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My eleven year-old audio-engineer son, Logan, and I just returned home from an amazing weekend in New Jersey after taking our Spinal Column Radio podcast studio on the road. Marking our third time now to the long-standing New Beginnings Chiropractic Philosophy Weekends, we were invited to interview over twenty-one fantastic chiropractors, cover a 60 minute speed coaching event, and conduct a battery of “man on the street” interviews. By all measures it was a successful weekend! And then it was time for us to come home. And to do so we had a battle on our hands.
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We’re at the “Any-Day-Now” stage. My wife Keri and I are anxiously awaiting the birth of our first child. We are excited and feel good knowing we have done everything within our power to prepare for a healthy baby: eating good foods, exercising, getting regular chiropractic adjustments, attending our 
No, I’m not referring to your spouse, your parent, your unruly child, or anyone else that comes to your mind. What I’m really referring to is taxes!… Seriously, what I am talking about is a condition known as coccygodynia — simply put in layman’s terms: tailbone pain. We doctors refer to the tailbone as the coccyx. This name originates from the Greek word meaning “cuckoo” because of its resemblance to the bird’s bill. The coccyx is formed by 3 to 5 fused caudal (tail) vertebrae at the very end of the spinal column and forms a joint with the triangular sacrum bone above. While most other animal tails are considerably longer than humans (the cat has about 20 caudal vertebrae) and have obvious functions such as offering locomotion (whale), maintaining balance (kangaroo), or expressing emotion (dog) — the human “tail” is nothing but a small cuckoo bill that serves only for the attachment of certain nearby muscles and ligaments.
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As I read the recent press release of the 
this is the tremendous debt of gratitude that we owe our nation’s firefighters, police, and paramedics. Men and women who are all too easily taken for granted, yet they continue to serve and protect us everyday — even if the day happens to be September 11, 2001. 
Mark your calendars! Because on September 18th, chiropractic turns 108 
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Ever so often I will spot someone wearing a brace around their neck. To be clear, I’m not talking about the rigid neck braces that EMT’s and paramedics employ to stabilize a suspected neck injury when they arrive on an accident scene. I’m talking about the soft, usually white, neck-supporting collars that are worn by people who are suffering from neck pain. These devices are often prescribed by well-meaning doctors, or are purchased by patients themselves at local pharmacies as a form of self-care for neckache. And while they look official, the irony is that they don’t do a bit of good. In fact, according to most research, they actually do more harm than good!
“The Department of Defense is on record [regarding the commissioning of Doctors of Chiropractic in the Armed Forces to provide chiropractic care] as opposing such action…. To employ chiropractors, who have a limited and narrowly focused scope of practice, is believed to be a manpower and financial expenditure that would be of little benefit to the beneficiaries of the military health care system.” Besides, as the statement points out, “The treatment of musculoskeletal ailments…is currently well covered by physicians and physical therapists.”
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Our much anticipated “radio-style” chiropractic podcast is now on! ”Tune it in” at 
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As our nation waits on pins and needles for our elected officials to craft a “health-insurance- plan-for-everyone,” those who are super-excited by this proposition need to understand that it will not be “free.” We will all directly and indirectly pay for it. You can be sure of that. And the scary thing is, we are looking to the federal government to craft this utopian health insurance plan… when their track record in the insurance business is down right lousy. Can you say “Medicare?”
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