Archive for July, 2007
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Tuesday, July 31st, 2007by Michael Dorausch, DC
Internet scam report
I received another one of those “statements” a few weeks ago with a promotion that I could get my web site ranked in the top 20 results for only $499.99!
These statements show up at my chiropractic office at least every month and I’m sure all sorts of businesses receive similar [...]
2007 Tour de France X Games 13 and Shark Week
Sunday, July 29th, 2007The news is in on the Tour de France with Alberto Contador, the 24 year-old cyclist for American Discovery Channel, claiming victory. Contador beat his closest competitor by only 23 seconds, the second narrowest time recorded in the tour’s history. You can read Planet Chiropractic coverage related to the tour here: 2007 Tour de France [...]
2007 Tour de France Chiropractic and Blood Doping
Sunday, July 29th, 2007by Michael Dorausch, DC
The 2007 Tour de France is over, with 24 year-old American Discovery Channel cyclist Alberto Contador claiming victory, in the three-week cycling race. Contador is the youngest tour champion since Jan Ullrich of Germany won the Tour de France in 1997. Contador’s time was 23 seconds better than Cadel Evans of Australia, making it the second narrowest win in the tour’s 104 year history.
Where were the chiropractors this year? Since 2000, Planet Chiropractic has featured Tour de France articles that included stories of chiropractic care for riders on the tour. Among those articles were Tour de France 2000 and Chiropractic from 2000, Lance Armstrong Victorious from 2001 with Lance Armstrong winning his third straight Tour de France title and becoming the only American to ever do so, and Floyd Landis Tour de France in July 2006.
Some chiropractors that have provided chiropractic care during the Tour de France, like Jeff Spencer, are former cycling enthusiasts themselves, and they’re very passionate about the work they do. Dr. Jeff was frequently seen over the years, in magazines and newspapers, side by side with Lance Armstrong.
In 2006, there was also a story about Australian professional cyclist Stuart O’Grady and the credit he gave to receiving chiropractic care during the tour (O’Grady credits Chiropractic). Chiropractors and chiropractic were just as much a part of this year’s Tour de France as they have been in the past, but news of chiropractors linked to individual riders and teams has been sparse.
As was likely expected by many, the 2007 Tour de France was shaken by scandal with allegations of blood doping and banned substance use. I can’t help but think that in some way this may be affecting many healthcare professionals and tour related trainers when it comes to publicity they may receive in being associated with a particular cyclist. While chiropractors don’t incorporate drugs and medications as part of their practice, a Tour de France win marred by suspicion of banned drug use, places an element of suspicion on the idea that chiropractic care was somehow responsible for the rider standing on the winner’s podium. That’s not to suggest that the utilization of chiropractic by athletes does not play an integral role in their health, well-being, and performance levels.
While everyone loves a winner, the hero is the chiropractor providing care to those who most need it, regardless of athletic ability, or potential for victory in sports.
Innate License Plate
Saturday, July 28th, 2007by Michael Dorausch, DC
I captured this photo while in Cave Creek, Arizona when I was visiting a Phoenix chiropractor. I didn’t catch what it said it first but then I took a second look. God in Me was the name on the plate and it reminded me of so many talks I have heard over [...]
Keyword Stuffing Not Good Idea
Thursday, July 26th, 2007The idea that adding thousands of keywords to your web site in order to improve rankings from search engines is something that some people still believe and practice.
I was checking out a chiropractic website, apparently hosted and designed by a professional business directory company, and it was amazing how many keywords were being stuffed onto [...]
Beyonce falls at Orlando Concert
Thursday, July 26th, 2007by Daria Belov
It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt. Superstar singer Beyonce took a fall down a flight of stairs Tuesday at a concert in Orlando, Florida. Videos have been appearing all over the Web from concert attendees that captured the fall on their handheld recording devices. According to a least one report, Beyonce asked fans not to post videos of the fall to YouTube, Google’s popular video web site (many have since been removed).
