Chiropractic Featured in Prevention Magazine

    PREVENTION magazine is a "sensation" in the health care world.  It garners 2-3 million unique visitors each and every month and creates a lot of influence with its readers for healthcare decision making.
 

     I was fortunate to be included in a fantastic piece titled, "6 Things Chiropractors Can Help with- and What They Can't".

     This piece touches on back pain, headaches, pregnancy care, as well as blood pressure and digestive issues.

   This article, in a leading publication, is a huge "win" for Chiropractic and shines an extremely favorable light on what we are doing each and every day in practice. Enjoy, share, and let me know what you think!

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-The Evidence Based Chiropractor has assisted hundreds of chiropractors around the globe build interdisciplinary referral relationships.

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Chiropractic Care in the NFL

The NFL and Chiropractic Care

The National Football league is a tough place to make a living. Many athletes last less than 4 years as a professional, and the competition is fierce. Everyone is looking for advantage to perform at the highest level. What do you think some of these “advantages” are- Healthy eating? A top notch trainer? What if I told you chiropractic care has been essential part of the “secret sauce” that many future NFL Hall of Famers are using to get a competitive advantage!

As a matter of fact, this is not a very big secret for those in know. Every NFL has a chiropractor on staff, and periodicals such as USA Today have written pieces regarding the relationship between chiropractic care and the NFL. The truth is that these athletes are using chiropractic care for rehabilitation from injuries, possible prevention of future injuries, as well as for achieving top performance. The chiropractic adjustment has been shown to directly interact with the central nervous system. It can reduce pain, decrease muscle spasm, reduce intra-discal pressure, amongst a host of other positive effects. 

The best thing about chiropractic care is that you don’t need to be a professional athlete to experience its powerful benefits. Whether you are professional athlete looking for top performance or a weekend warrior looking to stay active..

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-The Evidence Based Chiropractor has assisted hundreds of chiropractors around the globe build interdisciplinary referral relationships.

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The Evidence Based Chiropractor Featured on iTunes "New and Noteworthy"

Less than 1 week after the launch of The Evidence Based Chiropractor Podcast, we have been featured on iTunes as "New and Noteworthy".

iTunes is one of the worlds largest podcast platforms with over 1 BILLION subscriptions. For us to be featured in a main category less than 1 week after launched is a monumental accomplishment, and we couldn't have done it without you.  This feature is typically based on Reviews, Downloads, and Ratings. 

Now is the perfect time to listen, review, subscribe or rate our podcast. 

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The Evidence Based Chiropractor featured on iTunes "New and Noteworthy"

Each and every week we are going to be providing Chiropractors with research and marketing content to build your practice in the time it takes to drive to the office. Are you ready? 

Start listening right here!

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-The Evidence Based Chiropractor has assisted hundreds of chiropractors around the globe build interdisciplinary referral relationships.

Have you viewed our FREE Guides?  Download The MD Meeting and the 5 Secrets to MD Referrals today.

Is My Pain Coming from My Neck or Arm?

Is My Pain Coming from My Neck or Arm? 

Millions of people each day suffer from pain, numbness, and/or weakness in their arms and hands. This type of pain can range from mild to unbearable. Often, the people suffering report muscle spasms and headaches as well.

Does those sound like you?

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It may surprise you to learn that these symptoms (the arm and hand pain, numbness, weakness) can stem from a problem in your neck. The nerves that exit between each bone, or vertebrae, in the neck extend out and down the shoulders, arms, and hands. If these nerves come irritated or compressed than it can lead to symptoms in the upper extremities. The irritation or compression commonly results from a challenge such as a herniated disc or bone spur. Both the disc or spur can take up space in the delicate canal which the nerve exits. This can lead to small amounts compression. This compression will irritate the nerve and result in symptoms. 

Researchers have found that nearly 90% of us will have neck or back pain at some point in our life. 

The good news is that 50-60% will recover within one week.  An additional 30-40% will recover within 90 days. But that still leaves 10% of us which will have chronic neck or back pain. Fortunately, there are alternatives aside from surgery or living on higher and higher doses of medication. Chiropractic care care has been shown to greatly improve the symptoms associated with neck pain. Additionally, chiropractic care has been shown to actually DECREASE intra-discal pressure- which can improve the radiating symptoms which appear in the arms and hands. Some people with neck pain may be fearful of going to a chiropractor and having an adjustment on their neck when it hurts. It feels as though any motion would cause more pain, and if you have never had an adjustment before, it can be stressful. What many people don’t know is that chiropractors have a variety of techniques to help with neck pain. Not every patient needs a “traditional” chiropractic adjustment which we often see on TV.  There are many LOW impact techniques which can be used to help reduce neck and arm pain. 

The most important when diagnosing neck pain is always a thorough case history, examination and evaluation. Sometimes additional diagnostics such as an X-ray or MRI are ordered. After a diagnosis has been made then your chiropractor will be able to choose the best technique for your challenges. 

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-The Evidence Based Chiropractor has assisted hundreds of chiropractors around the globe build interdisciplinary referral relationships.

Have you viewed our FREE Guides?  Download The MD Meeting and the 5 Secrets to MD Referrals today.

Effective Chiropractic Patient Communication

We live in a world where access to email, twitter, instagram, Facebook, and google have become a part of our everyday communication. This has given all of us unparalleled access to our patients lives and made it easier than ever to communicate with them. In a perfect world we are able to put out a message through a single channel and it automatically delivers this message to every patient in our audience with a single click. Unfortunately, you may have noticed this is not exactly how things work out! 

Often our lives are so consumed with technology that messages and communications can lost in the shuffle of our feed, or in the case of Facebook; may only reach 1/1000 of your audience! Targeted ads can be complex and surprising expensive if you are not familiar with their intricacies. And how on earth are you able to send patient birthday messages and re-activation notices? Surprisingly, best choice for birthdays, holidays, and reactivations are our traditional print cards. 

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Look, I know a lot of chiropractic postcards look dated, tacky, and probably don’t position your office in a way you are proud of. That is why I recently developed a new set of Patient Communication Cards to provide a modern touch to a classic message. Whether its a birthday, holiday, or you are going through your patient database quarterly to send re-activation reminders, I have you covered. Our card are elegant, modern, and affordable.

In the day and age of our modern technology it actually is a HUGE advantage to send out personalized, signed cards to your patients.

It won’t get routed to their spam folder or lost in some algorithm of pay ads. By sending a card you are taking a stand and making a personal connection with your patients which they are sure to appreciate. 

If you haven’t had the opportunity to check out our Patient Communication Cards then I encourage you to do so right here. As a special limited time offer you can also get 10% of your order by using the coupon code ‘chiropractor’ at checkout. All of the elegance, modern design, and timeless message you have come to expect from The Evidence Based Chiropractor.

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-The Evidence Based Chiropractor has assisted hundreds of chiropractors around the globe build interdisciplinary referral relationships.

Have you viewed our FREE Guides?  Download The MD Meeting and the 5 Secrets to MD Referrals today.