Chiropractic Economics Blog

The following events are scheduled Saturday, January 17 at Parker Las Vegas.
Physical Exams
Kenneth Thomas, DC
During this session you will review the important ingredients that will make you exam exceptional and learn to perform an exam that “wows” the patient, while guiding the patient to a high level of confidence in you and chiropractic. You will gain greater certainty and patients will leave saying “Wow, I have never had a doctor examine me this well.” Communication necessary to make that happen will also be shared. Be in this class to learn the practical information that you can begin utilizing immediately, and develop doctor/patient relationships that will last for a lifetime.

Progress Visits That Reinforce Wellness Behavior
Michael Reid, DC
Creating a wellness-based practice requires exceptional education – from your first meeting with new patients to daily tableside TLC.  Discover how to deliver wellness-based education through Socratic questioning to progress and comparative exams that recommit patients to partake in their care. Learn how to effortlessly move your patients from acute, through to corrective, into wellness care for a lifetime.

Communicating The Message
Judy Hinwood, DC  & John Hinwood, DC
A fascinating look at understanding how you can use many simple techniques to communicate the chiropractic message in a manner that engages your patients to continually take positive actions steps in their lives. Your patients become committed and their outcomes are multiplied many fold. Once you start to “think big” it’s amazing how quickly things change in your world. Being prepared to “step outside the box” to do new fun things adds a sense of joy and adventure to your daily practice life. Expecting miracles for your patients and yourself is the positive expectancy that brings added life to your practice and to you.

Grow Your Practice:  Become the Media Health Expert in your Community
Mrs. Shawn Duperon
Networking is primal. It’s biological. We need it and crave it. And most of us don’t do it well. Are you ready to get authentic? Are you ready to connect with current and new patients at your deepest level and shift your practice to a new realm of possibility? During this session, five-time Emmy-award winning producer, media pro, and networking expert Shawne Duperon of ShawneTV, shows you how to clean out your networking closet and finally create relationships that last. This session catapults you to an even bigger network: media. You’ll discover the same skills you need one-on-one at an event, are the same skills you need to get free publicity with reporters, editors, and producers! “Networking is for Neanderthals TM” radically transforms your existing notions of networking. You will never network the same again.

Designing a Blueprint for Your Ideal Practice
David Jackson, DC
The only way to build a ‘dream home’ is with a carefully designed blueprint and building your ‘dream practice’ isn’t any different.  During this session, discover the unprecedented power of clarifying your beliefs, vision, purpose, and strategy as they relate to YOUR Ideal Practice.  You will learn how to integrate them into a plan, a ‘blueprint,’  to propel you toward the practice of your dreams.

Chiropractic Business Ethics and Innovation in the Chiropractic Office
Mark Mandell, DC, MBA
The purpose of this class is to instruct chiropractors about the economic trends within the chiropractic industry and the chiropractic office and explain how the economics can influence the quality of patient care as well as the ethics surrounding the balancing of patient care with profitability in relation to services and products. This course will also instruct chiropractors about process innovation in relation to patient care with a particular focus on the whole body approach to chiropractic care.

Sensational Patient Scripting
Lisa Speaks, CA
Help keep your office consistent by communicating the right message to your patients every time. This class provides a variety of scripting options to use for any type of situation that comes your way. Familiarize yourself with these new communication techniques and get comfortable talking to patients as you role-play real-life situations during this interactive class.

Procedures for Creating The Perfect Practice
Melanie Engel, CA
Occasionally, we feel “stuck” or “stagnant.” Based on her personal experiences, Melanie Engel shares how to transform your life and your practice into your wildest dreams. This presentation gives you the knowledge and tools to break through to the next level and be the best DC or CA you were meant to be.

Recall and Reactivation Techniques that are Non-Threatening and Simple to Implement
Susan Hoy, CA
In this session, Susan explains the reasons why patients drop out of care and offers suggestions for better retention. Additionally, she offers simple and non-threatening ways to reactivate patients, which include scripting, letters, and phone-calling techniques.

