In August, over 1,500 competitors from all over the world descended upon Kansas City, Mo., for the 2005 Ringside World Championships, the world's largest amateur boxing tournament. Among the competitors was Eugene Tsui, 50 years young, a longtime chiropractic patient and four-time champion in gymnastics at the Senior Olympics, who undertook this challenge for the first time.
Eugene is what I would call a 21st century Renaissance man. Among other things, he is a licensed architect and contractor, city and regional planner, industrial designer, artist, inventor, musician, publisher, and chair of a nonprofit foundation in Emeryville, Calif. He holds four professional degrees in architecture and city and regional planning, and has written four publications on architecture. He was the youngest member of the organizing committee for the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. In addition to all of this, he is an accomplished athlete, as his record in the Senior Olympics attests.
Eugene took up boxing one year prior to the 2005 championships, and decided to enter the event three months prior to the competition. His preparation for this first-time endeavor included a specific workout schedule with his trainer, Charles King, owner of King's Boxing Gym in Oakland, Calif., a special diet; and neck strengthening exercises at the Norman Marks Health Club. Dr. Marks is a well-known doctor of chiropractic in the San Francisco Bay area; now in his early 80s, Dr. Marks still works out three hours per day.
In addition, Eugene received various chiropractic treatments, as he has been a patient of mine for many years. A report of my treatment on Eugene appeared in a previous issue of this publication. (Editor's note: See "Homeopathy and Chiropractic Take Home the Gold and Silver in the Oct. 20, 2003 issue or at www.chiroweb.com/archives/21/22/13.html.)
Eugene attributes his success to training, a winning attitude, and the support of his family. Before the boxing championships began, I asked Eugene if he had any more secrets to his success that he wanted to share. He told me, "I must reach for the highest and strive to become the best. I wanted to make sure that I put everything I could into preparing myself. I also realized that there is one attitude that cannot be beaten, and that is the attitude that you have made a decision that you are ready to die in the ring - ready to win or die trying. This kind of attitude is very difficult to beat."
Eugene Tsui has achieved his goal: He not only competed in the world's largest amateur boxing competition; he also won the super middleweight boxing title (165 pounds) in the men's master's division (ages 48 to 58) at the Ringside Championships.
Congratulations, Eugene!
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?
