The Power of the Podcast

Posted November 21, 2011 by drlamar
Categories: chiropractic history, podcast
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[originally published in KCN, December 2011]

I love podcasting. I love it for many different reasons. But it’s the “Power of the Podcast” that keeps me coming back.

It’s been nearly two years now since my eleven year-old son, Logan, and I launched our Spinal Column Radio podcast over the “Internet airwaves.” A podcast is essentially a radio show that you can listen to on the Internet at your convenience — no need to tune in at a particular time. Ours, as you may have guessed, is about chiropractic. Our father-son team works because Logan wants to be a chiropractor like Dad and has a knack for technology. That’s why he’s my audio-engineer. As for myself, I love talking about chiropractic — especially behind a microphone.

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Help Spinal Column Radio Win $5000!!!!

Posted November 14, 2011 by drlamar
Categories: chiropractic 101, chiropractic philosophy, contest
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The chiropractic profession has created a contest for us chiropractors!  …And yours truly has decided to throw his hat in the ring on behalf of Spinal Column Radio.

The challenge: to create a video, 5 minutes in length, that explains the true essence of chiropracTIC to the public.  The winner gets a check for $5000.  Videos are ranked by number of views, voting scores, number of comments, and number of reshares.   In other words, how much engagement it produces on the Internet.  The top 5 videos will go before a panel of judges after the December 10, 2011 deadline, and the winner will be announced.

So… I need you to watch my video!  Vote on it.  Comment on it.  And Share it with others through email and social media.  We only have until December 10, 2011.

Here’s the Link: http://contest.talkthetic.com/video23

Vodpod videos no longer available.

And if we do win… all winnings will be put right back into Spinal Column Radio.

Thanks!

Yours in Health,

Dr. Thomas Lamar, your podcast chiropractor

P.S.  It’s real important that you ENGAGE with it:  VOTE for it, SHARE it, and COMMENT on it!

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Maintenance Care: Medical Study Applauds but Misses Point

Posted August 22, 2011 by drlamar
Categories: adjustment, chiropractic 101, chronic, healthy living, low back pain, maintenance care, whole body health
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[originally published in KCN, November 2011]

Every once in a while a health care study comes out that makes you stop and say…

“Now why didn’t someone think of doing that earlier?”

Well, such a study recently hit the pages of the prestigious medical journal Spine. Read the rest of this post »

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Your Results May Vary

Posted July 29, 2011 by drlamar
Categories: adjustment, children, chiropractic 101, chiropractic philosophy, healthy living, infants, maintenance care, pregnancy, subluxation, whole body health
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[originally published in KCN, August 2011]

After practicing nearly fifteen years, I am still honored and humbled when asked to adjust a newborn.  The other day I adjusted a three-day-old.

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Parachuting Cats

Posted July 25, 2011 by drlamar
Categories: adjustment, chiropractic 101, chiropractic philosophy, chronic, headache, healthy living, low back pain, maintenance care, mid back pain, neck pain, subluxation, whole body health
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[originally published in KCN, May 2011]

In the 1950’s the islanders of Borneo, specifically the Dayak people, were stricken with a major malaria problem.  Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is mostly part of Indonesia. In their efforts to help, the World Health Organization came up with a solution that was simple, straightforward, and, in hindsight, stupid: Read the rest of this post »

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Waiting for Pain

Posted January 31, 2011 by drlamar
Categories: adjustment, chiropractic 101, chronic, headache, healthy living, low back pain, maintenance care, mid back pain, neck pain, subluxation, whole body health
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Just as the dip stick tells us when it's time to add oil, so too the spinal check tells us when its time to adjust. Of course, in both cases we always have the option of forgoing these proactive checks and waiting for breakdown!

[originally published in KCN, February 2011]

If you are waiting for pain to dictate how often you should see your chiropractor —or whether or not to see one in the first place — you’re waiting too long.  Because without a spinal check from a chiropractor, you simply don’t know if your spine needs to be adjusted — as  there is no reliable way to truly know.  Spinal misalignments often crop up and cause little to no pain.  And while this might not seem like a big deal, it is when you realize that these off-kilter vertebrae are slowly sapping the health of the body by robbing its effectiveness to function correctly. Read the rest of this post »

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No, Dr. Hoffman, I Salute You!

Posted December 31, 2010 by drlamar
Categories: cost effectiveness, health care reform, healthy living, low back pain
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[originally published in KCN, January 2011]

Having just celebrated the first anniversary of my internet radio show, Spinal Column Radio, I have a heightened awareness and interest in other health radio programs — especially when another professional makes a positive reference to chiropractic.  So you’ll understand when I tuned my ear to Dr. Ronald Hoffman’s long-standing, nationally-syndicated, medical broadcast, “Health Talk,” as he “saluted his chiropractic colleagues” in a recent live show. Read the rest of this post »

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Steak n’ BandAids

Posted November 19, 2010 by drlamar
Categories: chiropractic 101, healthy living, whole body health
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[originally published in KCN, December 2010]

“If you cut a piece of steak, put iodine and a bandage on it and even give it a shot of Penicillin… will the piece of steak heal itself?”  That’s the question my Mississippi chiropractic colleague recently posed in an article of his.  The answer, of course, is obvious enough for a child to answer.  The answer is no.

And yet as obvious as this answer is, as a society we don’t take it to heart.

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