Episode 14: New York Chiropractic College
Students from NYCC join me to discuss their evidence-based curriculum, living on campus in dorms with required meal plans, clinic life, and more!
Read MoreEpisode 13: After School with The Evidence Based Chiropractor
Dr. Langmaid assists other chiropractors around the world build relationships with medical doctors in their communities through his company The Evidence Based Chiropractor. He is considered the leading authority on interdisciplinary outreach and communication.
Read MoreEpisode 12: University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Episode 12: University of Johannesburg, S. Africa.
This show is not sponsored by any chiropractic institution. Anything shared in our discussion is the opinion of the guests and host based on personal experience and does not reflect the policies of the educational institutions mentioned.
Guests
Gareth Hardie - 4th Year
Devlin Randal-Smith - 4th Year
'Tic Picks
Nathan: World Spine Care
Gareth: Just Tic
Episode 11: After School with Dr. Mark Crislip – Part 2
About Dr. Crislip
Mark Crislip, MD has been a practicing Infectious Disease specialist in Portland, Oregon, since 1990. He is responsible for the Quackcast, a skeptical review of Supplements and Complementary and Alternative Medicine (SCAM), three time winner of best health podcast; The Persiflagers Annotated Compendium of Infectious Disease Facts, Dogma and Opinion, a guide to infectious diseases; the Persiflagers Infectious Disease Puscast, a podcast review of infectious diseases, and Rubor, Dolor, Calor, Tumor, an Infectious Disease blog.
Oh yeah. And A Gobbet ‘o Pus, a podcast repeat of Rubor, Dolor, Calor, Tumor. He also has an iOS app and his ID blog entries have been collected and are available on the Kindle as Puswhisperer. A Year in the Life of an Infectious Disease Doctor.
Part II Topics
- Have you ever been to a chiropractor?
- Placebo effect
- The importance of risk vs. benefit and comparing alternative and traditional medicine
- What is your favorite microbe?
- If you had to limit yourself to one topic of debate - homeopathy, vaccines, reiki, aliens - which would it be?
- The Society for Science-Based Medicine
- The difference between education and critical thinking and the prevalence of gullible-$h!7s.
- Evidence-based chiropractic & NCCAM
- What advice would you give to a student pondering chiropractic school? (Hint: Learn how badly you think and apply it to yourself.)
For more information on Dr. Crislip, check out edgydoc.com and follow him on Facebook and Twitter.
While you're at it, check out Exploring Chiropractic on Facebook and Twitter as well, and share this interview with your classmates and friends.
Stay tuned for the second part of my interview with Dr. Crislip and an episode with South Africa.
Bonus: After School on a Mission to Haiti & the Dominican Republic
I just returned from a chiropractic humanitarian trip to Ouanaminthe, Haiti and Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. The trip was organized by Mission Life International founded by Dr. Peter Morgan and Dr. Gary Deutchman of New York City.
Fifty-two chiropractic students represented four schools, including Life West, Life University, Palmer West, and University of Western States.
On the way home from the trip I asked a few of the students to share their thoughts on the experience.
Episode 10: After School with Dr. Mark Crislip, The Quackcast
Mark Crislip, MD has been a practicing Infectious Disease specialist in Portland, Oregon, since 1990. He is responsible for the Quackcast, a skeptical review of Supplements and Complementary and Alternative Medicine (SCAM), three time winner of best health podcast.
Read MoreBonus: "The Chiropractor Reviewed" – Part 4: The Subluxation
The Subluxation
The displaced bones of any luxated joint may impinge upon a nerve, or by their displacement cause a nerve to be stretched, thereby creating inflammation. - Palmer, D.D. (2007-09-03). The Chiropractor (p. 48).
These conditions may be relieved by adjusting the displaced vertebrae which impinge against the nerves. Palmer, D.D. (2007-09-03). The Chiropractor (p. 62).
A displacement displaces vertebrae, spreads them apart, does not draw them together. - Palmer, D.D. (2007-09-03). The Chiropractor (p. 69).
Do you not see that the long, wide gap between the atlas and axis affords no possible chance for nerve compression—no more than there is between the atlas and occiput? If you think the first or second spinal nerves can be pinched, compressed or squeezed by the approximation of the atlas and the axis or the drawing together of the occiput and the atlas, just try to explain such a condition to your next prospective patient. - Palmer, D.D. (2007-09-03). The Chiropractor (p. 50).
The intervertebral disks are not compressed, made thinner, the nerves are not occluded, pinched or impinged upon. We, as chiropractors, have no use for such unscientific terms as “The spinal windows are occluded, closed up.” - Palmer, D.D. (2007-09-03). The Chiropractor (pp. 89-90).
The importance of bone pressure, nerve impingement, nerve tension, the all important fact that the position of the osseous frame, the neuroskeleton of the human body, has all to do with the amount of nerve tension, normal or abnormal, known as nerve strain, the amount of heat, is never mentioned, in fact, is never thought of by the teachers of medical or chiropractic schools. - Palmer, D.D. (2007-09-03). The Chiropractor (p. 107).
Knowing the structure of bones and nerves, the names of each and all their surfaces, the descriptive terms, nomenclature and classification, their location and functions, do not inform us of the importance which chiropractors should attach to the position of bones. - Palmer, D.D. (2007-09-03). The Chiropractor (p. 108).
Why remain satisfied with a meager knowledge of the science, art and philosophy of chiropractic? Why not advance onward and upward toward perfection[…] - Palmer, D.D. (2007-09-03). The Chiropractor (p. 16).
Exploring Research: An Agenda for Vertebral Subluxation Research
In a new video series, I will be presenting research papers I find interesting in a presentation format.
First up is a paper by Drs. Matthew McCoy and Christopher Kent of The Foundation for Vertebral Subluxation Research.
Read MoreEpisode 9: How do you use social media?
EC 9 – Social Media in Chiropractic
Better late than never. This is another After School special with the most active chiropractic students on social media. We talk about why you should be on social media, all the big players, including YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and blogging. I stir up controversy over the Germ Theory of Disease, and we share our ‘Tic Picks including a brand new social network specifically for chiropractors.
Excuse the poor connection on my end, and enjoy!
Guests
Dave Tran – LuxTV YouTube Channel Facebook, @dhtran on Twitter, and Instagram
Alicia Smith – Chiropractic Students Facebook Community
Brian Lanoue – Our Extraordinary Lives Blog and @LA_Franchise on Twitter
Brendan McCann - @StudentACA @BHMcCann on Twitter and the Hands in Training Blog
‘Tic Picks
Dave Tran: His favorite interview so far – Who is The Dark Lord??
The Chiropractic Sandbox Facebook Group – this group has since been discontinued
Alicia Smith: Hippocrates’ Shadow by David H. Newman
Brendan McCann: Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance by Atul Gawande (and his TEDTalk: How do we heal medicine?)
TEDTalk: How to live to be 100+
Brian Lanoue: Life by Design Worldwide Podcast
Dr. DeMartini’s Breakthrough Experience
Nathan Cashion: CircleOfDocs