Clinic Coming to a Close...

It's hard to believe that it is already come to this time of my schooling. I am now a quarter 12 student meaning that the only people who are older than me at school are super seniors. I have been intern of the month since going to Florida to the bootcamp of Advanced Orthogonal. (4 consecutive months). Dr. Bell still hasn't figured out how he'll celebrate cause he has never had an intern do that.

It has been a little surreal though as I have been in clinic 5 days a week till 7-8 each day. Now that I am just about to end, it's hard to realize how much time will be freed up. Change is a good thing though as I have been able to focus more time on my other projects. I have been selling all the class notes that I have been scanning in since the beginning of school. Also I have been teaching the Advanced Orthogonal class with Ric and Drs. Joe and Carol Ball. It has been fun writing tests and making videos to help them learn the process.

This past weekend I have been going to Part IV reviews for boards. It has been only 20+ hours learning nothing but radiology and WOW! I have learned SO much! It really put everything together in a systematic way. I just wish there was more time to write it all down into a program to help other people know how to read x-rays. Makes me wonder how I will be using technology to help chiropractors in the future. I keep making excel files for different reasons. Maybe that will lead me somewhere... :)

Chiropractic is truly amazing. I never could have imagined what chiropractors do if I had not seen it firsthand. To realize that people walk in and have problems for whatever reason, and that all I do is find their subluxations and correct them. Once I do that, they immediately feel better. They may not have zero pain that visit, but their quality of life and function improve dramatically. All of this with just inputting a small force into the body causing a reaction within the body. It's not just a bone out of place. That is something to tell children. In reality it is much much more than that. How else can I help resolve people's low back pain when all I do is adjust their neck? I am working with their nervous system and using the reflexes that we all are hardwired with to cause a change within the body. Yes, chiropractic is amazing.

Life During Clinic

Life has been busy. Too busy. It has been one of the most difficult things I could do. Trying to juggle clinic with classes is hard enough, but to keep up with family, spirituality, and leisure time has been near impossible. Not only that, but I have been working on several projects for the school, not because they are requiring it of me, but because I feel that I need to. I have recreated how Advanced Orthogonal is taught with an excel program that took 6 months to program, created a manual of lines of mensuration explaining how to perform this using the digital x-ray program that has now been given out to students, and I have working on an official Health Center manual that has been desperately needed for over twenty years. Trying to get new patients and doing all the paperwork for the current patients that I have along with scheduling them in has proven to be the hardest part. I thought I knew what it was like to "burn the candle from both ends", but I have reached a new level. I know that it is possible, however I know that I wouldn't be able to do this without my wife. She has been the biggest asset as I have struggled on this journey. I can't imagine doing this without her.

Post Boards 2, 3 and PT

Well I passed the next phase of national boards! I did really well too :) Part two and three are mainly about diagnosis and care plans. It was nice to know that I won't have to worry about taking any of these tests again. Now to study for part four (practicals).