Water Instead of Diet Drinks & Neuromobilization In The Chronic Neck

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INTRO

Today we’re going to talk about Water Instead of Diet Drinks & Neuromobilization In The Chronic Neck

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WELCOME BACK

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to the Chiropractic Forward Podcast. I’m Dr. Jeff Williams, and I’m glad you’re spending a few minutes of your day with me. This is the podcast where we don’t just talk about chiropractic — we build the case for it, one piece of research at a time. Evidence-based, patient-centered, and unapologetically.

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EPISODE RECAP

This is Episode #387. Last week, in Episode #386, we talked about Exercise & Nutrition In Low Back Pain & Migraine In Chiropractic Patients. If you haven’t had a chance to listen to that one yet, go back and check it out.

Good stuff. You gotta keep up with the class!

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PERSONAL HAPPENINGS

Alright, let’s talk a little bit about life around here before we get into the research.

I’ve been listening to a new podcast lately that I’m really enjoying — it’s called Dan Snow’s History Hit. Currently I’m working through episodes about military commanders, and they’ve been covering Erwin Rommel. And I have to tell you — I’ve been fascinated by Rommel since I was a kid. I remember watching some documentary when I was young, and they called him the Desert Fox — and I mean, come on. That’s an incredible nickname. Obviously, as a kid you don’t fully grasp the horrors of what the Nazis represented, but you figure that out pretty quickly as you get older. Even so, Rommel as a military figure has always been a genuinely interesting study to me. If you’re into military history at all, check out Dan Snow’s History Hit. Good podcast.

Speaking of podcasts, I would really appreciate it if you would take a minute to review and share this podcast with colleagues you think would benefit from it.

Look, I’ll be honest with you — we spent some time on cruise control, just recording episodes and letting them ride. And that’s fine, but I really want to see growth and real traction here. I want to get to the point where, when somebody asks for a chiropractic podcast recommendation, there are fifteen people immediately pointing to this one.

I’m biased, obviously — but I genuinely believe that evidence-based, patient-centered information is the best thing we can do for our profession and for our communities. Anything that reduces the noise and elevates the people doing it right is good for everyone. So I’d appreciate your help spreading the word.

In other news — I am deep in study mode right now. I’m preparing to take the Qualified Medical Evaluator examination out in California. That test is in April, and I hear they run about a fifty-fifty pass-fail ratio — which is honestly pretty humbling. I do not plan on being on the fail side of that equation, so I am busting my hump to make sure I’m well prepared.

I’ll tell you though — when you’re 53 and you’ve got everything going on in your life that I have going on, sitting down to study isn’t always the easiest thing in the world.

But the tools available now versus when I was in school are just incredible. One thing that’s really helping me is an app called Brainscape. Essentially it’s a flashcard system, but the smart part is that it has you rate how well you know each card — and the cards you don’t know very well keep coming back more frequently until you rate them higher.

That’s a genuinely smart design. There’s also a website called Stuvia that has practice tests and learning materials that have been helpful. Add in a prep class on top of all of that, and I feel like I’m going in well-prepared. But as I always say — we shall see.

And one more piece of good news from the clinic. Our acupuncturist’s husband got a job offer in Missouri, so she and her family will be relocating in May. That’s bittersweet — we love her — but here’s the stroke of luck: our brand new associate, fresh out of chiropractic school, was already interested in learning acupuncture. She’s goi...