If you are just starting out in practice or striking out on a solo practice for the first time, you are probably looking to make your available budget stretch as much as possible. One easy way of doing this is to invest in only one chiropractic table that can serve as many patients as possible. However, now that you have your practice well established, the time has come to … [Read more...]
Vitamin B12 supplementation: Preventing a domino effect of health issues
As a DC, you can probably pick out which patients will have relatively straightforward health issues that can easily be addressed. A patient with neck or back pain will generally start to see relief from having their vertebrae shifted back into proper alignment with a series of spinal adjustments. However, not all of your patients will be this easy to treat. You will … [Read more...]
The 5 most common foam rolling mistakes (and how to fix them)
According to the November 2016 National Health Statistics Report compiled by CDC, 8.6 million Americans suffer from some type of sports and recreation-related injury every year. Men account for a majority of those injured (61.3 percent), as do individuals who are under the age of 24 (64.9 percent). As far as which injuries are the most common, this depends largely on the … [Read more...]
Can digestive enzymes benefit your patients with diabetes?
Your patients with diabetes know how serious this chronically debilitating disease can often be. However, if we look at the national statistics for both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, the stakes quickly escalate. The American Diabetes Association (ADA) estimated that more than 30 million Americans, or more than 9 percent of the population live with diabetes.1 Of those 30 … [Read more...]
The underrated secret to knee pain relief
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) reports that 100 million Americans struggle with some type of chronic pain condition daily. Not only can this lower the quality of life for these individuals by making everyday activities more difficult to engage in, but it can be rather costly too. Knee pain by the numbers In fact, the NASEM indicates … [Read more...]