Mic'd Up with ChiroUp: A Chiropractic Podcast

This episode takes a practical look at dizziness, balance, and practice performance from both the clinical and business sides. We explore the difference between dizziness and poor balance, how the visual, vestibular, and proprioceptive systems work together, and simple strategies for assessing and improving balance.

Then, we shift to the business side, breaking down five key metrics every chiropractor should watch: collections, new patients, retention, revenue per visit, and profitability. Finally, we discuss disability and life insurance and why protecting your ability to earn is an important part of building a sustainable career.

This episode takes a practical look at tendinopathy from both the clinical and business sides of practice. We explore how to distinguish mechanical from neurological pain, when rehabilitation needs to address both tendon capacity and nervous-system sensitivity, and how manipulating load can help clinicians better understand the patient’s pain experience.

Then, we bring those concepts into the real world with Dr. Brennan Donahue, discussing Shockwave therapy for proximal hamstring injuries.

Finally, we shift to the business side, breaking down how to evaluate the profitability of add-on services like Shockwave by tracking utilization, conversions, costs, provider performance, and contribution margin.

In this episode of Mic’d up with ChiroUp, we explore the three fears holding chiropractors back from greater clinical confidence, practice growth, and profitability. Discover how collaborating with healthcare professionals, improving diagnostic confidence, and focusing on movement-based evaluation can enhance patient outcomes.

We’ll also discuss what keeps chiropractors stuck with outdated EHR software, the features modern chiropractic platforms offer to improve efficiency, and a simple financial change that helped recover over $1,200 per month. Tune in for evidence-based clinical insights and practical strategies to build a smarter, more profitable practice.

In this special episode of Mic’d Up with ChiroUp, Dr. Brandon Steele welcomes the podcast’s first-ever guest, Dr. Tom Michaud.

Dr. Michaud is a globally recognized expert in biomechanics and foot and ankle function, and the author of Human Locomotion and Injury-Free Running. With more than 40 years of clinical experience, his work has helped reshape how clinicians understand gait, injury patterns, tendon function, and lower extremity mechanics.

In this conversation, Dr. Steele and Dr. Michaud discuss how experienced clinicians develop rapid visual pattern recognition in the first moments of an exam, and how that skill guides diagnosis and treatment decisions. The discussion also explores evolving research on the windlass mechanism, the role of intrinsic foot muscles in load sharing and energy return, and why traditional views of orthotics, immobilization, and running mechanics are being re-examined through a modern evidence-based lens.

Dr. Michaud also shares practical clinical insights drawn from decades in practice—bridging research, biomechanics, and real-world patient care.

Learn more about Dr. Michaud’s work at Human Locomotion.

Why does one patient describe burning pain, another report numbness, and a third say their arm just “feels dead”? In this episode of Mic’d Up with ChiroUp, Dr. Steele breaks down how different nerve fibers create different symptom patterns, why intermittent versus constant symptoms matter, and how the location of nerve irritation can completely change prognosis, recovery, and treatment strategy.

This episode connects neurobiology, radiculopathy, orthopedic testing, neural ischemia, and chronic compression syndromes into a framework you can apply immediately in practice.

In this episode, Dr. Bertelsman and Dr. Steele take a listener-driven approach to revisit TMD and its evolving relationship with cervical dysfunction and jaw pain. They then shift focus to the evaluation and management of growth plate injuries in youth athletes, highlighting practical decision-making, common pitfalls, and return-to-play considerations. Throughout the discussion, they connect these topics to real-world clinical and sideline applications, emphasizing clear and confident decision-making under pressure.

The episode closes with a look at a new ChiroUp feature designed to streamline team communication, task management, and overall practice efficiency.

In this episode, we follow a practical clinical lens on plantar fasciitis, using footwear biomechanics as the central thread. We explore how different shoe types and design features influence load, movement, and symptom presentation. Along the way, we connect these mechanics to common patient patterns, assessment considerations, and evidence-informed treatment strategies, including manual therapy, exercise progressions, and activity and footwear modifications.

We also touch on how breathing mechanics can influence spinal stability in chronic low back pain, and briefly connect practice operations through insights from EHR reporting and service code usage—highlighting how documentation and billing patterns can inform better clinical and business decisions.

In this episode, we follow one real-world case from jaw pain and temporomandibular disorders through confident diagnosis, effective conservative care, and the systems that keep a modern practice profitable. Using TMD as the clinical lens, we cover pattern recognition, key orthopedic testing, evidence-based treatment, and when to refer or co-manage.

We also connect clinical decisions to communication, referrals, and EHR workflows that simplify documentation, billing, and growth. One continuous story that reflects real practice ownership—blending clinical reasoning, patient confidence, and operational efficiency into a framework you can use right away.

In this episode, we explore how evidence-based screening can help you better evaluate patients with neck pain, headaches, and dizziness, so you know who to treat and when. We also dive into emerging research on extracorporeal shockwave therapy and how it may support faster healing and safer return to play in young athletes with apophyseal injuries.

And finally, stick around as we share updates on two-way texting inside the ChiroUp EHR. This is one episode you won’t want to miss.

In this episode of Mic’d Up with ChiroUp, we explore how evidence-based screening can help you better evaluate patients with neck pain, headaches, and dizziness—so you know who to treat and when. We also dive into emerging research on extracorporeal shockwave therapy and how it may support faster healing and safer return to play in young athletes with apophyseal injuries.

And finally, stick around as we share updates on two-way texting inside the ChiroUp EHR. This is one episode you won’t want to miss.