Great T-Shirt to Wear at Your Chiropractors
July 3rd, 2008 Filed Under RSS Feeds
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A fine young gentleman (punk rocker kid) was in my office for a chiropractic adjustment and was wearing the T-shirt shown here.
Live the Life That I Know Is Right for Me — Drug Free
Thought that was a cool T-shirt and was fitting for a visit to one’s chiropractor. Remember, when we talk drugs on Planet Chiropractic, were not just referring to marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and other recreational medications, that have selectively been made illegal by various authorities. No, there are the prescription drugs, antibiotics, psychotropic medications, and all sorts of other pills and potions that get pushed and prescribed.
Here’s another view of that T-shirt without the hand blocking it…
Beside the drugs that are in our drinking water, this young man is probably doing a pretty good job of keeping himself natural. Congrats to that!
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Geek Stuff during Non-Chiropractor Hours
July 2nd, 2008 Filed Under RSS Feeds
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It’s almost the Fourth of July weekend and we likely won’t be posting much content to Planet Chiropractic until Monday. I’ve been a webmaster for more than a decade now and I’m probably not alone in being one of those that does server reboots, site maintenance, and other related web site stuff during holiday weekends. A 4th of July Friday night past midnight is a great time to be working on your server. Traffic is usually really sparse.
I’m posting a few geek pics from local activities I do when not in my chiropractic office, or at the helm of computers in the planetc1 office.
In the photograph above is “AL” who had some pretty cool mobile computing gadgetry. I believe one phone was a Nokia and I don’t know what the other model was. He had hooked up mini keyboards to both of them, which created a really cool and compact wireless experience. I want.
Pictures I’m sharing here were all taken at barcamp Los Angeles Number 5. This is not the San Diego barcamp, it was the event held at the AOL offices in Beverly Hills.
The office at America Online (AOL) had these really cool orange chairs that looked like they should be in a space movie. Chiropractor approved although I did not get a chance to hang out in them for a long time since we were on another floor for the barcamp event. Just got a brief tour of AOL. Great place!
I actually hang out with geeks quite a bit. Fortunately in Los Angeles there is a ginormous amount of activity going on and there’s lots of stuff to attend. Twiistup 3 was in January and I’m looking forward to Twiistup in a couple of weeks at the Viceroy Hotel in Santa Monica.
The people putting together this event have really been working hard and I expect it will be spectacular. Also great it’s right in my neighborhood. Gotta love that.
That’s Nicole Jordan with her trusty Macbook. She’s one of the people putting on Twiistup 4 and I believe she’s quite active in helping set up SummerMash Los Angeles as well.
To my knowledge, the mash event is going to be at the Rubicon Project offices in Santa Monica. Very cool place. Just took a few photographs there this past week as they hosted two terrific events.
Certainly not the first time nerds have taken over Hollywood and Santa Monica. It’s becoming a more popular theme though. I think there’s more parties now than there was in 1998 and 1999.
Wonder if anyone remembers Internet World and the parties that were had in downtown LA during the .com boom? Fun times.
The T-shirt above shows sponsors from BARCAMP LA #5. Planet Chiropractic sponsored the event along with the other companies shown (like Yahoo developer network). Turned out to be a great investment even if only for the T-shirts. Geeks are funny with their “Schwag” that they get when attending events. It’s like a rock concert stuff I used to get in the 1970s and 1980s.
I’ve had dozens of instances when I’ve seen someone in Los Angeles wearing one of these T-shirts. I find that neat. The LA community has also been great in helping promote our website in the local community. Not necessarily for chiropractic patients seeking chiropractors, but for issues such as WordPress hacks, site maintenance, local webdesign, marketing, and getting a ton of traffic.
For those of you in the United States, have a spectacular 4th of July weekend! Webmasters rejoice, it’s a great time to reboot servers. 
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Southern California College of Chiropractic
July 1st, 2008 Filed Under RSS Feeds
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Over the weekend that was reviewing some nostalgic chiropractic magazines (like the 1996 ICA Review) and I was reminded of a chiropractic school that used to exist in the Pasadena area of southern California.
