Two doctors of chiropractic with considerable service experience within the chiropractic profession have been elected to key positions outside of chiropractic that could pay big dividends. Dr. N. Ray Tuck Jr. has been elected president of the Virginia Board of Medicine and Dr. Joseph Brimhall has been elected to the board of directors of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
Dr. Tuck assumes the presidency of the Board of Medicine after being appointed to the board for two terms by the Va. governor – serving as the only chiropractor on the 18-member board that includes 14 health care providers spanning various medical disciplines and three public members.
After serving as vice president in 2018, Dr. Tuck will now lead the board, which a Virginia Chiropractic Association press release describes as overseeing "competent patient care through licensing of healthcare professionals, guiding and enforcing standards of practice, and educating practitioners and the public on key healthcare matters." He is also a former president of the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) and the Virginia Chiropractic Association (VCA).
Dr. Brimhall, newly elected member of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation's board of directors, is also the president of the University of Western States. He is the first chiropractor elected to the board and will serve a three-year term. He joins the board after a career rich in educational service, not only with UWS, but also the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, Council on Chiropractic Education, Council on Chiropractic Education Canada and Councils on Chiropractic Education International.
According to a Western States announcement, "CHEA is an association of 3,000 degree-granting colleges and universities and recognizes 60 institutional and programmatic accrediting organizations. ... recognition by CHEA affirms that the standards, structures, and practices of accrediting organizations promote academic quality, improvement, accountability, and needed flexibility and innovation in the institutions or programs they accredit."
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?