Are You Hazardous to Yourself?  Detoxifying the Barriers to Wellness
JJ Virgin
Join celebrity nutrition and fitness guru JJ Virgin as she takes you on an eye-opening journey into the hidden health hazards that are undermining our health and our future. Uncover your total toxic burden, learn how it is damaging your health, and find out what you can do about it for yourself and your patients on a daily basis.

“Traditional Chiropractic Principles in a Modern World”
Tony Palermo, DC
During this informative and interactive session you’ll discover the step-by-step method of achieving your personal and professional success. With his unique presentation style and innovative sense of humor, Dr. Palermo will have you laughing, learning, and loving your way to the top!

The Fundamental Laws of Enhancing the Science, Art and Philosophy of Chiropractic utilizing the Essential Principles of Math and Physics
Maurice Pisciottano, DC
Dr. Maurice A. Pisciottano, the only doctor of chiropractic to be named the winner of the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and recipient of the Abraham Institute’s Award of Preeminence, by Marketing Master Mr. Jay Abraham, takes a unique approach to utilizing the essential principles of math and physics to increase your certainty, credibility, and confidence as it relates to your ability to communicate the science, art, and philosophy of chiropractic to your community. As the CEO of The ProAdjuster Group, one of the fastest growing techniques in the chiropractic profession, Dr. Pisciottano incorporates his experience of training over 12,000 doctors of chiropractic and over 20,000 chiropractic assistants into an action packed 90 minutes that will h ave you energized and ready to expand your market space and your ability to serve more people in your community with the life changing gift of chiropractic care.

Communicating Wellness So People Get It
Eric Plasker, DC
Wellness is everywhere, but does anyone know what it really means? Are you frustrated by the confusion surrounding this popular buzz word? This very practical and empowering presentation will eliminate the blank stares that people give you when you talk about wellness. For  years people have embraced a pain based paradigm, and now more and more people are searching for answers to health – a wellness lifestyle is the answer.

Posture & Neurology – Clinical Correlates for Monday Morning!
Michael Hall, DC
This will be a dynamic engagement for the chiropractor and patient alike. Current concepts in posture, postural changes, and their relationship to dysfunction in the “master system” are be presented and explored. Whether you want to improve your clinical skill sets or implement active care protocols this is a presentation for you.

A New Look at Spondylolisthesis
Terry Yochum, DC
Dr. Yochum provides x-ray imaging (to include plain film radiography and computed tomography),  a thorough review of athletic related injuries as it relates to spondylolisthesis, when an athlete play or not play with spondylolisthesis, treatment and prognosis, a complete historical review of spondylolisthesis as is relates to etiology, physical diagnosis, and examination. There will be time for questions and answers

How to Be a Great Communicator; Empowering Patients and Influencing Public Health
Shawn Powers, DC
Your power to influence the lives of others is only as great as your ability to communicate. What would it be like if most people in your community understood the importance of their nervous system and took personal responsibility to care for it? What if you were able to communicate in a way that people understood the value of chiropractic beyond musculoskeletal problems and really understood the consequences of subluxation? Everyone has his or her own style of practicing. Inherent to all chiropractors is the understanding of the importance of a healthy nervous system. This class will help you create a unique and powerful practice that provides care and education for living the wellness lifestyle. Your ability to communicate will improve the lives of families in your community and influence public health.

Functional and Kinetic Treatment with Rehab, Provocation and Motion Utilizing Graston Technique
Tom Hyde, DC
If you wish to learn how to treat your patients more quickly, don’t miss this program.  This lecture covers the use of the Kinetic Chain, the use of low tech rehab equipment during treatment and treatment using motion, resistance, and provocation of pain.  The technique is outstanding for most musculoskeletal conditions and also offers an introduction to Graston Technique.
The Chiropractic Philosophy for Health and Healing
Eric Russell, DC
There is a universal intelligence that is all knowing, and a thought impressed upon this intelligence will create the thing you think about, along with right action.