The Southern California College of Chiropractic was still in business when I started my chiropractic education in the mid 1990s. I believe the school closed around late 1995 or sometime in 1996, with the majority of students transferring to Cleveland Chiropractic College in Los Angeles. Here is some historical information from a 1995 FACTS (Foundation for the Advancement of Chiropractic Tenets and Science) booklet which included information on chiropractic colleges…
Southern California College of Chiropractic
William R. Boone, DC, President
8420 Beverly Road
Pico Rivera, CA 90660
Southern California College of Chiropractic, formerly Pasadena College of Chiropractic, was founded in 1972. The College is located in a residential area, approximately 8 miles south east of Los Angeles. There are plans to relocate in the near future to a site more conducive to its growing student body.
In December 1992 the college was granted accredited status with Straight Chiropractic Academic Standards Association (SCASA).
Southern California College of Chiropractic is committed to teaching the location, analysis, and correction of vertebral subluxation. All aspects of the College program have been designed to assure that students have the proper qualifications to sit for licensure examinations. The program also provides the basis for students to master the necessary skills to practice in a professional and safe manner.
The college has applied for accreditation with CCE. It is not known when a decision will be announced by the CCE as to its accreditation status.
Degree(s) offered: Doctor of Chiropractic
Prerequisites: H.S. Graduate; 60 selected college science and humanities
Academic/calendar years for degree: 3.3/3.3
Classes admitted per year: 3 (Jan/May/Sept)
Total student enrollment (Winter ‘93): 131
No. of faculty: II full-time; 10 part-time
Annual patient visits at college clinic(s): 13,409
I’d like to hear from any of the students that attended Southern California College of Chiropractic or the Pasadena College of Chiropractic who may or may not still be practicing in the Southern California area.
I never visited the SCCC, but from what I heard by students that transfered to Cleveland, it was the only West Coast based “Straight Chiropractic School.” I don’t think the school ever received their CCE accreditation, which likely led to the school closing around 1996. Does the Straight Chiropractic Academic Standards Association (SCASA) still exist?
For those not familiar with Southern California geography, the schools location (8420 Beverly Road - Pico Rivera, CA 90660) was situated centrally to the areas of Pico Rivera, Montebello, Monterey Park, Rosemead, El Monte, and Whittier. Southern California University of Health Sciences was located less than 10 miles away, and Cleveland Chiropractic College was located less than 20 miles away, likely putting significant pressure on the chiropractic school to maintain enrollment. Lack of CCE accreditation was probably a nail in the coffin for this California chiropractic educational facility.
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Adjust Your Advertising Subluxated Pen
June 30th, 2008 Filed Under RSS Feeds
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Yesterday I authored a post regarding a 1996 ICA Review magazine and I mentioned that in the entire publication there was only one use I could find of an e-mail address being printed. None of the author bios included e-mail addresses, none of the classified advertisements mentioned e-mail, none of the ads for more than two dozen vendors listed an e-mail address for further contact, except one.
Take a look at the very bottom of the ad and you’ll notice an e-mail address for ix.netcom.com. Anybody remember Netcom and those 3 1/2 inch floppy disks they used to mail out so you could sign up for their service? I think I had my first netcom account about this time, somewhere around 1994 or 1995.
I’ve checked some 1994 ICA Review publications and this same advertiser was taking out ads during that time. From what I could find they added the e-mail address contact sometime during 1996.
Even though this bent pen advertising is from 1996 I think the company is still in business today. I know that Dr. Fred Schofield and Dr. Luke Cohen have continued using these subluxated pens as part of there in office marketing for more than a decade. I believe a number of different companies either distribute these pens for this company, or they make their own versions.
I have not used the subluxation pen in my office but I have used plastic spine key chains, which patients have loved. If anyone has a good source for a current maker for these pens, post it in the comments and let’s give them some business.
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1996 ICA Review and Who Had a Website
June 29th, 2008 Filed Under RSS Feeds
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This morning I was scanning through a 1996 copy of the ICA Review (International Review of Chiropractic) and I noticed there was almost no evidence of anyone claiming to have a website or e-mail address. The publication is nearly 12 years old, but surely there had to be at least somebody mentioning the Internet in some fashion. I was attending chiropractic college at the time (CCCLA) and was quite active on the Internet, but was anyone else?
