Blog
My personal blog where I write personal thoughts on all things tech, chiropractic, fitness, or other rants.
I also have a blog about presentation design and a podcast and blog at ExploringChiropractic.com.
Low back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide. Nearly all Americans will suffer from back pain at some point in their life. That includes you.
While we can’t always be specific, we can confidently say that there are four general sources of low back pain. Each has a different method of leading to pain, as well as a different approach to resolve back pain. Let’s discuss these 4 sources in more detail.
Read MoreAccording to D.D. Palmer, "All rachitic conditions are because of displacement of the twelfth dorsal [thoracic] vertebra; this is an established fact." Modern day medicine disagrees. Here's why I want to practice a different kind of chiropractic than "principle-based" chiropractors.
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The state of South Dakota has a peculiar law regarding chiropractic in that chiropractors are prohibited from being employed by corporations. In other words, a chiropractor can only work for himself or another chiropractor. They cannot work as an employee of a hospital, multidisciplinary clinic, or in an on-site clinic. After difficulty posting to the SDCA list-serve (since resolved), I wanted to publish this here as an alternate means of sharing my opinion.
Read MoreThis short video has been posted multiple times by chiropractic students and doctors I follow on social media. They've lauded it as an awesome, simple explanation of chiropractic. I think it's pointless and misleading.
Read MoreI've long had concerns with conflict of interest in medicine. It was a small factor directing me to chiropractic - this common complaint that medical doctors are in the pockets of the pharmaceutical companies, that they get treated to expensive dinners and luxurious weekend getaways for prioritizing a particular drug, or even prescribing it when not medically necessary.
The great secret is that chiropractors are just as subject to conflict of interest – perhaps to a lesser degree, or at least slightly lower earning potential.
Read MoreI'm applying to the chiropractic clerkship in the Tacoma, Washington Veteran's Affairs hospital. While writing my letter of intent, I was trying to think of how I, as the son of a Quaker-pacifist and grandson of a conscientious objector, have any connection to veterans of the military.
Read MoreThis quarter I'm in a pediatrics class. I chose autism spectrum disorder for our written research project. Autism is controversial, especially with respects to the alternative medicine therapies. Many chiropractors, nutritionists, and medical doctors make fantastic claims about what can treat autism. I have been curious to know more about the research behind these claims and was glad to finally have a legitimate excuse to really read the journal articles more deeply. I wrote it pretty quickly (so it isn't as polished as I'd like) and I had to limit it to 4-5 pages even though there are many more topics I wanted to discuss. Here's the final paper in blog form.
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