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Help Educate the Next Generation of Patients

Dynamic Chiropractic Staff

In our June 2026 issue, we talked about the gap between what research says about chiropractic’s effectiveness and public awareness of that effectiveness; and how research – and a top chiropractic researcher, Christine Goertz, DC, PhD, former vice chancellor of research and health policy at Palmer College of Chiropractic, and now a professor at Duke University School of Medicine – are bridging that gap via Take Your Back Back: Whole Health Healing for Low Back Pain.

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September 2026
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