Chiro Hustle

Three bulging discs at age 16 changed the direction of Dr. Dan Ruitenbeek's life.A competitive hockey player growing up in Canada, Dan reached the point where he says he could no longer voluntarily contract his left quadriceps. Surgery was becoming a possibility.Then a friend sent him to a chiropractor.Within approximately three weeks, Dan says he was essentially pain-free. Within three months, he was back playing hockey.That experience eventually led him to Life University, chiropractic practice, Recover X, entrepreneurship, and Shockwave Centers of America.In Episode 813 of the Chiro Hustle Podcast, James Chester and Dr. Dan Ruitenbeek DC explore what happens when chiropractic changes someone's life—and that person decides to build systems that can strengthen the profession.Dan discusses why chiropractic students must intentionally pursue mentorship, technique training, internships, philosophy, and business education beyond the classroom.He also explains his approach to accessible “biohacking for real people” and how technologies can support patients without replacing the unique role of chiropractic.Then the conversation turns toward one of chiropractic's most overlooked opportunities: the chiropractic assistant.Dan believes better education, certification, responsibility, and career pathways for CAs could strengthen practices, improve staff retention, expand service capacity, and help chiropractors spend more time doing what only chiropractors can do.Detect subluxation. Correct subluxation. Communicate chiropractic.From a teenage hockey injury to nearly 3,000 offices using the systems of Shockwave Centers of America, Dan's story demonstrates what can happen when experience, mentorship, innovation, and chiropractic principle come together.You are just one story away.Keep Hustling.#ChiroHustle #Chiropractic #Chiropractor #ChiropracticPhilosophy #Subluxation #VertebralSubluxation #ChiropracticAdjustment #InnateIntelligence #ChiropracticStudents #ChiropracticAssistant #ChiropracticBusiness #ChiropracticLeadership #PracticeGrowth #ShockwaveTherapy #Biohacking #LifeUniversity #SacredTrust

“That kid was me.”Dr Amanda Blonigen DC joins James Chester for Episode 811 of the Chiro Hustle Podcast to explore pediatric chiropractic, pregnancy, birth, developmental milestones, chiropractic philosophy, and what happens when chiropractors take the principle beyond the walls of their offices.Amanda originally planned to become a pediatrician before discovering chiropractic and realizing that children could be adjusted. That discovery led her into chiropractic school, pediatric education, and ultimately a mission centered on children and families.Today, Amanda works alongside Dr Lona Cook DC with Well-Adjusted Students, a nonprofit bringing chiropractic care directly into schools. The program now serves 17 locations, particularly reaching underserved children, children living in poverty, and children with special needs who may otherwise never experience chiropractic care.Then Amanda tells a story that changes the interview.One family loved continuing care during summer, but the mother explained they only had enough gas money to make the trip once per month.Amanda calls their work a “mission trip in our backyard.”James immediately recognizes the child she is describing.Growing up poor with a single mother, struggling with dyslexia, and being told he would never become educated, James remembers his mother saving money so he could receive chiropractic care.“That kid was me.”The realization brings James to tears and exposes the deeper mission behind this episode: What could happen if chiropractic reached children who otherwise might never have access?Amanda believes chiropractic belongs in the conversation happening inside America's schools—and that exposing children to chiropractic today could transform families and the profession for generations.This is a conversation about the Sacred Trust, subluxation-centered chiropractic, service, access, leadership, and having the courage to show up.Learn more about Well-Adjusted Students at well-adjustedstudents.org.#ChiroHustle #Chiropractic #PediatricChiropractic #WellAdjustedStudents #ChiropracticPhilosophy #Subluxation #KidsAndChiropractic #FamilyChiropractic #InnateIntelligence #ADIO #ChiropracticLeadership #FutureOfChiropractic #SacredTrust</>Plain Textpodscan_ldxGmwBs216S1f0LZBuLvmYQxvvpLwiQ

