Dr. Ken Kaufman, a 1993 graduate of Life University, is the president of Sports Med Training Systems; team chiropractor for the Baltimore Orioles in Sarasota, Fla. (spring training); and an advisory board member of Keiser University's Sports Medicine and Fitness Technology Programs. Dr. Kaufman is also an approved CE provider for NASM, ACE & AFAA; and the director of Sarasota Sports Medicine in Sarasota and Lakewood Ranch, Fla. He can be contacted at drken@sarasotasportsmed.com or 941-927-0546.
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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A 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.
