Ramon Said:

Does the new GI Bill cover Doctor of Chiropractic Degree?

We Answered:

Chiropractic falls under graduate degree or "advanced degree." Therefore, yes it does.

Pauline Said:

I am a Doctor of Chiropractic looking for a way to market my holistic type practice, where could I do this?

We Answered:

I gather you're a new doctor? Like any other new doc, school didn't teach you a darn thing about running a business, or they did a poor job at it. Chiropractic and family medicine is pretty much the same thing in terms of marketing. Get new patients. Here's my experience running my practice in NYC, it may differ from yours.

I recommend that you pick up the book "Startup Guide to Guerrilla Marketing: A Simple Battle Plan for First-Time Marketers" It's a very good book that tells you how to do proper marketing on a schedule. How to formulate a unique selling point/position. And how to go after these markets. So on and so forth.

Your best source of information would be your local Denver chiropractic association, or your Colorado Chiropractic association. Talk with the president and other board members. Talk with the local members. They have wealth of information on how they conduct marketing. The most important information to obtain is what has the best ROI in Denver, and what has the worst ROI.

Try hooking up with www.SCORE.org they can assign a mentor for you, one who's experienced with entrepreneurship and marketing.

In general, yellow pages is the worst ROI, so don't bother buying any space. Same with post cards, or welcome wagon. Ask your local chiropractic association, some local neighborhood newspapers may be a decent/good ROI. Or advertise in a holistic/health newspaper.

Join the chamber of commerce, BMI, Rotary, Lyons, Elk, and any other popular networking group in your area. Again, ask your local chiropractors to see what network group is worth joining and produces good ROI.

Advertise in your local health food/organic supermarket. Or go door to door and introduce to yourself to every local holistic type practitioner. Naturopaths, homeopaths, acupuncturists, chiropractors, massage therapists, medical doctors, Reiki or energy healers, so on and so forth.

Join whatever club or activity that interests you. Introduce yourself. Overtime, let people get to know you and then you can tell them more in detail what you do. People don't like to be sold, that makes you like a used car salesman. Merely educate the patients. They'll look up to you, curious and want to learn more, they'll ask for a business card and come to your practice.

If there's a volunteer activity, I recommend getting involved. Either through your church or your local chiropractic organization. Volunteering services always brings forth good feeling, brings exposure, and increases your marketing. Just once a month is sufficient.

One more thing. Setup a great website that's dynamic, informative, and continually updating with latest relevant health information. This is one of your best ROI.

And of course, the best way to market is to do internal marketing. Ask for referrals. Once you've developed your marketing skills well enough, you should be able to obtain 3-5 new patients from each existing patient. And never shield away from the very difficult patient, sometimes they turn out to be the best patient. If you can manage to convince them and turn their health around, I wouldn't be surprised to see 20 new patients.

Thomas Said:

What is the best College for Doctor of Chiropractic in California (moreso southern - Los angeles area...)?

We Answered:

Hi there, good luck and congratulations in advance! I have a few friends that went to Cleveland and are doing great. That is the one that comes to my mind the quickest and am familiar with it because of them. I have also heard of SCUHS and have one friend in San Francisco that attended Life, so I think you are on the right track so far! I myself would probably choose Cleveland....No bones about it LOL! (But that's just an opinion) However, check them all out before you commit....There are so many. Great profession....Good luck!

Sonia Said:

I am a doctor of chiropractic i have a serious wrist injury i can no longer practice.?

We Answered:

So sorry to read of your wrist injury,I can sympathize. As you are probably aware, your DC degree won't transition into much of anything else in the health field. But there is a bright spot in the area of neuro- monitoring. Actually DCs are one profession that they are actively seeking to train. Hope this helps.....http://www.surgmon.com/careers.html

Arnold Said:

Should I go to school to be a Doctor of Chiropractic or Doctor of Physical Therapy? Please help!?

We Answered:

Asking a question like this on yahoo answers is going to get you a lot of stupid responses about the two professions. If you are really throwing up these two options then I suggest you do some good reading, and maybe visit a couple of each to find out about what they do, because its not really at all similar.

Me personally, I would do to the Chiropractic school, but this is only because thats what helped me with my own personal problem. And thats what most peoples opinions are going to be based on.

Find out some more about the professions and make an educated opinion, not just one based on what other people have told you.