Because they have yet to pass national legislation protecting the chiropractic profession, Japanese DCs are in a similar situation that U.S. DCs faced. We were fortunate enough to be able to pass chiropractic licensure state by state. The DCs in Japan must accomplish this nationally, which has proved to be an extremely difficult task. And in spite of their efforts, Japanese DCs are currently faced with two chiropractic professions.
15 Moderators Join ChiroWeb's "Ask a DC" Forum
Thank you so much for your quick, personal response. I've been searching the web for answers, trying to speak to our pediatrician on the phone, but haven't been able to get through to him. I've been put off since February and it's been very frustrating, so you can't imagine how thrilled I was to hear back from you so quickly. We have an appointment tomorrow afternoon with a chiropractor.
This comment is typical of the consumer responses to our "Ask a Doctor of Chiropractic" forum on ChiroWeb.com. The forum is listed under our "For Patients and Consumers" on the right column of our home page. "Ask a Doctor of Chiropractic" was launched several years ago as a public service. With all the questionable health information floating around on the internet, we wanted to provide people a reliable online resource for questions about chiropractic care. The forum's intent, of course, was to educate and guide consumers, not to diagnose or treat.
The forum has been dutifully and competently moderated by Drs. George Best and Allen Manison, but the job began to take too much of the doctors' time. We sent out a call for volunteer moderators to help manage the workload. We were gratified by responses from dozens of volunteers, but had to narrow the volunteers to a manageable number: We chose 15 doctors. We wish to thank all the moderators selected, and all the doctors who expressed an interest in helping field consumer questions.
The participating chiropractic moderators are:
- David Ahrend,MS,DC,CCSP - Bridgeport, West Virginia
- William Carbary,MBA,DC - Little Rock, Arkansas
- C.E. Cleere,DC - Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Chad Freeman,DC - Riverside, New York
- Brian Gray,DC - Bridgeton, Missouri
- Christopher Hyde,DC - Kennesaw, Georgia
- Jason Ingham,DC -Chicago, Illinois
- Sunny Kierstyn,DC - Eugene, Oregon
- Joseph Koshes,RPT,DC.CCSP - Sarasota, Florida
- Nicholas Palmieri,DC - Linden, New Jersey
- R.D. Pendergraft,DC - Redondo Beach, California
- Donald Ringer,DC - Tracy, California
- Dale Scott,DC - Greensburg, Pennsylvania
- Kevin Tomsic,DC -Richardson, Texas
- Rodney West,DC - Oakland, California
As the list attests, chiropractic professionals from across the United States are prepared to answer the public's questions.
We thank the doctors of the "Ask a Doctor of Chiropractic" forum for helping Dynamic Chiropractic and Chiroweb.com bring greater public awareness and understanding of chiropractic and its health benefits. We're proud to have you as part of our team.