Chirocast

Guest speaker Dr. Amanda Blonigen talks about how to use the concept of the triune brain in determining what sort of adjustments to use on each individual child. She is the co-creator of On-Site Chiropractic, helping chiropractors work with kids within school systems. Find out more about On-Site Chiropractic here: https://www.on-sitechiropractic.com/

Dr. Dick Santo helped me years ago by challenging what I thought it meant to look, act and speak like a chiropractor!

Life always happens. No matter what you do, stuff is going to happen. It's what you do after that counts. Can you 'take a lemon and make a lemonade'? Can you take what might be a challenge and turn it into an opportunity? The key is: can you pivot?

Want a pediatric exam that is adds functional neurology to chiropractic analysis? And that gives you information not only for your assessment but also for home exercise recommendations? Dr Rubin describes a brief but information rich exam procedure in this podcast originally posted in August 2022 and was last year's most listened-to episode.

There's been a lot of talk lately about the CDC's 2022 changes to the developmental milestones. Crawling is still a milestone whether it was removed from their list or not! Walking and talking generally start around 12 months of age not 15 or 18 months of age! This podcast was recorded live at the 2022 ICPA Gathering and was previously posted in August 2022

Salutogenesis is one of my favorite words to describe what chiropractic does for those humans who receive it. Whereas pathogenesis looks at how disease occurs, salutogenesis focuses on how health occurs, and chiropractic adjustments (as BJ Palmer said) "add life to years and years to life!"

Every quarter I get questions about business but this quarter had some very far-reaching ones!

There is so much more going on than we can possibly understand in how our bodies actually work. There are "critical windows" during development that are so sensitive. During these critical periods, if there is any sort of epigenetic disturbance, it can lead down the line to disrupted neurodevelopment which in turn can totally alter the course of that person's life. For more information, check out our website: https://www.theadjustment.com/ Links to the articles here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10738584231176233 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK578299/figure/ch3.fig1/

In the late '90's, scientists cloned a sheep. Today they are creating multicellular organisms out of 1 celled organisms, and have figured out a way to take any cell in the body and make it into a 'gamete' cell that can create new life (in vitro gametogenesis). Sounds like what used to be called science fiction is turning into science fact, and although the concept is to 'revolutionize fertility', my concerns are the moral and ethical considerations of such experimentation. Articles: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06052-1, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/04/24/the-future-of-fertility, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-022-01592-9

Social media is here to stay. Are there benefits? Sure...but there are costs, huge costs, especially to the mental health of our kids. It's too late to truly regulate Facebook, Instagram, TikTok. We can try as parents to minimize use of these platforms, but ultimately, the one factor that we as chiropractors can do is to make sure that their brain-body connection is as strong and healthy as possible!

Two articles about Autism were published recently that seemingly contradict each other. One says profound Autism is on the rise. The other says that in Autism we have an 'epidemic of diagnosis' which the author calls 'progress.' Taking care of kids on the spectrum for over 30 years, there is NO DOUBT in my mind that there has been a huge increase in the number of kids with Autism, and it is NOT just a case of better diagnostics! https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00333549231163551 Article about 'Profound Autism' https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2804698 Article about Autism & Progress in Diagnosis

What is your intention? Are you manifesting your dream practice? What does it look like? Feel like? Take pictures of your practice members (especially the kids)...not just posed pictures but that show how much fun the kids are having while in your office. Recorded live at ICPA Connect Atlanta on Saturday, May 13th, 2023.

Is humanity in the process of de-evolving? Evolution in theory shows humanity's ascending from agricultural revolution to industrial to informational ages...but what is happening now? Maybe we are de-evolving to re-evolve? This episode aired also as a Chirosecure webinar.

A recent article in the journal Nature had an obtuse title but profound impact, "A somato-cognitive action network alternates with effector regions in motor cortex." Translation: the homunculus that was 'discovered' in 1948 actually was an inaccurate description! Really? So we don't REALLY know everything about how the human body works? No surprise there! Just like The Polyvagal Theory has upended what we thought of as the Vagus nerve, research shows that we still have a lot to learn!

The US health situation is in a precarious position. We are the only country in the top industrialized countries in the world to have a further decrease in life expectancy in 2021! Every other major player has rebounded except the US. More info, click here: https://www.theadjustment.com/ Here is the link to the article: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24006554/

The statistics are in. 1 in 36 kids have Autism, up 800% in the last 20 years. 1 in 5 children have a mental health disorder. But it's not just in kids. Alzheimer's and Parkinson's have skyrocketed during this same time too! What's wrong with our brains? Originally aired as a webinar for Chirosecure. More info? Check out our website at https://www.theadjustment.com/ or our blog at https://www.theadjustment.com/blog/chiroblog/

Chiropractic adjusting technique as it is taught is based mostly on the sense of touch. Maybe we can learn to use more than just the tactile sensation of our hands, by learning to 'listen' with our hands, with our eyes, with our ears, and with our hearts. This is how I suggest to better serve the kiddos who are minimally speaking, either because they are infants(pre-verbal) or because they are on the spectrum. Recording at Spizz Night hosted by Chuck Ribley

Be relentless. Like the moss that is devouring a tree that has fallen, one molecule at a time. The moss doesn't think, "this tree is too big. We can never do this." It may takes months or even years but that tree will be 100% fertilizer in 'X' amount of time...whatever time it takes, the moss will accomplish its goal. How about you? Want more info? Check out https://www.theadjustment.com/ or read our blog at https://www.theadjustment.com/blog/chiroblog/.

Every quarter there are questions...questions about 'where do we start, what should be in a contract, how do we hire staff, how do we attract new patients, what is the biggest mistake you made early on in practice." Here are some answers...

My wife and I years ago sat in a restaurant and wrote down our goals, dreams and ambitions on a napkin. We have met or exceeded all of those goals and then some. It makes a difference when you actually write them with a pen rather than typing them on a device. What's your napkin moment?