LIFESTYLE MEDICINE: MD’s Are Leading The Charge In A New Wellness Field. HINT: Offering This Service Gets You More New Patients

Original Air Date: August 19, 2015

Sponsored by:
Chiropractic Association of Lifestyle Medicine (C.A.L.M.) and Greens First
Chiropractic Association of Lifestyle Medicine (C.A.L.M.) and Greens First
Dr. Donald L. Hayes, D.C.

Presenter:
Dr. Donald L. Hayes, D.C.

Moderator:
Peter Crownfield, Executive Editor of Dynamic Chiropractic

Topics include:

  • Learn How MD's are Leading the Wellness Movement & How Chiropractors Can Take Charge Using Lifestyle Medicine
  • Avoid Being Left Out of the Lifestyle Medicine Movement & Turn It Into An Opportunity for New Patients
  • Discover How Simple Lifestyle Medicine Screenings Attract 3-5 New Patients Per Week & Increase Nutrition Revenues
  • Learn How Lifestyle Medicine Enhances Chiropractic Care By Screening all Existing Patients
  • Find Out How an Easy Evidence Based Objective Test Confirms the Need for Lifestyle Medicine & Chiropractic Care
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