I went back through the 98 page publication page by page, checking contact information for vendors, e-mail addresses for chiropractic authors, and web site URLs of chiropractic schools that were advertising in the publication. I even checked all the chiropractic classified ads on the last page.
There were ads for companies such as Foot Levelers, King Koil (a mattress Co.), Zenith (adjusting tables), Quest Seminars, New York Chiropractic College, Team WLP, and Document Plus (a billing company). Of all of the two dozen plus advertisers, there was only one mention of e-mail and one mention of a website. Not a single author included an e-mail address in their bio and there was no inclusion of e-mail addresses or web sites listed in any of the classified ads.
So who would have a chiropractic website in 1996, and would be listing the URL in trade magazines? Take a look at the ad below for Life Chiropractic College West.
The advertisement reads “I want to be the best chiropractor I can be and I want the best education I can get. That’s why I chose Life West.” - Terri Lumm 1995 Graduate
I wasn’t surprised that the only chiropractic advertisement in the entire publication was for Life West chiropractic college. Does anyone remember the latest stuff from Gerry e-mails that when out in the mid 1990s? He was on the cutting edge in communicating chiropractic on the Internet.
What I found funny about the advertisement was that someone goofed up on the URL structure. Probably a common mistake when printing website URLs in 1996. Take a look at this close-up…
Notice the URL structure reads HTTP: W/WWW.LIFEWEST.EDU/ I just tried running that through my Firefox browser which results in an error message Address Not Found (Firefox can’t find the server at w.). Nonetheless, I think it’s an interesting look at chiropractic history on the Internet to see who was promoting their website in September of 1996.
By the way, 2005 Via Barrett, San Lorenzo, CA 94580-1368 is no longer a valid address for the chiropractic college. The school is located at 25001 Industrial Blvd., Hayward, CA, 94545 and they can be reached at (800) 788-4476.
I’ll get to the one advertiser mentioning their e-mail address and will have this post updated.
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Chiropractic Neck Adjustments in a Bus Terminal
June 25th, 2008 Filed Under RSS Feeds
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Royal Palm Beach chiropractor, Dr. Edwin Cordero, e-mailed me this photo, earlier today. It features yours truly receiving an upper cervical chiropractic adjustment while sitting on a folding chair inside a bus terminal that is a major hub of the country of Panamá’s mass transit system.
The bus terminal is a massive facility and I had the opportunity to provide volunteer chiropractic services there on at least two different occasions. The photo above was taken in February of 2004, while the CREW was there for the 10th chiropractic mission trip.
Both Dr. Cordero and I were wearing government issued polo shirts that included the official logo of the Alcaldia de Panama (Panamanian government) embroidered on the front. I can recall a few funny stories (none that I’m sharing here) involving me wearing that shirt (and others that were provided) while traveling through Panamá.
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Coarsegold Chiropractic Office on Highway 41
June 24th, 2008 Filed Under RSS Feeds
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On a recent road trip (partially along the California five freeway) to Yosemite National Forest, I passed by a number of chiropractic offices. We stopped in Bakersfield on Friday to visit the office of Dr. James Ryan and took some photographs of chiropractic offices in Fresno.
On Saturday, I was in Oakhurst, Fish Camp, and Coarsegold, and took photos of signs and outsides of chiropractic offices I located while in those towns. This photo was taken off of California Highway 41.
There is a new hotel and casino in Coarsegold (which looked massive) but I didn’t visit the property. Coarsegold is in Madera County California. Pretty sure the name comes from California gold rush times since there’s billboards featuring pictures of prospectors along the highway. It’s a small town but this chiropractic office was located directly on the main highway (41) and it was easy to spot traveling to and from Yosemite Park.
Someone in a nearby market told me there is an abundance of tarantulas in the area, especially in October and November. So from what I could see when visiting Coarsegold, there’s a chiropractic office, a post office, a hardware store, a vitamin store (located next to the chiropractor’s office), a carpet and upholstery cleaning service (see the top of the sign) and a few other businesses. Here is a view of the chiropractic office from the front.
