From: Dr. Margolies .. 6-1-00 http://www.mindspring.com/~chirosmart Smart Start Workshop .. Saturday .. June 10 My Smart Start Workshop will be held in my office in Tucker, Ga. 20-25 minutes from Life University. Fee is $40 in advance and $50 at the door. Hours will be from 10 ‚ 3. CA¼s with their doctors are $25. Call 770-491-3639 to reserve your seat .. seating will be limited. We¼ll concentrate on starting a new practice .. establishing a marketing plan and general practice management tips. This is perfect for the graduating student and established DC looking to boost their practice procedures. Note: If you have my Smart Start Book and want to follow an independent study course to implement the many ideas chapter by chapter visit my webpage under Practice Tips. Just follow the guidelines and if you want .. e-mail me your answers .. if you follow along it¼ll explode your practice numbers. This is also a great training aid to assist your CA in marketing your office. Note 2: One of our great chiropractic warriors .. Dr. Reggie Gold had a stroke this past weekend. He is partially paralyzed and has some vision and speech problems. Let¼s prayer for a quick and full recovery Postings this week: Fernandez Discipline Seminar .. Thompson Technique Courses and video .. Distraction tables and SEMG for sale .. Drop table needed .. DC is looking for an associate in South Jersey .. DC needs nervoscope and therapy equipment .. DC is looking for one or more used fleet spinal demonstrators .. DC needs nickel plated tips for his Insight 4000 .. Review Western Australia¼s DC submission of the Medical Act of 1894 .. ChiroUSA new ad campaign .. Chiropractic on TV .. DC neurologist may have an answer .. DC has equipment for sale .. DC is looking for a thermography unit for the Myovision .. Purchase BJ¼s Green Books on CD .. Are there any DC¼s adjusting in an corporate office setting? .. DC is looking for used equipment .. FSCO and Sherman College continuing education seminars in PA .. DC is interested to purchase a practice in CA .. E-mail message this week: touch and tell The most basic examination procedure is touch and tell. Focus your attention on the area of complaint and tell them what you find. As chiropractors our focus is the spine and the subluxation complex. Great .. but new patients have little concern for long term philosophical or biomechanical concepts. They are symptom oriented and whether you are an expensive alternative to medical pills or not .. most can care less. To stimulate control of your practice every patient should realize the reality of their biomechanical problem as best your technic and analysis dictates. Touch and tell with visual aids is usually the best. Having visual aids such as charts .. videos .. pamphlets .. booklets .. x-rays .. will make the value of your report more sustaining. Keep „normal¾ and various phases of spinal degeneration x-rays on hand .. both cervical and lumbar .. as examples while explaining the patients specific films. As they compare their level of structural instability from what „normal¾ and abnormal may be .. they Postings Fernandez Discipline Seminar: June 3 & 4 .. Atlanta Marriott Century Center Hotel. Topic this seminar is referrals. I will be speaking Sunday from 9-12. My program will concentrate on Community Referrals and Creating a Family Practice. If interested in attending .. please call them at 1-800-882-4476 Thompson Technique Courses and video: Wayne Henry Zemelka, D.C will be presenting 8 hours of Basic & Advanced ( I & II) Thompson technique, at the Florida Chiropractic Seminar in Tampa, Florida June 10, 2000 at the Hyatt Regency Also: on July 15th, 2000 he will be presenting the 4 hours of Basic and Advance ( I ) Thompson Technique Course at Parker Seminars in Minneapolis, Minn....Parker runs July 13 to 16, 2000 Be sure to attend Dr. Zemelka¼s Thompson Technique Basic Five Categories at the August Palmer Homecoming Thompson Technique Video: Dr. Zemelka¼s Thompson Technique Video runs 1 hour and 42 minutes and has 44 segments on Analysis and Adjusting and received a 9.5 out of 10 on it's first review. To purchase this outstanding reference and resource tape contact Dr. Zemelka at: drwayne@netins.net Distraction tables and SEMG for sale: 1. CHIRO-MANIS FLEXION TABLE FOR SALE newly covered, works well. $600 plus shipping 2. McManus Flex/Dist. Table for sale Porcelain cast iron base with brass trim. Hydraulic elevation- hand-pump. Chrome hardware. $1500 plus shipping 3. SEMG for sale- about 10 years old, software updates available. Accepting any offer. Reply to: drrosnthal@yahoo.com Drop table needed: DC needs used drop table for under $600. Located in New York reply to: DGold66916@aol.com DC looking for associate in South Jersey home office reply to: cklingert@aol.com DC needs nervoscope and therapy equipment: DC is looking for a used nervoscope and used therapy equipment? (especifically interferential stim and a spinalator. Reply to: DCDoll@aol.com DC is looking for one or more used fleet spinal demonstrators: Reply to: mattandrobin@yahoo.com DC needs nickel plated tips (used or new) for his Insight 4000: Reply to: DrBillDC0399@aol.com Review Western Australia¼s DC submission of the Medical Act of 1894: Check my webpage under Chiropractic News ChiroUSA new ad campaign: ChiroUSA is very excited about their new National ad campaign. The ad will be run in Women's Day Magazine, PEOPLE, Better Homes and Gardens, Working Mother and other major magazines. Where else can you get this kind of exposure? The 800 number will be connected through their high-tech telephone system and be redirected to ring right in your office. If you are one of the first 1000 doctors to sign up for only $100.00 per month: they'll also include a free website and free hosting. CALL 800-466-9988 now to secure your office today or go to: www.chirousa.com and secure your office online. DC¼s on TV: Watch the Learning channel (TLC) Thursday June 15, 2000 at 4:00 pm Drs' Karen and Lawrence Bagnell will be featured as the parents of their baby. The show will tell the story of Christopher Bagnell , including chiropractic benefits for pregnant patients . DC neurologist may have an answer: DC has a patient with persistent acute arm and leg pain. Is there any specific areas of care that would expedite results. reply to: purplepeace_82@hotmail.com DC has equipment for sale: Some old upper cervical equipment, tables, precision adjusting guns, NCM, green books, constant glides. If interested in more information reply to: dockitts@integrityonline.com DC is looking for a thermography unit for the Myovision: reply to: guydance@aol.com Purchase BJ¼s Green Books on CD: Contact: Chiropractic Books 1-888-464-6922 Are there any DC¼s adjusting in an corporate office setting? DC would like to know how to set up a „mobile¾ type practice in a corporate setting. Reply to: dockitts@integrityonline.com and send a copy to me at joel3639@aol.com DC is looking for a used nervoscope, used interferential equipment and 2 therapy tables. Reply to: DCDoll@aol.com FSCO and Sherman College continuing education seminars: June 10-11 in Philadelphia. This is a 12 hour CE program . The presenters are Joe Strauss,D.C. and Judy Campanale,D.C. To register call the FSCO at 1-800-521-9856. Cost is only $195 for members and $245 for non-members. Everyone in PA must have 24 hours by Aug. 31,2000 and this would be a great place to get half of the hours. DC is interested in purchasing a practice in CA: West L.A., Beverly Hills, Culver City, Santa Monica. Reply to: drorpelli@hotmail.com Atlanta DC is looking for recent graduates: For temp/part time work in his office. Reply to: wle@mindspring.com or call 404-284- 1255