Easter Chiropractic Service Project

Chiropractic care for the needy was a grand success with four chiropractors volunteering throughout the day. This service project of the Georgia Chiropractic Association District 1 began in 2010, and provides chiropractic care at four events each year in downtown Atlanta at Thanksgiving, Christmas, MLK Day and Easter. We were part of the Easter Day of Services at the Georgia Dome. The chiropractors involved were Drs. Winston and Chantaye Carhee, Dr. Bianca Kiovanni and myself. Men and women from the ages of 81-21 who came to the Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless Event received exams and chiropractic adjustments. There were folks with years of accumulated stress and strain, old injuries that were not properly treated and joints and muscles that bear the burden of poverty and ill health. We had a steady flow of people wanting to have their spines checked, and ask questions about their health concerns. I appreciate the opportunity to serve, and am thankful that I have a home and food on the table.

Becoming a Thought Leader

Thought Leadership is the intangible quality that an individual or group attains, when the public looks to them for guidance and advice on topics of importance. The Thought Leaders for illness and disease are medical doctors. The Thought Leaders for leaky pipes and clogged toilets are plumbers. The Thought Leaders for getting healthy and staying well without drugs or surgery are...CHIROPRACTORS! This may not be the natural train of thought for most people, but according to Dr. Guy Riekeman, President of Life University in Marietta, GA, this is the role that Doctors of Chiropractic need to take in the 21st century. Speaking to a group of about 40 members and guests of the Georgia Chiropractic Association District 1 in Sandy Springs Tuesday evening, Dr. Riekeman extolled the group that the chiropractic profession needs to start to engage the public and key decision makers on matters that involve getting healthy and staying well naturally. As the cultural authority of chiropractic continues to build, then the chiropractors will become the "Go-To" profession for advice and help. Pictured are Dr. James E. Schantz, President of GCA District I and Dr. Guy Riekeman, President of Life University.

Passing of a chiropractic hero

Dr. Weldon Odum passed away last week after fending off cancer for several years. I first meet Dr. Odum in 1985. He came to SACA Day (Student American Chiropractic Association) at the National College of Chiropractic. I was President of SACA at National, and Dr. Odum was the President of the parent organization, the American Chiropractic Association (http://www.acatoday.org/).

Still one and a half years from completing my studies at National, Dr. Odum inspired me to try harder, reach further and strive to be my best. It wasn't until I moved to Georgia in 1987 that I realized that I was practicing in Dr. Odum's home state. We met up at a GCA (Georgia Chiropractic Association) conference and became reacquainted. It was always a great day when I would get to see him and his wife Helen at conferences, share a meal and get updates on their daughter, Joan, who pursued a degree in chiropractic and then medicine. Dr. Odum showed me that you could serve the profession, serve your community, have a great family life and be a snappy dresser too. Dr. Odum, you will be missed, yet your spirit will live on.