In the March 26, 1993 issue, we published "Therapeutic Exercise in the Chiropractic Practice, Part I by Michael Thille, DC, DABCO. The photo for that article, although labeled Michael Thille, DC, was in fact a picture of Tilden Sokoloff, DC. Dr. Sokoloff's article "Chiropractic Physicians and the Evolving HMO System" appeared in the same issue in the California and Southeast Forums.
Our apologies to Drs. Thille and Sokoloff for our identity crisis.
When I graduated from chiropractic college in 1981 and started practice, I heard it all, and very little was positive. “You are a quack; you do not know what a subluxation is; you couldn’t get into a real health care program, so you chose the one that is slightly above a mail-order degree; you have no proof that chiropractic works; Are you really licensed?”, and so much more.
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A central challenge in creating our identity is that chiropractic is a method of care, not a technique or procedure. This is an important concept for us to promote. Our patients are treated with lifestyle modification, exercise, nutritional supplements, diet and a whole-body approach to accelerate the natural healing process. We are not simply CMT providers.
The results of a global survey released late last year (2023) unveiled some startling findings among medical and nursing students. The “Clinician of the Future: 2023 Education Edition” surveyed 2,212 students, of which 446 were in the United States, from 91 countries.
