Being associated for some 20 years now, it has increasingly become apparent that we all are wanting the same thing for chiropractic.
It should not be a secret that the bulk of the 650 billion dollar 1990 health care cost is paid by insurance companies! What would happen if we doubled the dollars paid for chiropractic services by insurance companies? Your income would increase! Right?
If chiropractic is so cost effective why has it not been publicized more? Money is the common denominator here. Money for research, money for legislators and politics, and money for public relations. Where does this money come from? Patients and their insurance plans. That's where.
So where does all this lead?
If all this could happen, all chiropractors' incomes would increase if they were willing to treat the extra number of patients necessary. With the With the added income, more support for research, politics, litigation, and advertising would naturally increase over a length of time. But, what if more dollars were funneled in by insurance companies for research on how chiropractic could help them save more money? What would happen if insurance companies would supply the public relations funds that help people save them money by using chiropractic? I think what would happen would be mass acceptance and knowledge about chiropractic and its benefits, just like we saw mass knowledge about AIDS happen inside of two years!
What is needed now is a company that bridges that gap between ignorance to chiropractic and full scale knowledge of chiropractic's cost effectiveness and health care benefits.
The next thing we have to do is to find those people willing to help turn this into a solid reality in the next five years.
It took only five chiropractors to fight the AMA through Wilk et al. Maybe there are 5 to 10 chiropractors left with vision enough to tackle the next level in chiropractic's plight.
When sports chiropractors first appeared at the Olympic Games in the 1980s, it was alongside individual athletes who had experienced the benefits of chiropractic care in their training and recovery processes at home. Fast forward to Paris 2024, where chiropractic care was available in the polyclinic for all athletes, and the attitude has now evolved to recognize that “every athlete deserves access to sports chiropractic."
It is estimated that 61% of patients with CTS avoid taking surgical options due to postoperative complications and costly surgical procedures. Chiropractic care offers a comprehensive and effective treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome, addressing the condition from multiple angles. Recent studies also have unveiled a game-changing adjunct to chiropractic treatments for CTS: nerve flossing.
Some doctors thrive in a personality-based clinic and have a loyal following no matter what services or equipment they offer, but for most chiropractic offices who are trying to grow and expand, new equipment purchases help us stay relevant and continue to service our client base in the best, most up-to-date manner possible. So, regarding equipment purchasing: should you lease, get a bank loan, or pay cash?
