Chirocast

Are you holding onto your vision or focusing on the illusions others have of your vision? M Scott Peck says: Life is difficult...and the sooner you accept the life is difficult, life is less difficult. Life happens, but do everything you can to focus on your vision

Our Eclipse party was so fun, not just because we saw a rare astronomical treat, but because we are part of millions of people from around the country, all doing the same thing at the same time! And watching our younger patients who didn't know each other come together and become friends while watching an eclipse was a special moment that reminded me of BJ Palmer's: That Something!

How is the goal of chiropractic communication? By allowing the brain and the body to communicate better with each other, creating body awareness, allowing the sensory system to work with and not against the motor system. This is especially true for kids and adults with sensory/motor challenges.

Green Book Series Part 1: Dissecting the best of BJ Palmer's chiropractic philosophy stored in the treasure of his 41 volume Green Book collection. This week's topic is from Bigness of the Fellow Within, page 613: An Afterthought. It is one of the most profound messages referencing the 'why' of chiropractic, what BJ aptly titled, "The Big Idea"

So many lessons are learned along the way when you open a practice. What would you have done differently? What did you wish you knew then that you know now? That is the theme of the questions.

Years ago, before concussion was a more commonly seen diagnosis, a person either had a concussion or they didn't. Now we know that there are 6 types of concussion (see link below), that can affect people in multiple different ways with multiple permutations of effects. (https://www.upmc.com/services/sports-medicine/services/concussion/symptoms-diagnosis/types)

Want to improve your patient flow? Improve their satisfaction? The concepts of Six Sigma can be used to measure your office processes and procedures from an efficiency point of view. Six Sigma ideas can help reduce wait time by finding the time-wasters and blockages, then eliminating them.

Chiropractic changed in 1907 from a 'start-up' to a contender through the Morikubo case. A young recent grad from Palmer Chiropractic College was jailed in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, accused of 'practicing medicine without a license.' BJ Palmer and his new attorney's came up with the 'Separate and distinct' defense, proving that chiropractic is not medicine and masterminding the first chiropractic victory, thereby paving the way for chiropractic's future.

Recorded at the 2023 TACA conference, (The Autism Community in Action), the practical use of the Polyvagal Theory is explained including how to determine where your child is on the Polyvagal Scale and how to build trust with a child on the Autism spectrum. Posted with permission by TACA (https://tacanow.org/).

ADHD is the most commonly diagnosed mental health issue in children in the US. What are the best questions to ask and tests to perform to see what an underlying challenge might be (retained primitive reflexes, eye issues, etc)?