by Michael Dorausch, DC

After watching thousands of news headlines appearing across a number of online media aggregators, it’s apparent that Hillary Clinton’s presidential race is just about done. The New York Post ran front-page headlines reading “TOAST” and thousands of other newspapers painted a grim picture for the New York State senators bid to represent the Democratic Party in the 2008 presidential election. chiropractic chat rooms and private e-mail lists have become much quieter in the past few weeks, and there has still been no official endorsements made by any of the four national associations that represent the profession of chiropractic in the United States.

Planet chiropractic has been covering topics related to money in politics online since the year 2000. During that election cycle, money from chiropractors and chiropractor funded political action committees (PACs) primarily went to Republicans. Similar results were shown for the 2004 election cycle.

In January of 2008 we again took a look at chiropractic money in politics and elections, which showed analysis that a major shift had occurred among donors coming from within the chiropractic profession. Monies from chiropractic PACs and individual donors are shown largely going to the Democratic Party. Yet no word from professional leadership on party or individual candidate endorsements.

(photo: California chiropractor Dr. Terry Rondberg, president of the World chiropractic Alliance, and Timothy Feuling at a recent chiropractic conference in Orange County California)

Now that the presidential race is narrowing, we may begin to see endorsements coming from any or all of the US National chiropractic Associations. Those associations include the World chiropractic Alliance, the Federation of Straight Chiropractors and Organizations (FSCO), the International Chiropractors Association (ICA), and the American chiropractic Association (ACA).

Amongst health-care associations and PACs donating the greatest amount of funds to political parties and federal candidates in 2008 are the American Dental Association, the American College of Radiology, and the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

Our March report on contributions from national health-care associations don’t show much activity from the chiropractic profession, but there was strong individual activity going on throughout e-mail groups and private discussion forums, with most chiropractors showing an addiction to Ron Paul, the Republican candidate from Texas. That activity has since quieted down.

Did applying successful website secrets help presidential hopeful Barack Obama? His online presence has only continued to grow and become more engaged in social media circles. Hats off to the teams working the Web for Obama. That doesn’t mean he’ll get the support and endorsements from the industry of chiropractic.

Where will the chiropractic votes go? From what I’ve gathered lurking as many forums and e-mail lists as I’m aware of, I’m suspecting the majority of individual chiropractors and the American chiropractic Association will support Barack Obama as the next president of the United States. None of the three other national associations have given me any hint as to which way their endorsements may go. I suppose we will know soon enough.

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By Michael Dorausch, DC

There are a number of Planet chiropractic articles authored by moms. Topics range from leadership and office management to providing chiropractic care for more comfortable pregnancies and safer births. There is also an abundant amount of blogs in the blogosphere, with topics for moms authored by moms. I put together a brief list of mom related articles and authors found on Planet chiropractic and discovered a spectacular resource for nearly every mom centered blog in existence.

Popular mom chiropractic authors on Planet chiropractic include Sharon Gorman, Jeanne Ohm, and Martha Collins. They have provided articles such as If Momma Isn’t Happy, Nobody Is Happy, Pregnancy and chiropractic, and Our Strength is in Our Knowing. All three are fine chiropractors, and they are each extremely active in promoting chiropractic principles within their families, communities, and throughout the world.

(photo: chiropractic moms — Kathy McAuliffe&Carolyn Griffin)

Other mom related topics include Midwives and Home Births, Greater Comfort and Safer Births for pregnant moms, and DCs in the Delivery Room, an article by Dr. Karen Bagnell and her experience as an innate based chiropractor in a hospital delivery room setting.

Back in October 2007 I had the opportunity to interview Jennifer Laycock of The Lactivist, a blog with dozens of stories about being a mom and breast-feeding. On the topic of breast-feeding, there was an article in Aprils news regarding CDC statistics showing breast-feeding in the United States is at an all-time high.

On the topic of moms that blog, the site Alltop, features an aggregate of more mom blogs that I’ve been able to find anywhere else. The site itself is a terrific resource for all sorts of topics, and the moms.alltop.com page features more than 100 different mom related blogs. When I checked the page earlier today, there were topics such as Babysitting Horror Story, Having a Technology Moment With My Son, Mistook pregnancy for menopause at 45, When the Kids Listen to Crappy Lyrics, and How do I get my kids off the bottle and pacifier at bedtime? Check out the page and check out the site, it’s bookmark worthy.

On this web site, moms are typically poring over the ginormous assortment of vaccines and vaccination articles. Related topics include articles such as flu vaccines for pregnant moms and Moms Plan Lawsuits over Vaccine Contents. Moms like Jenny McCarthy and Barbara Loe Fisher have been featured on the site as well.

I like this message of gratitude by Dr. Sharon Gorman. I also like the The Power of Influence by Dr. Shawn Powers. And we can’t forget this Girlpower post by Dr. Madeline Behrendt. In it she writes… Get Checked - Visit your chiropractor to be checked for vertebral subluxations.

Thanks for keeping the moms of the world vibrant and healthy!

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by Michael Dorausch, DC

First of all, I’d like to recognize Dr. Billy Demoss and the entire DCS California Jam crew for pouring some gasoline on the flames of chiropractic passion in the state of California. California Jam 2009 date is already set for Saturday, March 7, 2009.

Big shouts to all the chiropractors who took the time to post comments on Mondays chiropractic blog pages. We are only three weeks away from the first featured articles on local chiropractors.

I recognized some familiar names on the list of comments (but I’m expecting to see more) such as Santa Clarita ChiropractorCarolyn Griffin, Dr. Jeffrey Garofalo, Dr. Neil Stern, Dr. Michael Corey, Dr. Jeri Anderson, Dr. Luis Ocon (there is a 30 minute introduction to chiropractic in Spanish by Dr. Luis Ocon on the old-school media page), Dr. Mike DeNapoli, and Dr. Steven Hansen (who has a new chiropractic website (chiropracticelkgrove.com).

Shouts to those who wrote attendee testimonials (and here) regarding the DCS event.

Mega shouts to top in the US chiropractor, Dr. Michael Moore for the video he recently shared of a custom-built, from the ground up, brand spanking new chiropractic office taking root in Redwood California. The place is gorgeous and I’m really hoping he’s going to share the video with Planet chiropractic so we can get it posted to the news.

Shouts to Dr. Ken Gee Ehrlich for breaking records in his Santa Monica office, and serving so many patients. Shouts to his wife Candice for promoting chiropractic amongst wrestling communities.

If you have missed any news during the past 90 days, here are all the May archives, April archives, and March archives for 2008.

Got something to shout about? Send us an e-mail so we can spread the good news.

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