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- Chiropractic 101: An Aspiring Chiropractor
My name is Melissa, and this fall I will be a junior at the University of Southern California. I am writing you this email because I am interested in being a chiropractor. I have done some research online and while looki…
- World Federation of Chiropractic Elects New President
The World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC) has elected Gerard W. Clum, D.C. as the new president of the organization. Dr. Clum is representing the International Chiropractors Association (ICA) in the northern region.…
- Too Fat for Chiropractic?
Have you ever had someone so big (as in heavy) in your chiropractic office that you just could not fit them in front of the x-ray Bucky? You get out your calipers and the end falls off when trying to make the measurement…
- Tiger Woods Wins British Open: A Chiropractic Story
The news began appearing on Sunday, Tiger Woods had again won the British Open. Hours later, news agencies began reporting on American cyclist Floyd Landis and his winning of the Tour de France. Tiger Woods is the second…
- Floyd Landis Tour de France Win #8 for Chiropractor
The news is in, American cyclist, Floyd Landis has won this year's (2006) Tour de France. News from all over the world is saying this is one of the biggest sports achievements in decades. The news of the Tour de France w…
- Pain is Inevitable; Suffering is Optional
Remember how the doctor lied to you when you were a kid as he jabbed your rear end with the pointy needle of a giant syringe as long as a broomstick? "This is going to hurt me a lot more than it hurts you!" Did he really…
- 1.5 Million Americans Harmed Each Year by Medication Mistakes
A report out this week from the US Institute of Medicine (IOM) estimates that 1.5 million Americans are being injured each year as a result of prescribing mistakes related to medications. The errors are costing more than…
- Where did this headline go?
Good thing I don't write prescriptions. The headlines should have read "Medication Mistakes Continue to Kill and/or Harm Millions." Silly me, everyone knows chiropractors don't prescribe medications. Selling drugs, that…
- Why All Workers Need Regular Chiropractic Care
An ugly two-inch long and quarter-inch wide dark pink scar is slashed across my right shoulder. This is the remnant of what will most likely be the last office job I will ever have. It is, however, not the only remnant.…
- Is chiropractic medicine gaining traction online?
I was curious to find what the status was on the term "chiropractic medicine" in relationship to other terms that may or may not be getting used when performing search engine queries online.…
- The Chiropractic Imposter
I have a patient, I will call her Mary for arguments sake. Well Mary has been coming to me at least once a week for about 20 years. She has remained asymptomatic for most of that time except for a few car accidents she h…
- Taking Care of (Chiropractic) Business
Wouldn't it be nice if we could go into our chiropractic office and love, serve and give all day without dealing with insurance companies and taking care of some difficult patients and having to manage the business part…
- Do a Little Extra Chiropractic Today
Well maybe I don't really mean DO a little extra. Maybe I mean BE a little extra. I'm not asking for you to add something else to your "to do list." Do what you do with a little more LOVE. Do it with a little more STYLE.…
- Pauline Nordin & 2006 IFBB California State Pro Figure Championship
Culver City, California: Planet Chiropractic sponsored Pauline Nordin competed this past Saturday in the 2006 IFBB California State Pro Figure Championship.…
- Things you may consider when choosing a chiropractic school
Choosing a chiropractic school can be an easy decision for some future chiropractors as they may simply go where their parent/s or doctor/s went. For many future students of chiropractic, thoughts of location, cost, leve…
- Chiropractic Classifieds - Watch out for Scams
ified services such as craigslist experience scam activity daily. Our chiropractic classifieds are no exeption. Just like with everything you do on the internet, if you are posting ads, watch out for suspi…
- Chiropractic Student Loan Consolidation
Several chiropractic students and former students have e-mailed me asking about their student loans and if they should be consolidating student loans. I've been there, done the borrowing, and all my student loans are pai…
- Can You offer Advice about Chiropractic Schools?
of questions from people searching for information regarding various chiropractic schools, mostly those in the United States. In an effort to better answer some of these questions I began doing some research of my own.…
- Is there such thing as caring too much?
The obvious answer might seem to be no but the answer that I always seem to forget to be true is yes. I am thinking here specifically about my practice. I want my practice to do well. I want to serve a lot of patients.…
- Do you even believe in chiropractic?
ChiropracTIC rock and roll filled the house at the DCS April event of the 2006 Live Wire tour. This was the 2nd DCS event of 2006 and here are some brief notes from the front row.…