![Spencer Baron DC, DACBSP](https://dynamicchiropractic.com/_images/columnists/spencer_baron.png)
The Sports DC
Spencer Baron, DC, DACBSP
Spencer Baron, DC, DACBSP
Douglas R. Briggs, DC, Dipl. Ac. (IAMA), DAAPM, EMT
Samuel A. Collins
Donald DeFabio, DC, DACBSP, DABCO
James Edwards, DC
Alexander Eisner, Esq.
Ronald Feise, DC
John Hanks, DC
Marc Heller, DC
James Lehman, DC, MBA, DIANM
James P. Meschino, DC, MS
Thomas Michaud, DC
K. Jeffrey Miller, DC, MBA
Deborah Pate, DC, DACBR
Donald M. Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h), Publisher Publisher
Vern Saboe Jr., DC, DACAN, FICC, DABFP
David Seaman, DC, MS, DABCN
Robert Silverman, DC, MS, CCN, CSCS
Jeffrey Tucker, DC, DACRB
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.
| Digital ExclusiveA 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.