For the Love of Chiropractic

Send us Fan Mail On this episode I have the pleasure of speaking with a Man who has been in practice, seeing patients for over 30 years and at the same time has coached other chiropractors to be more  successful for over 25 years. The guest on this episode of For the Love of Chiropractic is Dr. Brett Axelrod. 

Send us Fan Mail We can all agree that as chiropractors our job is to help people. While this , of course is true, at the end of the day the chiropractor and chiropractic practice  has bills to pay, and a family to take care of. On this episode of ‘For the Love of Chiropractic’, we will spend our time look at our offices as a business - which is surprisingly similar to many other service related i...

Send us Fan Mail In life and certainly in business, we all want to move forward in a direction of our choosing. That direction may be a conscious choice or perhaps an unconciuios one, but your life is moving forward. On this episode we’ll be talking about the 5 keys that will help to move you forward faster in a mindful way to propel you to reaching your goal faster and more efficiently. This is n...

Send us Fan Mail Once in a while, once a week , or maybe each day an opportunity presents itself right in front of you. You have a visitor who enters your chiropractic world, who knows very little about you or chiropractic. There is an amazing opportunity to discuss chiropractic, YOUR CHIROPRACTIC! When I say “your chiropractic” I mean just that - a chance to share your thoughts about the specific...

Send us Fan Mail As a doctor, in general we are happy to help anyone and everyone who is desirous of our care. While we know that is true, if I really asked you about your favorite patient or patients are,  you’d probably (in a confidential setting) name names.  If really  pressed then we could discuss what it s about them that you really like , and what Ist is that makes them your favorite. Only...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode I have the pleasure of interviewing a man who has been called ‘the king of systems and procedures’. Dr. George Birnbach seems to have the ability to look at any issue and almost instantaneously create a step by step system that solves the problem , and frees the doctor to set up and move forward. I hope you enjoy this episode and you get the insight to move forward...

Send us Fan Mail Every practicing chiropractor gets asked the same 2 questions at some point by a lot of patients. I’ve been in practice since 1990 and have heard these questions time and time again. Over the years I’ve thought about and discussed each of these questions with some of the greatest minds in our profession. On this episode we will give you the best answers to these questions and expl...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we’ll dive into the hard numbers of what average chiropractors earn vs average medical doctors in different specialties. We will also dive into the population at large and other types of doctors (non D.C.’s, non M.D.’s). At the end of the day, healthcare is a bodies for bucks business. Certainly ( and hopefully) income is not why you are a doctor - but the bottom l...

Send us Fan Mail As a doctor working with patients, you know it is imperative to perform re-examinations or some regular schedule. The doctors with the most successful practices also do a re- report of findings and explain the next phase of care to the person very shortly after the re-exam has been performed.  On this episode I’ll dissect some of the subtleties for great pt communication and the n...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of For the Love of Chiropractic, I have the opportunity to interview the host of the pose cast CHIRO- HUSTLE. James Chester has interviewed just about every one of influence in the chiropractic profession over the past several years. He is a huge chiropractic advocate and I wanted to take this time and opportunity to get answers to many of the same questions he has...

Send us Fan Mail As a Doctor of Chiropractic it’s easy to fall into a rut and do the same things with your patients ove and over. And over again. Maybe that is proper and reasonable , or maybe not. On today’s show I’ll ask you to really step back and look at , examine and think about the procedures you do with your patients on a routine basis. Are each of them really necessary? Maybe they are or m...

Send us Fan Mail On this Episode of For the Love of Chiropractic , we’ll be talking about how to make your office really efficient - work to eliminate the hick ups and the glitches that all to often seem to sneak into our day. When the glitches  do show up, some times we just over look them , again, or  and t often changes your mood, makes you think - UGGG! Or worse thoughts and words may even ass...

Send us Fan Mail Imagine you are out someplace and you’re in a casual conversation with a well educated person. She say to you, ‘I heard you are a chiropractor.’ Then they say , ‘I saw one of you guys once , it hurt - but I guess I really didn’t know what he was trying to do’…. And then the question hits: ‘SO, what do you do? I guess it’s just about pain relief?’ On this episode we’ll discuss the...

Send us Fan Mail Joining me, on this our 25th episode, is a long time friend, mentor , and practice consultant. Dr. Noel Lloyd is the owner of Five Star Management and The New Patient Accademy. His companies have helped so many chiropractors improve their practices and he is an expert in new patient acquisition, associate training and creating successful satellite offices. Listen to this episode a...

Send us Fan Mail Often patients ask us questions about work ergonomics, bed pillows , or even mattresses as it may relate to their neck pain, middle back pain or even lower back pain. On the is episode,  we discuss to how talk to your patients in a way that clearly makes you stand out as the expert and shows them that you helping them in the most economical way. 

Send us Fan Mail The choices you make, the advice you take and the examples you choose to follow absolutely and predictably define your chances of success. On this episode, I’ll share with you the story of 2 young chiropractors and the results of the actions  each took or didn’t take. 

Send us Fan Mail You office team is more than the people you work with. The truth is they are your work family. Like it or we  very often we spend more time with our co-workers than we do with our own family members. On this episode we discuss how to build the ‘work family’ relationships that help to make your office the fun fast paced efficient organization that everyone wants. 

Send us Fan Mail In your practice you provide service in a certain way. Some of those procedures are for your efficiency and others for patient convenience. On this episode we talk about optimizing the experience for the patient, YOUR CUSTOMER. 

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Larry Markson has been involved in Chiropractic practice, coaching, teaching and business for longer than many of us have been alive. He is still active and ‘in the game’.  He is the 1st ever guest on this show and is generously  giving of his time and talent to help  you be the best chiropractor and most successful version of yourself you can be. ENJOY!

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we’ll break down the numbers that help you to run a great practice. While the focus of the practice is always to help people,  by watching and using the statistic that we’ll discuss, the business can run at its best & allowing  you really focus on being sure your patients always receive the best care.

Send us Fan Mail The patient appreciation day seems like a reallygood idea for almost every chiropractic practice, and it is…But then why do they rarely workout the way your envision?  On this episode we will break down and explain why the patient appreciation day often does not work AND how to make it into “THE DON’T MISS EVENT OF THE YEAR!” As always, after you’ve listened to this episode , feel...

Send us Fan Mail So, you are thinking about talking a vacation. That’s a great idea…but what are you going to do about the practice and being sure your patients get what they really need while you’re gone. The patients, the staff, the office , the expense… Maybe it’s all too much ,so never mind just stay home and work - NOPE ! Let’s talk this out on today’s episode, because you Do deserve and need...

Send us Fan Mail At some point, most of us have at least thought about hiring an associate doctor into the office. I’m told most often it doesn’t work out well. On todays show we’ll discuss the best and worst reasons  to hire a doc - BUT more importantly some of the key ingredients of how to make it work! 

Send us Fan Mail This show is actually  the prequel to last weeks show ( episode 14 ) ‘ Optimize the  Regular Patient Visit’.  Last week we discussed the solutions / answers to RPV optimization. This week, we’ll discuss  the reasons less successful doctors SAY they don’t want to that.  (AKA : Handling the objections some doctors put up that minimized their own success :-)

Send us Fan Mail We can all agree, the thing we do most often is the regular patient visit.  But, how do we optimize it for the patient and the practice? On this episode, we’ll talk about how to make it a true WIN-WIN! When we optimize the RPV, not only do patients get great results, you’ll have more fun in practice and  the practice grows.