Practice Startup

  The late winter wind blows a few snowflakes past the window as I stare and contemplate the past 20 years of my life. “Oh if I could go back in time, knowing what I know now,” I think, as all the fleeting images of long-gone successes and mistakes race through my mind. Are you […]

I have had the opportunity to speak to chiropractic students of all backgrounds and with various motivations for entering the profession. And often, students ask me, “What should we know as we start out in practice?” Which is understandable””I will never forget the stress that comes with transitioning from a student to a practicing doctor. The […]

Yes, you want a practice, but you’re going to end up running a small business. Calling it a practice rather than a business, and calling those you help patients rather than customers can obscure the fact that it’s a business first and a practice second. Far too many chiropractors are of the mind that the […]

One of the first decisions you will make as you think about going into practice is where you want that practice to be located. It’s normally a wise course to first take a broad, general view of location (region, state, and province), and then work your way down to the specific street address where your […]

This month marks my 30th anniversary in the chiropractic profession. Yes, time does fly when you’re having fun! It seems like just yesterday I was walking to spinal anatomy class with my buddies, reciting the names of meninges, ganglions, and nerve plexuses. If you’re in chiropractic college now, you’ll be happy to know that the […]