Dr. John Stump did undergraduate work in Health and Biology at the University of Maryland, and obtained a Masters and Doctorate in Sports Medicine at the United States Sports Academy. In addition, he accomplished a doctorate in Chiropractic from Palmer College in Davenport, Iowa. He went on to do postdoctoral work in Oriental Medicine and Acupuncture in Japan, China and Korea. In addition, he holds black belts in Judo and Karate, as well as being a Sensei of Shorinji Kempo for more than 30 years.
Dr. Stump is armed with a unique perspective of health care from an eastern and western scientific view. In 1985, he was named Professor at Chukyo Chiropractic College in Nagoya, Japan. As president of the ICA Sports Council, Dr. Stump was asked to be a team doctor by the South Korean government in 1986 for the Asian Games, China in 1987, and in 1988 to the Seoul World Olympics. He is the author of more than 50 scientific articles, and has co-authored four textbooks. The latest textbook publication Dr. Stump contributed to is titled, "Energy Medicine: East and West," Churchill Livingstone 2011. In 2007, Dr. Stump contributed to, "Electroacupuncture," edited by David Mayor, and published by Elsevier. Also in 2007, Dr. Stump released a non-fiction account of the catastrophic stroke he survived, "A Stroke of Midnight," Alternative Concepts Publishing. For additional information, you can contact Dr. Stump at: www.alternative-concepts.com.
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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