

Read More »

Chiropractors of the 1990s

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. While working for planetchiropractic.com I’ve taken thousands of photographs of chiropractors across the planet. Some chiropractors are old, some chiropractors are young, some chiropractors are yet to be (as they were students when we took their photographs). In preserving the history of chiropractic and those we’ve crossed paths with, I’m sharing

Read More »