What happens when a man who once entered disaster zones to help people rebuild their lives brings that same calling into chiropractic?In Episode 809 of the Chiro Hustle Podcast, James Chester sits down with Dr Justin Dick DC for a powerful conversation about service, subluxation-centered chiropractic, scoliosis, spinal biomechanics, early detection, research, and tackling cases other people may consider too difficult.Before becoming a chiropractor, Justin trained in nuclear medicine, computed tomography, and healthcare management. He later left hospital work and entered full-time disaster ministry, serving communities in places including Japan and Haiti.Then chiropractic became personal.Justin discusses his history of seizures, his own chiropractic experience, and his wife's significant scoliosis. Those experiences helped lead him to Sherman College of Chiropractic and advanced scoliosis training through the CLEAR Scoliosis Institute.Justin explains why he believes scoliosis must be understood as more than a lateral curve, why sagittal and rotational mechanics matter, how objective imaging and measurement inform his work, and why early detection during childhood deserves greater attention.He also discusses challenging scoliosis cases, co-management, CLEAR certification, mentorship, and why publishing chiropractic research may be one of the profession's most important opportunities.Underlying everything is Justin's calling to serve.He once stood in the gap for people who had lost their homes and possessions.Today, he stands in the gap for patients and families confronting difficult spinal problems.The tools changed. The mission didn't.#ChiroHustle #ChiroHustlePodcast #Chiropractic #Subluxation #Scoliosis #CLEARInstitute #ChiropracticResearch #ChiropracticPhilosophy #SpinalBiomechanics #ChiropracticAdjustment #ShermanCollege #ChiropracticLeadership #ChiropracticStudents #EarlyDetection #StructureDeterminesFunction

Chiropractic has been the best-kept secret in health care for too long. In Episode 807 of the Chiro Hustle Podcast, James Chester speaks with ICA president Dr. Joe Betz DC about the movement to make chiropractic a first choice.Dr. Betz reveals how chiropractic organizations and the Make America Healthy Again movement are finding common ground around patient access, prevention, wellness, and freedom from unnecessary over-medicalization. He explains the work surrounding the MAHA Chiropractic Hub, Medicare modernization, an opt-out option for chiropractors, provider nondiscrimination, veteran access, and chiropractic education for families.The conversation also exposes the profession’s profound research-funding gap. Chiropractic studies often depend on grassroots donations and volunteer researchers, while individual medical initiatives can receive tens of millions of dollars. If the profession wants to document the broader effects of the chiropractic adjustment and subluxation-centered care, chiropractors must support the science.This is a call for unity in action without sacrificing chiropractic’s identity. The opportunity is to protect the sacred trust, preserve the principle of vertebral subluxation, and bring the specific chiropractic adjustment to more people.Visit chiropractic.org to learn about current ICA advocacy opportunities.#ChiroHustle #Chiropractic #JoeBetz #ICA #VertebralSubluxation #ChiropracticAdjustment #ChiropracticPhilosophy #InnateIntelligence #MAHA #MedicareModernization #ChiropracticResearch #ChiropracticLeadership #FutureOfChiropractic #ProtectTheSacredTrust

Dr Charles “Chuck” Gibson DC carries firsthand memories of some of chiropractic’s most influential figures—and one conversation he recalls may have changed the course of the profession.In Episode 805 of the Chiro Hustle Podcast, Dr Gibson tells the story of urging legendary philosopher Reggie Gold to return to chiropractic after Reggie stepped away in frustration over the profession’s philosophical direction. Dr Gibson reminded him that he could create greater change from within. Reggie returned, delivered a powerful two-hour presentation, and received a standing ovation.Dr Gibson also shares personal memories of B.J. Palmer, Dr Sid Williams, and Dr Fred Barge before confronting three urgent challenges in chiropractic education: the erosion of philosophy, overwhelming student debt, and inadequate preparation for private practice.This is a call to preserve chiropractic’s history, defend the vertebral subluxation-centered principle, strengthen business education, and prepare students to carry the Sacred Trust forward.#ChiroHustle #ChiroHustlePodcast #Chiropractic #ChiropracticPhilosophy #Subluxation #VertebralSubluxation #BJPalmer #ReggieGold #SidWilliams #FredBarge #ChiropracticEducation #ChiropracticStudents #SacredTrust #InnateIntelligence #ChiropracticLeadership

