Chiropractic News Archives

Are you mad for tuna? Do your fillings make you crazy? Are you getting stuck with more than the flu? The answer to these questions is held by Mercury, the swift messenger of the Roman gods…

Just got back from a 5 day trip to South Florida with my husband (no kids) and boy do I feel great. I forget how good it feels to be able to just be for a while.

When training for a marathon, many marathoners will suggest it is important to have a goal. Some professionals even divide goals into three categories with those categories being acceptable goals, challenging goals, and ultimate goals.

I read some news headlines moments ago… “Hot pepper kills prostate cancer cells in study” and thought wow, that has got to be one painful study!

Candice Michelle, known to many as the “Go Daddy Girl” for her appearances in the popular GoDaddy.com commercials that first aired during the 2005 Super Bowl, is featured in this months April issue of Playboy magazine.

I have been running for years, so it is only natural that Los Angeles runners continue to show up in our chiropractic office.

I am very grateful to be a Chiropractor. I am very grateful that I am very clear of what my responsibility is to the patients. I am very clear of my vision for Chiropractic.

If you are sending chiropractic newsletters to your patients, practice members, and people in your community, Sunday and Friday are the best days to do so.

I was browsing through the Planet Chiropractic Classifieds today and I noticed there were 112 active listings of practices for sale.

Science, wrote Adam Smith back in 1776, “is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.”

Some medical doctors in Taiwan are not happy with a proposed legislation that will allow foreign educated doctors of chiropractic to practice legally in Taiwan.

I’ve been cutting down on my coffee consumption lately, and the other day I was at home in the afternoon thinking about cheating and having some.

Pain hurts – no kidding. Who would want it? We spend our lives listening to people who are trying to avoid physical pain.

Bird Flu Up Your Nose! That is the name for an avian flu nasal spray vaccine I just came up with. If you know someone in the vaccine industry, please inform them I am willing to sell the name for the right price.

You have got to love the pharmaceutical companies. Once again, they have demonstrated their genuine concern for our health. They are so concerned they are actually “pre-concerned”! You may be asking yourself, what does this mean? It seems that scientists working for the pharmaceutical companies have made a startling discovery.

Many people already associate chiropractic with its great success in dealing with back and neck issues. But what about the heart and other body organs?

Orange County, California — There is a place in Newport Beach, that is unknown to the majority of the states chiropractors. A place where about 100 gather on a regular basis, to get dipped in that Old Time Philosophy of ChiropracTIC.

Chiropractic, how do I love thee, let me count the ways. SERVING humanity through our vocation has been the great love of my young life. The privilege of being able to connect and help people on a very deep and profound level has been a blessing.

Venice, California — California State Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed Dr. Francesco Columbu to the state Board of Chiropractic Examiners.

I’ve just returned home from another weekend in Phoenix, Arizona. I like hanging out with other chiropractors. Even more so, I like hanging out with other like minded chiropractors. Even more so than that, I like having what I call DE Moments.

If you needed one more reason not to take drugs try this one. Reports published this week found that women who take Prozac, a common antidepressant drug, during the second half of their pregnancy are about six times more likely to give birth to a baby with a rare but potentially fatal heart and lung condition.

The way that I show my gratefulness for all of the abundance that I receive in Life is by doing the little things a little better, a little kinder and with a little bit more appreciation for the opportunity to make a difference.

Valentine’s Day, you may recall, was named for a priest in ancient Rome. He was beheaded for secretly marrying Roman soldiers to their sweethearts against the wishes of emperor Claudius II. It seems Claudius didn’t want his soldiers distracted by the thought of a loving wife awaiting their return from battle, alive.

This past Sundays SuperBowl commercials showed more aggressive hits than what we saw in the game itself. Many of the commercials showed someone getting body slammed, tackled, or just plain roughed up.

The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.

Oh no, I have to write about this again. I never seem to learn or rather I learn and forget and learn and forget and learn and forget. Whenever I try to live God’s will and not my own I’m dog meat.

A panel of scientists and doctors this week recommended that the Food and Drug Administration approve over-the-counter sales of a weight-loss pill known as orlistat, marketed in prescription form as Xenical. Americans would love a non-prescription fat absorbing pill, and this one could be available over the counter in a matter of months.

New Milford, NJ — Chiropractor, Founder and President of the N.J. based, IRS 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, the National Coalition for the Advancement of Drug-Free Athletics, Inc. (NCADFA), Dr. Victor Naumov has launched an anti-drug crusade aimed at municipalities and high schools across the U.S.

For years we as a society have heard about the “war” on drugs, but how about the “war” on negative marketing to our children? Recently, the news has been filled with articles about childhood obesity and the negative health effects on our nations youth. We are told that 25% of school age kids are overweight, 15% are obese and 50% of obese kids become obese adults.

One of the hottest topics lately has been the movement of Physical Therapists into the area of “Spinal Manipulation.” In many states, there is a well organized, well funded push toward expansion of the PT’s scope of practice into an area that many DCs see as an encroachment into chiropractic.

Jim Dubel is the President and founder of New Beginnings. New Beginnings is dedicated to preserving, protecting, and perpetuating philosophically based principled Chiropractic without compromise, innately serving mankind, while enhancing the quality of life today, creating a healthier more perfect world.

The images of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita were plastered all over the media 5 months ago. The clean up continues and the telethons are over, and now reality is settling in. The economic climate in these areas is poor. This is affecting the entire community, which includes Chiropractors.

Los Angeles, CA — Santa Claus is Coming to Town — Chiropractors from around the globe have teamed up in a massive effort to see that Santa Claus (and his Reindeer) are provided with Chiropractic care throughout the holiday weekend.

Los Angeles, CA: Lance Armstrong has been fired as the chief technical officer at Planet Chiropractic headquarters… Mail continues to arrive weekly

PORT ORANGE — Palmer College of Chiropractic Florida, Port Orange, Fla., will graduate its first class at 2 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 16, at the Mary McLeod Bethune Performing Arts Center in Daytona Beach, Fla.