For the Love of Chiropractic

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of For The Love of Chiropractic , Keys of my Success: I’ll have the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Rick Markson. He is a second generation chiropractor who truly knows how to build a great practice from the inside and up! His determination is perfectly matched with his resilience. What I find most amazing about this practitioner is his  personal energy. His ability...

Send us Fan Mail Many years ago, I was heard the adage, ‘everyday , in every business , some make money and some loose money. You just have to decide which one you are going to be today.’  On this episode I’ll be visiting, by phone one of the most successful chiropractors I know , and asking him to share with us his 3 keys of success.  I have learned there is not just one way to do thinks right, b...

Send us Fan Mail Deep inside each one of us , each doctor of Chiropractic , there is your one key motivator. On this episode I’m going to ask you to be really honest with yourself and decide and acknowledge (privately) which is your key motivator. If you are willing to do that, THEN and only then, will you have the opportunity to roll up your sleeves and focus on that one key to then kraken this a...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the new year! Unless you are brand new in practice , you have the luxury of looking back at all of last year in your practice. That information, the statistics of the practice, tell you exactly how you did - and more importantly leaves clues of what you can do even better this year. Any good practice coach will tell you , the practice statistics don’t lie. You can make...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of For the love of chiropractic we discuss the importance of having a clean , efficient systematic method you use to evaluate and adjust the spine of each person you see , each time you see them. In this episode we’ll go through the  approach that I’ve used for over thirty years. Also, in this episode I’ll give away a few of the adjusting secrets that I’ve found  t...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks show we spend time looking at the year in review.  So it’s high time to really look at what we accomplished as a practice and as a business this year AND look towards next year. If you have not even thought about how you did this year, it is difficult to really plan how you are going to improve. If you’ve looked back, then now is a perfect time to begin or even bette...

Send us Fan Mail Every practice I have ever worked with has capacity blocks. The most successful doctors and office teams are always on the look out for ways to improve care and or  office procedures so patients have a better office experience and the day is easier for the team. On today’s episode we’ll spend our time talking about how to identify your capacity blocks and (more importantly) how to...

Send us Fan Mail A chiropractic practice while special and unique is in many respects like any business. Within healthcare  chiropractic practice has a special niche and yet the basic fundamentals are virtually the same as any business. On a previous episode we discussed ‘the business of business’, so on this episode we dig into the stages of business from startup through growth ,and onto plateau....

Send us Fan Mail One of the most important parts of being a successful doctor is helping your patients get the results they are hoping for with the care they need. On today’s episode we will dive into how to help patients with their care when ‘life’ starts to get in the way of them receiving the care they really need. We will discuss all the office staff  positions as they relate to your patients...

Send us Fan Mail In business there is no shortage of thing yo can buy or get to “grow you business”. The truth is , it’s not about gimmicks or sales pitches. It is not even really about the equipment or exact services you provide. In the world of business , to be truly , exponentially successful , you simply must be passionate about your business, the service you provide and have a deep , or dare...

Send us Fan Mail As we all know being a practicing chiropractic physician often requires each of us to wear many hats on a daily basis.  Obviously we wear the doctor hat and then apply our specialty of Chiropractor / natural healthcare provider on top of that, but in addition we do so many other things as well. We also, are running a business with all the things that involves, and its to many to l...

Send us Fan Mail Over the past 51 episodes, we’ve broken down the vital steps of a great chiropractic practice. Now, armed with all that information, we can take a step back and look at the practice through a slightly wider lens. By utilizing all the information on the individual episodes , and fitting them together like an exquisite jigsaw puzzle, it becomes obvious that the fantastic chiropracti...

Send us Fan Mail Whether you are newer in practice or a long time veteran practitioner, there are probably several common mistakes that you’ve experienced or been exposed to. On this week’s episode we discuss seven of the biggest mistakes and ways avoid them or work through them. These seven have nothing to do with your technique and they have little to do with your office procedures. All seven of...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of ‘For The Love of Chiropractic’ we’ll pick up where we left off last week. On episode 49 , we spent time talking about how  to identify the true cost to run your current life. Then, we utilized that  information to apply to  a time honored way to eliminate your debts. Once that is done, or well underway it’s time to build your financial empire. To be clear,  I am...

Send us Fan Mail We all have heard it takes money to make money. The good news is as a trained, educated and licensed doctor of chiropractic you have the opportunity to earn a fabulous income. In fact your income is only limited by your own lack of action steps. If you choose to take massive action steps, you can become fabulously wealthy all while helping lots of people to be optimally healthy. T...

Send us Fan Mail All of us who work in , hope to work in, or have ever worked in, a busy chiropractic office know that sometimes it works great and other times it just doesn’t seem to flow well at all. This is actually true for all business, but on this show we choose to specify everything to successful chiropractic practice. So, on this episode of For the Love of Chiropractic, We will count down...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of For the Love of Chiropractic, we’ll talk about the opportunities you have as a doctor. Your passion  for the profession , and your personal purpose creates your position in life and in your community.  This episode was an early recording done I was laying down some of the early tracks for the show.  I made the difficult decision , rather than re-record and attem...

Send us Fan Mail On this the second part of the perfect day one procedures we’ll talk about how to effectively move the patient from the consult room to the exam room, getting them c=gowned properly and a fast efficient exam process. We’ll also discuss the one big thing that so many drs forget to do as part of the exam. Then how to do a great close out and set up for the great report of findings w...

Send us Fan Mail Of all the parts , systems and procedures it takes to have a successful chiropractic practice, one of the most important is the day 1 procedure. Once the a patient is in the office, how do you take them through the process of history and exam? I know, we all learned how the alphabet soup of taking a good patient history, but that’s only part of it. On this episode, which is the 1s...

Send us Fan Mail Every doctor of chiropractic , art one time or another has been asked , how many visits do I need. While the absolute truth is nobody ever really knows the exact number of visits anybody needs, the answer is also dependent on many factors. Some of the we factors are what the patient thinks, knows or thinks they know AND the best course of treatment based on the doctors experience...

Send us Fan Mail Every single day we spend at our offices seeing patients ,we sincerely hope it not just a good day but a great day. What we discuss on today’s episode is how to ensure that as many days as possible are great days. Even though we know not everyday can or will be a perfect practice day, by utilizing the techniques in this episode, even the not so great days will can somewhat better....

Send us Fan Mail If you take the time to consider all of the people that work with you in your office, obviously they are all important to the smooth running of the machine that is your practice. I would hope that each one of your team are well trained and scripted to be able to handle what ever comes up on any given practice day. But, if I asked you who the single most important member of the tea...

Send us Fan Mail There is a huge myth that doing chiropractic adjustments on a long term basis is bad for YOUR body. We are all taught about proper mechanics for out our bodies while in training, and yet many believe that he body can only perform a certain number of adjustments due to the stress and ‘wear and tear’ factors of daily practice. On todays show we will take a deeper dive into this and...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks show, I’ll be discussing the key ingredients that make or break  great practices. I call these the three H’s that create the forth H : Health  You may think that the title gives away the answer , but you couldn’t be more wrong. While your head, your heart and your hands are incredibly important in daily patient care, on this episode we’ll talk about how those three p...

Send us Fan Mail As Chiropractic Physicians, we have an opportunity to help people live better lives. I believe we have an opportunity or an obligation to help them live their best life for decades to come. As we help them, you decide what the scope of your help includes and what you are offering to them for their best health. So, the real question is how far does your help go and do you  both kno...