Category: Fundamentals

What Should I Do When I Graduate?

Q:  What's the best way to start out after graduation? Should I sub-lease? Associate? Start my own practice? I can't give you answer without knowing you. In fact, I still couldn't give you an answer. Only you can. There are several things you could do. You could become an associate, and if you do, get

Tuesday March 17th, 2009 in Fundamentals, Mind-Set | No Comments »

Fundamentals of Chiropractic Success

Q:  Everything has fundamentals. Once you know them, it takes an average player to either be a good or even a great player. What are the fundamentals of chiropractic? That's a good question because we all know that Tiger Woods goes back to fundamentals. He goes to his coach and has him analyze his swing

What's the Key to Low Overhead?

Q:  What would you say the key is to keeping overhead low? First of all, just being conscious of this is huge because so many docs let it get out of control and they end up working their butts off just to pay expenses. Running a practice isn't cheap, but understanding a few basic principles

How Many CA's Do You Need To Run Your Practice?

Q:  How many staff did you have and what were their roles? The number of staff I had varied. At one point, I had three for a little while. I usually had one full time CA and one part time CA. The reason I was able to do that and see a significant volume was

Tuesday March 17th, 2009 in Fundamentals, Team | No Comments »

Optimal Hours?

Q:  How did you determine which of your 17 hours per week were the best? I think the question you are asking is how did I arrive at 17 hours per week and how did I choose which hours were optimal?  As crazy as it sounds, I knew that I wanted around 20 hours/week and

Tuesday March 17th, 2009 in Fundamentals, Quality of Life | No Comments »

How Do You Determine Patient Progress?

Q:  What criteria did you use to determine patient progress? Chiropractors should use as many different pieces of information and data as they possibly can. In a subluxation-based, family wellness practice, my main focus and my main criteria was function of the nervous system; therefore, I used all of my technique assessment findings from short

Tuesday March 17th, 2009 in Exams, Fundamentals, Technique | No Comments »