John Gantner, DC, DABCO

Dr. John Gantner is a retired 50-year practitioner who now sells Florida chiropractic practices (www.floridapracticesales.net). He also writes a monthly newsletter regarding practice sales, along with timely clinical, practice building and other information of value to a practicing chiropractor. You can subscribe at jgantnerdc@aol.com or call 239-362-7302.

Previous Articles

The Professional and Practice Benefits of Political Activism
October 1, 2016 (Vol. 34, Issue 16)
Improving Our Political Effectiveness
October 15, 2014 (Vol. 32, Issue 20)
ACA-NET, Why Should I Get Involved?
December 6, 1991 (Vol. 09, Issue 25)
How Dangerous Is Cervical Adjusting?
August 2, 1991 (Vol. 09, Issue 16)
Workers' Compensation, Our Golden Opportunity -- Part IV
August 13, 1993 (Vol. 11, Issue 17)
Workers' Compensation, Our Golden Opportunity -- Part III
July 2, 1993 (Vol. 11, Issue 14)
Workers' Compensation, Our Golden Opportunity, Part II
May 21, 1993 (Vol. 11, Issue 11)
Workers' Compensation: Our Golden Opportunity
March 26, 1993 (Vol. 11, Issue 07)
Chiropractic in Workers' Compensation -- A Search for Answers
July 12, 1999 (Vol. 17, Issue 15)
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NBCE-FCLB Merger Approved
NBCE-FCLB Merger Approved

The proposed merger of the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners and Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards was approved by NBCE delegates and FCLB members at their respective annual meetings, held jointly in Atlanta, Ga., this year. Per the new bylaws, the new entity takes the NBCE name, with FCLB continuing as a department within NBCE. The federation will continue to enjoy Board of Directors representation on what will be a single, expanded board.

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Dynamic Chiropractic Staff
News / Profession
Corporate Medicine’s Attack on Chiropractic
Corporate Medicine’s Attack on Chiropractic

The chiropractic profession is under a sophisticated and relentless assault from corporate medicine, so strategically executed that most don’t even recognize it happening. The campaign is powerful, calculated, and well-funded, demonstrated by its covert tactics and the millions being invested to carry it out. Corporate medicine's endgame wants only two things from chiropractic: all our patients and all our money – and it is getting it.

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Mark Studin, DC, FPSC, FASBE(C), DAAPM
Healthcare / Public Health
From Pain Scores to Performance Metrics
From Pain Scores to Performance Metrics

Pain has become the dominant language of musculoskeletal healthcare. Numeric pain-rating scales and symptom reports are routinely used as primary indicators of clinical success. But while pain reduction is meaningful, it is an incomplete and often misleading representation of recovery. This has real consequences for patient adherence, long-term outcomes, and how conservative care is perceived within the broader healthcare system.

Christopher Proulx, DC, PhD(ABD), CSCS