Seems like some people just have too much time on their hands. I noticed the first story on a newswire early yesterday morning and didn’t think much of it, other than hoping she was okay. Throughout the day news of the fall grew as if it was a major event (more important than news about oscar the cat). Finally today, I watched one of the videos which showed Beyonce falling face first down a flight of stairs, and it didn’t look like fun. From what I saw it appeared like she continued to go on with the performance.
People are falling down all the time. There is probably not a chiropractor in America that doesn’t have somebody coming to their office, on at least a weekly basis, that has not recently had a fall. Hopefully it’s not the same person continuously falling over and over again.
Falling is more common than people may think. There’s kids falling off of chairs and bicycles, people falling while roller blading and landing on their coccyx bone (butt), and senior citizens falling on fusilli Jerry (one and a million chance of that happening). The point is people do fall and most of the time they get up without too great an injury.
It’s what happens after those falls that we should be paying closer attention to. You may have seen your chiropractor as a result of a fall you had recently. (No news yet who the chiropractor was in Orlando that saw Beyonce.) Visiting a chiropractor so soon after a fall like that is typically going to be a symptom baseed visit (but not always). In the typical visit the person taking the spill may have landed on their buttocks and now wants to get their pelvis, hips and maybe low back checked out by their chiropractor.
A good chiropractor will also check that person for spinal nerve stress, especially in the upper cervical spine, which is more commonly known as the top of the neck area, just under your skull. Why check the vertebral column for spinal stress? Ask anyone that has had a significant fall who did not receive a thorough spinal checkup and you’ll likely hear stories of a range of symptoms that developed months to years after the fall took place.
It’s been said that it’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt, and then it’s hysterical. There’s nothing funny about having symptoms and conditions that could have possibly been avoided with a thorough chiropractic checkup and a follow-up with the appropriate chiropractic care.
If you plan on doing your own stunts make sure your chiropractor has got your back. Get checked for subluxation and spinal nerve stress. Planet Chiropractic has other topics to cover than to be writing articles about you and the funny falls you take.
Can we get a chiropractor for Beyonce please?
Become a Chiropractor
Thursday, July 26th, 2007by Michael Dorausch, DC
Last week I noticed an advertisement online for a chiropractic school located in the state of California. The ad suggested that the school was an accredited college that offered a balanced approach to techniques and philosophy. Some thoughts…
As far as I know, all of the 18 chiropractic schools in the United [...]
Minnesota Chiropractors and other state listings
Thursday, July 26th, 2007Chiropractors Minnesota
Select but incomplete list of Chiropractors practicing in Minnesota…
Mobile Chiropractic Service
Dr. Patrick V. Suglia
P.O. Box 390685
Minneapolis, MN 55439
612-702-5339
Families’ 1st Choice Chiropractic
Dr. Kori Mortenson
500 Marschall Rd. S #310
Shakopee, MN 55279
952-445-9313
Parker Chiropractic, P.A.
Dr. Bill Parker
1320 S. Frontage Rd., Ste. 102
Hastings, MN 55033
651-480-2200
Abeler Chiropractic Clinic
Stephen Abeler, D.C.
600 East Main Street
Anoka, MN 55303
763 421-3722
Conners Chiropractic Clinic
Dr. Kevin [...]
Nationwide Directory Ideas Moves Forward
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007Plans on building a single point location for chiropractors in the United States to have a presence online are moving forward.
We’ve been investigating a few alternatively based directory options and one is to build auto generating (or user generating) subdirectory domains that chiropractors can build and maintain on their own. Another is an index of [...]
Summerville Chiropractic
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007by Michael Dorausch
This time of year it sure would be sweet having a chiropractic office in a place like Summerville or something smiley like that. I was poking around online and there it was, a Summerville in South Carolina, I did not even know such a place existed. Apparently this place has been a round [...]