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Anna was very new to chiropractic but in the lead up to a huge ultra marathon event the Spartathalon, the 246km race from Athens to Sparta, her body went into melt down. It was only a month out from the event and she sought help from us at Putney Chiro.

This episode is in 3 parts.
1. the race review, from the time she arrived in Athens to when she crossed the finish line, one of only 200 of the 400 people who completed the 2024 edition of the race in searing heat over 2 days (34 hours of non stop running)
2. the review of the month leading up to the event. From when she passed/blacked out with a huge headache and back pain and ended up in hospital. After they were unable to find a medical cause, she sought help, after a recommendation, from a chiropractor. We follow this journey over the month leading up to leaving for the event.
3. the examination of how Anna felt chiropractic treatment worked for her and helped get her to the start line.

Spartathalon website 

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Long overdue chat with Melissa who is more committed to the development of the profession in the UK than most chiropractors are. She is the executive advisor to the United Chiropractic Association and has been involved with the UCA for 21 of its near 25 years existence. She is the brains and energy behind UK's biggest gathering of chiropractors the UCA CE seminar. She runs a Chiropractic Assistant  training program called 'The Vital CA' and a Women in Chiropractic Seminar.

So good to hear her origin story of how she got involved with chiropractic and it aligns well with the UCA origin story.

She's also married 2 chiropractors and has 6 kids, 3 of whom are studying chiropractic or have recently graduated.

Links to the UCA or Melissa's other programs

The UCA
https://unitedchiropractic.org/

CE seminar
https://unitedchiropractic.glueup.com/event/chiropractic-essentials-2024-90499/

The vital CA
https://www.facebook.com/melissavitalca/

Women in Chiropractic
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/crystalclearsolutions/1227979?

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Dr Matt Doyle, Chiropractor with over 20 years experience, a Masters in Chiropractic Paediatrics and now a PhD candidate in the subject talks to us about babies, pregnancy and chiropractic.

Links

The paediatric intake and follow up forms and research
www.chiro.london/blog/ypk9ftalethxf9e7ydym8hgkdymbpy

The events

https://unitedchiropractic.glueup.com/event/assessing-and-adjusting-the-infant-with-matt-doyle-106545/

https://www.salutogeniceducation.com/events/uk-london-event

ASRF links

https://spinalresearch.com.au/

https://spinalresearch.com.au/membership/full-membership/


More from his bio...

Dr Matthew Doyle has been passionate about chiropractic since he was a teenager and saw the amazing impact that family chiropractic care had on his own family's health and emotional wellbeing.  He has been an associate, locum, and practice owner in full time practice for the past 19 years. This began with 8 years of study, completing a Bachelor of Science (Neurobiology) at the University of Queensland in 2000 and a Bachelor of Applied Science (Clinical)/Bachelor of Chiropractic Science at RMIT in 2005. Upon finishing his requirements, he moved the United Kingdom.  There he worked as a family chiropractor in England and Scotland. 

In his 7 years in the UK he completed a Masters in Advanced Practice Paediatric Chiropractic at the Anglo-European College of Chiropractic and Bournemouth University. He created and taught the first Paediatric, Pregnancy, and Geriatric Chiropractic care course at the Barcelona Chiropractic College.

Upon returning to Australia he created and taught courses for three years at Central Queensland University(CQU) in its chiropractic program, whilst completing a Grad Certificate in Tertiary Education.  He finished at CQU in 2016 to spend more time being Dad for his young family and running their practice. He completed the Academy of Chiropractic Philosophers program in 2017.  He has published 10 articles in the peer reviewed literature between 2011 and 2022. Two of these are around safety and evidence for paediatric chiropractic care, as a Best Evidence Topic in 2011 in Clinical Chiropractic, and a selective review of the literature in 2016 in the Chiropractic Journal of Australia(CJA).

He is currently completing a mixed methods project PhD through Southern Cross University on Chiropractic Philosophy in Chiropractic Education.

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Great to have another chat with Guy Riekeman, truly an elder statesman of the chiropractic profession. We first had a conversation in 2021 when we covered most of Guy's legacy for the chiropractic profession and I'd recommend you give this a listen as well as the current episode. 

However today is all about how the role of the chiropractor has changed over the years. We start by exploring the different ways chiropractors have educated their patients. It started with brochures, then patient lectures, then in clinic video tapes and now he has a new optimal health promotion app that has launched in the USA. 

From their website this is what its all about...

'My Lifestyle iQ is a content-rich Remote Patient Engagement App that allows you to manage critical areas of health and prevention.'

'It is self-directed and can also be used to enhance in-office care by integrating multiple health domains, including Exercise, Nutrition, Brain Health, Positive Psychology, and the six areas of Functional Preventative Health.'

Melissa and the UCA in the UK are looking into how UK docs can get involved in using the app. Have a listen to what it's all about and get in touch with Melissa if you are keen to give it a test in the UK. 