The trees in the background appear a bit hazy due to the recent fires in the area. At least 50 fire trucks from places like Visalia were heading up Highway 41 as I was passing back through town on Tuesday. Highway 41 is also known as Southern Yosemite Highway in that area.
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First Day of Summer Funnies
June 20th, 2008 Filed Under RSS Feeds
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Slowly he would cruise the neighborhood, waiting for that occasional careless child who confused him with another vendor. Sure thing Johnny, you’ll be screaming, but it won’t be for ice cream.
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School Kid Saying No to Drugs
June 19th, 2008 Filed Under RSS Feeds
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Saying no to drugs has been the mantra of many an anti-drug advocate. But most of those advocating saying no have not differentiated between medications like marijuana and drugs like Ritalin. There are drugs and then there are DRUGS. How are innocent children to know the difference?
A group of chiropractic students were having that very discussion back in 1997 and a chiropractic classmate of mine later penciled the image shown here, which depicted a school kid wearing a “Just Say No” T-shirt while stoned on antipsychotic medications (such as Ritalin or Adderall).
I was recovering data from an old 1990s hard drive and on it was the GIF image file (along with lots of other chiropractic memorabilia for my school days).
More than 10 years later I feel the image applies well, except the kid would likely be holding a cell phone or some other electronic gadget.
During the 10 years since, I’ve posted many articles on the topic of drugs. How the selling of drugs is good business, more drugs, news on those pushing drugs, an abundance of useless drugs, drugs in your mailbox, drugs direct to you, less drugs, more health for seniors, and many more.
Dozens of articles on Ritalin, articles regarding cocaine, vaccines, and deaths from drug use, also appear on the planet chiropractic web site.
In 2008 are we drugging our children like we did in 1997? Part of me is thinking no, but I suspect my opinions are biased since most of the people I see day to day, are more likely candidates for a drug-free lifestyle (excluding caffeine, alcohol, and other socially accepted recreational drug use).
If anyone has some recent research on children and the uptake of medications like cough syrup, Prozac, Ritalin, pain relievers, antibiotics, and any other drugs that may be prescribed or marketed to grade school-age kids, I’d like to view some sources.
Has consumption gone up? Has consumption gone down? Lets see some data.
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Alternative and Natural Cancer Remedies
June 18th, 2008 Filed Under RSS Feeds
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Cures for Cancer promoted online? Whoa! Had a bit too much caffiene tonight and found myself up late viewing health news. Came across several stories regarding the FDA and a warning the government agency has sent out to some 25 companies regarding advertising of Cancer Cures.
Honestly, I was floored. Are companies really advertising online for cures to cancer? I had to check it out. Appears as though there is quite a bit of activity in this space, not only among mainstream cancer agencies (marketing things such as proton therapy) but there’s a bunch of alternative health type products and services being marketed online as well.
I picked a search term Cancer Remedies and checked to see what was appearing in sponsored results. Top placed advertisers included: St. Joseph Hospital in Los Angeles, San Diego Cancer Center, a dietary supplement called Fucoidan Umi No Shizuku (with ad copy reading… Alternative medicine from Japan helps curb malignant tumor growth), Kaiser Permanente in Los Angeles, Proton Cancer Treatment at Loma Linda, a website dedicated to natural cancer remedies, a book about cancer fighting strategies, and a site promoting Cutting Edge University Research.
I honestly was not expecting so many paid results. Call my nieve but I can’t recall ever doing a cancer related search. Maybe a few times to check facts for cancer related articles on Planet Chiropractic, but other than that I have not actively studied the space.
I’m not one to lean on the side of BigPharma but a few of the paid search ads look questionable (at least at first glance). For example the Fucoidan Umi No Shizuku suppliment seemed out of place amonst the local LA and San Diego Treatment centers vying for my clickthrough attention. And why does this “alternative” stuff always come from places far away from where I live? Isn’t there an local miracle product I can take? Hecho in Venice maybe?
For all I know even the drug based cancer remedies may be as bogus as an affordable insurance plan with no co-pays or deductibles.
What I really found interesting is that I rememered a similar news post involving the FTC that I authored nearly 9 years ago today. Agghhh, I’ve been posting articles a long time, going back to bed.
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