Paul Watson Lambert, Esq. is serving a fourth elected term as president of the NACA. Mr. Lambert practices law in Tallahassee, Florida and represents the Florida Chiropractic Association as general counsel. He has represented chiropractic for over seventeen years beginning as the Florida Assistant Attorney General representing the Florida State Board of Chiropractic Examiners. He later represented Florida Chiropractic Legal Affairs, Inc. and has represented the Florida Chiropractic Association since 1977. Mr. Lambert has authored numerous articles on chiropractic law, government law and professional licensing law. He is also contributing author of Florida Administrative Practice, published by the Florida Bar Association, and is the author of the soon to be published The Florida Law of Chiropractic. Mr. Lambert has served as president of the Florida Government Bar Association, of the Florida Second Judicial Circuit Nominating Commission, and as a member of the Florida Medical Examiners Commission.
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.