At 16, Dr. Shady Botros entered a chiropractic office after years of asthma, medication, hospital visits, and restricted breathing. A Reggie Gold lecture introduced him to the Big Idea, and his first chiropractic adjustment became the moment he calls “the day I took my first breath.” He left knowing he wanted to serve others through chiropractic.In Episode 803, Dr. Botros joins James Chester to explore vitalism, subluxation-centered care, international chiropractic, and the non-negotiables that protect the profession’s identity. He shares the challenges chiropractors face in Egypt, where the profession lacks formal recognition and title protection, and discusses his vision for bringing chiropractors together to serve there.Dr. Botros also explains why chiropractors should stop assuming medical doctors are the enemy. His Abundant Medical Referral approach teaches chiropractors to enter medical practices respectfully, communicate the body’s self-healing and self-regulating potential without diluting chiropractic, care for referrals effectively, and build relationships that can be repeated.This conversation is a call to protect the Sacred Trust, create unity through honest dialogue, and put great ideas into action. Listen now and remember: the world cannot benefit from the chiropractic story you never tell.#ChiroHustle #ChiroHustlePodcast #Chiropractic #Subluxation #Vitalism #ChiropracticPhilosophy #ChiropracticAdjustment #InnateIntelligence #SacredTrust #InternationalChiropractic #MedicalReferrals #PracticeGrowth #ChiropracticLeadership #DrShadyBotros

A Guitar Hero game helped reveal Dr Josh Wheeler DC’s creative path.When Josh’s father offered to replace the game with a real guitar, Josh began the difficult process of learning an actual instrument. That decision eventually shaped how he would educate, entertain, and communicate as a chiropractor.Josh grew up in a chiropractic family, was checked shortly after birth, and considered careers in medicine, filmmaking, and music before choosing the profession for himself. Chiropractic aligned with his holistic worldview and his desire to serve people through conservative, cause-focused care.In Episode 801 of the Chiro Hustle Podcast, Josh joins James Chester to discuss Songs I Wrote in Chiropractic College, performing music at chiropractic seminars, developing an authentic creative voice, and keeping passion alive throughout a long career.He also shares how local-business collaborations helped Lookout Valley Chiropractic reach new audiences. One humorous video featuring Josh as a tortilla-chip specialist reportedly generated approximately one million Instagram views and several hundred thousand additional TikTok views.Behind the humor is a principled message: keep the detection and correction of vertebral subluxation central, but do not be afraid to communicate chiropractic through your own personality.The profession does not need more imitation.It needs chiropractors with clarity, persistence, creativity, and the courage to make the chiropractic message memorable.#ChiroHustle #ChiroHustlePodcast #Chiropractic #Subluxation #VertebralSubluxation #ChiropracticPhilosophy #InnateIntelligence #PrincipledChiropractic #JoshWheelerDC #ChiropracticMarketing #CreativeMarketing #PracticeGrowth #ChiropracticLeadership #Chiropractor #Episode801

What happens when a chiropractor realizes chiropractic is bigger than pain?Dr Sondre Langli DC began his professional career as a physical therapist before discovering something different happening inside chiropractic offices. After experiencing chiropractic personally, he followed that calling to Australia, studied chiropractic, and eventually built his practice in Sweden.But one patient would forever change his understanding of the profession.A young man entered his office saying simply, “I’m sick.” His medical evaluations had not provided the answer he was looking for, his university life had unraveled, his relationship had ended, and he was self-medicating.Dr Langli began checking and adjusting him.Years later, the two unexpectedly met at a gym. That was when the former patient revealed that during the week of his first chiropractic visit he had been considering taking his own life.He told Dr Langli:“When you started to adjust me on Monday, I got my life back.”That moment helped transform Dr Langli from a chiropractor working primarily inside a pain-based model into a chiropractor deeply committed to vitalistic, subluxation-centered chiropractic.In Episode 799 of the Chiro Hustle Podcast, Dr Langli joins us from Sweden to discuss protecting the philosophy and language of chiropractic, the pressure facing vitalistic chiropractors in Europe, the importance of mentorship and leadership, why students need exposure to principled chiropractors, and why Chiro Europe became a place that felt like home.If chiropractors do not tell the chiropractic story, someone else will define it for us.Protect the philosophy.Protect the adjustment.Protect the language.Teach the next generation.And keep telling the story.#ChiroHustle #Chiropractic #Subluxation #VitalisticChiropractic #ChiropracticPhilosophy #InnateIntelligence #UniversalIntelligence #ChiropracticLeadership #ChiroEurope #ChiropracticStudents #ChiropracticMentorship #FutureOfChiropractic

