Dr. W. Karl Parker passed away on Christmas night at the age of 68 following an 18-month battle with cancer. He died peacefully, surrounded by family.
A 1969 graduate of Texas Chiropractic College, Parker served as executive vice president of the Parker Chiropractic Resource Foundation, conducting seminars with his father Dr. Jim Parker, including the 300th Parker Seminar (1989), which boasted a record 8,300 attendees. After his father's death, Karl began Karl Parker Seminars, continuing his father's legacy of teaching DCs how to more effectively run their practices.
He is survived by a wife, four children and six grandchildren, among others.
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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