Thanks for listening 

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We follow Kat's journey from being one of the groups top 10% chiropractors to now being a coach helping others in the Chiro One set up perform at their best. Bailey our CA worked with her for 5 years in Chicago, thanks for the introduction. 

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Great chat with Laurence, who, it could be argued is afraid of what a cosy and comfortable life looks like. I loved hearing about the early days with the Wellness Guys, (a before its time podcast about wellness - not chiropractic). 

We follow his life from being a Chiro in Perth, to a Chiro coach in Sydney to 2 years ago again moving and ending up in Portugal. 

As a chiropractic coach he loves helping you make decisions you didn't even know you needed to make. Thanks Laurence for sharing that heart wrenching story about your father-in-laws life changing accident and how it has shaped your life and decisions from then on. 

Recorded minutes before a gathering of UK chiropractors in the Putney clinic in London, enjoy...

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Loved the chat with Jess Hambly, the Aussie chiro who has been in the UK for 6 years but just recently joined the Chiro.London team. She has 16 years experience, is a doula (birth partner) and has a super strong chiropractic philosophy. We signed off the week with a glass of rose and a chat about all things health and chiropractic. 

Summary of what was discussed. 

• What is chiropractic , Jess's elevator pitch. 
• Jess Hambly the chiropractor, her story from the beginning to now. 
• Jess the professional associate - her opinion on why life as an associate is better than being a practice owner, given the right environment. 
• Bourbon v Cognac - blind tasting live on the pod
• Unpopular opinions: challenging the germ theory of disease in a post covid world, how exposure does not always equal infection. 
• Definition of health - Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
• Jess's past roles as a doula and how its helped her understand and help more pregnant women. 
• Jess and her coaches/mentors - how its helped her navigate 16 years as a chiropractor. 

You can find Jess in our Fulham Clinic or on instagram @dr_jesschiro

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Loved this chat with Nimrod Mueller. This podcast episode essentially is about two things. 1. levelling up your chiro philosophy to a new unknown chiro philosophy 'gaming' level that I didn't know existed. 2. Unpacking the day I spent with Nimrod and some of the UK leaders of chiropractic plotting course for Chiro in the UK and discussing the next event taking place in March 2024. 

If you don't now him, Nimrod is an Aussie chiropractor who graduated from Sydney college, Australia, practiced in the UK, then 10 years back in Sydney and now in Barcelona. If you haven't heard Nimrod speak he's one of the cleanest thinking docs and clearest communicators of chiropractic around. He's been politically active in the Aus and more recently he has teamed up with Mark Postles and become a coach at Quest.

If you are keen to get involved in the next chiro meet up just email Nimrod and the details are....

- Chiro meeting in London, March 24th
- ⁠my email: [email protected]
- ⁠my blog: nimrodmueller.wordpress.com
- ⁠Quest www.questchiropracticcoaching.com

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Loved this chat with Martin Harvey, one for the chiropractors, I (Craig McLean) was in London 2ºC he was in Melbourne 30ºC and we covered in one episode so many ways to engage better with your clients to enable you to provide better service which naturally will encourage people to stay with you longer.

At the beginning, after setting the scene, we tackle the question as to whether it's appropriate to encourage people to be life long chiropractic patients. Some in the profession suggest it's not appropriate and we should be able to teach/train/coach all people out of a problem and dis-engage with them as soon as possible or you are just ripping people off. We came to the conclusion that with todays stressful lifestyles and peoples desire to be as healthy as possible there is a need and desire by many to add chiropractic to their healthy lifestyle choices hence it is appropriate to some people. 

So listen on to find out things to do during your 1st, 2nd or routine visits that can help you engage better with your clients. Martin is an expert at helping us communicate more effectively to help people move from focus on pain to prevention and eventually performance. Spoiler alert - all about building bridges from where the person is at or focused and bridging to the possibilities of a different paradigm.

Thanks Martin here are some links to Martin's work.

Under the influence podcast - Martin chats with me Craig McLean

To sign up for Martin's  email list

To learn more about Martin's Retention Recipe 2.0

Email Martin - [email protected]

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Vismai is a chiropractor with over 25 years experience and our paths keep crossing. We grew up in the same country town in rural Australia, we studied together in RMIT, Melbourne, Putney chiropractic helped during his near death experience after an illness pick up in West Africa, he practiced in Holland for years around time I was first in London early 2000s, and now he has a daughter living here in London.

He currently practices  in Singapore, lives in Bali with his chiropractor wife Joyti, and his two kids Dali and Finn are global nomads. 

Over the years he's gained a reputation of simply and easily engaging with his clients, often found speaking at Chiro Euro about the topic. He's shared his ideas in his book Keep Your Clients and the coaching program that links with this.

I hope you enjoy our fireside chat.

The Chiropractor Singapore
 
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