As a profession, we have made it a long way, but we continue to fight to improve our standing in healthcare in each state, the country, and internationally. 

Behind the scenes, we often don’t see the work being done to improve the chiropractic profession, and it is important to shed light on that occasionally. 

In this interview, Bharon Hoag from The Chiropractic Defense Council joins me to share the progress made and the vision for a better future. 

Bharon is a force of nature and brings a passion to the profession and this episode that few can. In this wide-ranging discussion, we talk about some of his organization's successes, some of the obstacles we face, and the exciting future ahead. 

If you’d like to check out more about The Chiropractic Defense Council and potentially contribute, please visit https://www.defendchiropractic.org/

In 2024, many chiropractic practices are getting creative with optimizing their front desk. 

If you don’t currently have a front desk, I highly recommend the Virtual Front Desk option to free you up to focus on patient care and growing your practice. 

If you have a front desk person or team, consider having a Virtual Front Desk component to allow your front desk team to focus completely on the patients that are in the office. Too many chiropractic front desk team members are overwhelmed with answering the phone, verifying insurance, and other tasks. They cannot provide a great patient experience for those physically in the office. 

In this episode, I interview Pablo Blanco of Avanmed on the Virtual Front Desk and how you can implement this effectively in your practice. 

We discuss what to look out for, what a great virtual front desk looks like, and how you can implement it into your unique practice. 

You can find out more about Avanmed here  https://avanmed.com/

In this episode, I discuss some topics that have come up in our coaching calls, Mastermind and Facebook Group. 

The topics we discuss are: 

*What Percentage of your revenue should go towards a marketing budget 

*The 60-Minute Rehab DC Conundrum 

*Running/Starting a business debt-free vs bank loan 

*The FB Scam we are all seeing 

*Google Business Hours and Search 

*The Hourly Capacity 

*And a few more!

Chiropractors are often looking for ways to help their patients improve their lives and do it in a manner that is effective and efficient.

At our Mastermind weekends, our members do occasional “Each One Teach Ones,” where a member provides a 30-minute presentation on something that has grown or transformed their practice.

Dr. Tiffany and Tyler Armstrong presented at our last mastermind on implementing a functional medicine system in your practice that is both impactful for patients and to grow your practice.

They both do a great job in this podcast interview to discuss the program they use, the effectiveness for their patients, and what it has done to transform their practice.

Even if you aren’t looking to add functional medicine, in this interview, we dive into strategies you could utilize to add other aspects of healthcare to your chiropractic practice.

If you’d like to know more about the system The Armstrongs discuss, please visit https://siouxcenterchiropractic.com/

A 30-40-year career in any profession can seem grueling, and chiropractic is no different. Too many in our profession face burnout we before that, but many don’t. 

How can you find purpose, enjoy your life, and find success as you define it? 

In this episode, I go over 3 frameworks that have helped me enjoy the process of defining success for myself and work towards achieving that. 

I will discuss the 3 following Frameworks and give you my thoughts on them. 

*The 4 Freedoms by Strategic Coach 

*The Deep Life by Cal Newport 

*Your Rich Life by Ramit Sethi 

Maybe all 3 of these or one of these resonates with you, and you can start to define what success looks like for you and develop a plan to work towards that. This alone will give you the energy to work through the tough days and enjoy the flow days.

Having issues growing your Instagram following? Are you looking to improve your Instagram content and results? 

In this episode, I interview Dr. Kyle Richmond, who has been able to grow his Instagram exponentially within a reasonably short period of time. 

Instagram has many aspects, and it is consistently changing, but it does not have to be complicated. In this episode, we discuss the following Instagram topics and more. 

*How Kyle grew his Instagram following elegantly

*Reels vs. Stories 

*Repurposing Content 

*Hashtags 

*Length of ideal IG posts 

*Types of content 

*Content Batching 

*The minimum viable following 

*Much more! 

It is not too late to start and grow your Instagram channel, and this episode will help guide you in a strategic plan to grow your Instagram following elegantly and effectively.

How do you manage it when a patient isn’t getting better? 

What do you do when a patient gets worse with your treatment? 

Do you feel like you are burning brain bandwidth all day long thinking through complicated cases, and will it ever become easier? 

In this episode, I bring Dr. Mark King on the show to help us provide wisdom to these three questions we have all faced and I have been asked a lot lately. 

Dr. Mark King is the President of the Motion Palpation Institute and has been a practicing chiropractor in Cincinnati, OH for many years. I couldn’t think of anyone better to help answer these challenges. 

If you are looking to step up your game on evaluating and treating the shoulder, consider attending the MPI Sports Summit on March 23,24 in Minnesota: 

https://www.motionpalpation.org/mpi-masters-series-sports-summit-the-shoulder-bloomington-mn-march-23-24-2024

Not enough chiropractors effectively plan their upcoming year, and many don’t plan at all. In this episode, I discuss what you should be doing to plan for an impactful 2024. 

It doesn’t have to be complicated, but it does need to be intentional. I also provide you with some resources to help guide you in your planning efforts. 

Let’s make 2024 a great and transformational year!

This time of year, I always sit down and perform a thinking tool I learned from Strategic Coach. The Positive Focus gives you an opportunity to reflect on all of the achievements you have had in the past year, even if there were challenges. There are always challenges. 

The Positive Focus has you write down and get clear on 4 aspects:

The Achievement 

Reason why this is important. 

Further Progress

First Action 

In this episode I outline my Positive Focus for 2023 so I can then shift focus on designing my plan for an even better 2024. I challenge you to do the same!

We know insurance companies play games, but what games are they playing? What can you do about it? 

In this episode, I interview Dr. Brian Capra of Genesis Chiropractic Software on all of the tactics, strategies, and games insurance companies play to try not to pay you. 

We cover everything from why insurance companies do this to strategies to prevent much of this from occurring or at least having a system that notifies you and fights it for you. 

We also discuss AI and software and how that technology is helping chiropractors have a fighting chance. 

Even if you are not an insurance-based practice, we discuss many topics in this episode to help you with your practice operations. 

Dr. Brian Capra is a 2002 Graduate of Life University in Atlanta, GA. After building a successful practice in Princeton, NJ, he discovered a fundamental flaw in traditional chiropractic software. Dr. Capra decided to look outside chiropractic to find a solution. He found that large organizations focused on customer experience, using technology in a totally unique way. These enterprise-level technologies were getting amazing results. He and his team began building the first and only enterprise-level, Patient Experience Technology.

To find out more about how Genesis Software can enhance your patient experience and improve your billing and collections, visit https://genesischiropracticsoftware.com/.