When I first entered chiropractic school, I believed that what we did was adjust and treat spinal conditions. However, chiropractic care is so much more than any individual aspect of care; it is an ideology of wholistic health care not driven from the treatment of illnesses, but actually aligning all aspects of life with the ultimate goal of health and preventive care.

From personal experience, dealing with a physical injury can not only be challenging in its limitations, but also the mental strain and load it can deliver. For most people, struggling with either an acute or especially a chronic injury can be a period of uncertainty, not knowing how they will manage to cope while doing everything they can to limit its impact on the rest of their life. I know because this was me. What I didn’t know, what just how much I can make a difference. Prior to formal chiropractic training, I was naïve to the vast number of options in the umbrella of chiropractic care treatments and how they would influence my outlook on future patient care. I have learned so much about every system of the body and how intertwined they all are!

I knew going into this field that I wanted to make a difference in people’s health and lives, and I knew this was possible. What I didn’t know, was the scale this could be grown to. With the knowledge I’ve been instilled with, and in an age of social media, patient education can be a top priority with vast outreach. We make life changing differences in those we treat, and I feel the need to ensure no one is left unheard or ignored.

So, what has chiropractic has taught me about myself? I am the change that has to be made in a pharmacological, financially-driven world. I am part of the generation of new chiropractors who can flip the view of health care 180 degrees and take substantial strides toward a better future.

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