The AARP news bulletin continues to offer interesting facts about the myths and truths in the health care field. One that received my recent attention is “The 50 Most Prescribed Drugs”1. It starts with this statement by Betsy Towner, “Prescription drugs …. consume more than 10 percent of the nation’s annual health care costs…. Though… Continue reading The Truth of the Matter Pt VI — The Nasty Truth about Prescription Drugs
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The Truth of the Matter pt V — The Lifetime Wellness Patient!
The Lifetime Wellness Patient! While not as allusive as a unicorn the amount of effort, sales energy and just plain misconception that is attached to the “Lifetime Wellness Patient” tends to put them into the same category. There has been practice management programs built around the perfect practice based on patients who become “regular” patients… Continue reading The Truth of the Matter pt V — The Lifetime Wellness Patient!
The Truth of the Matter Pt III – Chiropractic and Neuroscience
Chiropractic and Neuroscience These are the days my friend! At long last the Chiropractic Profession can break the bonds that have kept it under challenges, misunderstanding and suppression for the last one hundred plus years. While many will continue to fight change and want to stick to the old theories of vertebral subluxation, the new… Continue reading The Truth of the Matter Pt III – Chiropractic and Neuroscience
The DCTree Vision—Acknowledge the Strength of Our Heritage
I have seen many changes to the Chiropractic Profession in my 38+ years of clinical practice in Port Angeles, WA. Many of those changes have created improved clinical results. However, the most disturbing change I have witnessed within the profession is the trend toward suppression of the founding principles of chiropractic. Done in an attempt to “fit-in” to… Continue reading The DCTree Vision—Acknowledge the Strength of Our Heritage
The Truth of the Matter PT II — Foundation of Care Plans
Foundation of Care Plans One of the greatest challenges for the clinical application of Chiropractic care lies in the justification of care plans for patients, which become moving targets depending on the intent of the care. We see a wide range of patient care plans across the spectrum of chiropractic offices which creates confusion and… Continue reading The Truth of the Matter PT II — Foundation of Care Plans
The Truth of the Matter Part I — Unreal Practice Expectations
Unreal Practice Expectations I remember the excitement and anticipation I was feeling 50 years ago as I realized my dream of graduation from Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College was only 2 months away. I was ready, or at least I thought I was, but what was to come certainly didn’t fit my expectations. I had experienced my… Continue reading The Truth of the Matter Part I — Unreal Practice Expectations
Reassurance
“That’s the coolest formula ever — it’s very reassuring!” The DCTree is so organized and structured. We operate like a well oiled machine and the project is only in its youth — and it’s all thanks to our open minds and incredable team. This type of networking has existed forever, but is only now starting… Continue reading Reassurance
So You’ve Chosen A “Career”
I just have to look at the dictionary to be sure of what I write hereCareer– the course or progress of one’s life or lifework. We tend to use the word career often and while we seem to have the right usage, it appears to me that we sell it far short of a complete… Continue reading So You’ve Chosen A “Career”
Communicating with Innate: Binary biofeedback Part 2
Using biofeedback devices in rather powerful ways Binary biofeedback devices have been a part of healthcare since time immemorial. They are a quick, reproducible method of obtaining accurate information about the body and body/mind. What are they? You don’t find these devices in a store (or even online). They are autonomic physiological reactions to stress.… Continue reading Communicating with Innate: Binary biofeedback Part 2
The Vaccination Dilemma
Americans are the most vaccinated people on the planet. And the sickest! Nearly half of the people in the United States suffer from at least one chronic illness. “Nearly half of Americans suffer at least one chronic disease, everything from allergies to heart disease – 20 million more than doctors had anticipated this year, researchers… Continue reading The Vaccination Dilemma