What if the answer to a struggling chiropractic practice isn't another side hustle—but becoming a better chiropractor, communicator, business owner, and leader?In Episode 797 of the Chiro Hustle Podcast, Dr Daniel Knowles DC challenges chiropractors to make chiropractic the main thing.Knowles describes four stages of practice—Survival, Growth, Scaling, and Legacy—and explains why chiropractors get into trouble when they try to jump directly from struggling in Survival to displaying the lifestyle and opportunities associated with Legacy.His message isn't anti-business or anti-entrepreneurship. It's about building from abundance instead of escaping from lack.Before chasing the next product, therapy, business, social-media opportunity, or revenue stream, ask a harder question:Have I actually learned how to build the chiropractic practice I said I wanted?Dr Knowles shares the story of building his own practice while newly married and expecting his first child. Suddenly he had nine months to stop preparing and start producing. He and his wife built the practice, found a home, developed the business, and hired their first team member the week their son was born.Years later, that son would leave a successful business career and choose chiropractic because he wanted something his previous career wasn't giving him: purpose.This conversation dives into practice growth, community outreach, examinations and recommendations, developing teams, working with associates, Network Spinal, Mile High, three generations of chiropractic, and why Legacy is ultimately about creating more leaders.For the chiropractor stuck at 25, 50, or 100 visits a week, Knowles keeps returning to one fundamental instruction:Tell more people about chiropractic.Don't hide.Teach.Communicate.Serve.Grow.Lead.And remember why you became a chiropractor in the first place.#ChiroHustle #Chiropractic #Subluxation #ChiropracticPhilosophy #DanielKnowles #ChiropracticBusiness #PracticeGrowth #ChiropracticLeadership #PrincipledChiropractic #ChiropracticStudents #NetworkSpinal #MileHigh #ChiropracticLegacy

In this episode of the Chiro Hustle Podcast, James Chester sits down with Dr Derrell Blackburn DC for a powerful conversation about chiropractic access, education, community outreach, and the responsibility to protect and share the chiropractic message.Dr Blackburn shares how a simple suggestion from a chiropractor helped lead him into the profession, but his deeper purpose came from understanding how many people still lack awareness, access, and context when it comes to chiropractic, health, and quality of life.As a faculty member at Parker University, Dr Blackburn discusses the school’s innovative blended hybrid chiropractic education model and how it can help make chiropractic school more accessible, affordable, and realistic for students from different walks of life.He also shares the mission behind Community CORE Foundation, which stands for Community Outreach, Resources, and Empowerment. Through CORE, Dr Blackburn helps communities better understand vital signs, stress, blood pressure, blood glucose, oxygen saturation, and quality-of-life indicators so people can make more informed decisions.This episode is grounded in chiropractic philosophy, the Sacred Trust, subluxation-centered principles, the chiropractic adjustment, and the belief that people deserve to be checked and adjusted regularly from first breath to last breath.#ChiroHustle #Chiropractic #DrDerrellBlackburn #ParkerUniversity #ChiropracticEducation #ChiropracticStudent #Subluxation #ChiropracticPhilosophy #SacredTrust #HealthFreedom #CommunityOutreach #InnateIntelligence #ChiropracticAdjustment #ChiropracticPodcast

In Episode 793 of the Chiro Hustle Podcast, James Chester welcomes Dr Neil Cohen DC for a powerful, principled conversation about chiropractic purpose, leadership, communication, and the sacred responsibility to keep chiropractic chiropractic.With 40 years in the profession and years of leadership at Sherman College of Chiropractic, Dr Cohen brings a clear message: chiropractic is not transactional. Chiropractic is transformational.This episode centers on vertebral subluxation, the adjustment, and the chiropractor’s role in removing interference so the body can better express life. Dr Cohen explains why chiropractic is not simply about symptoms or health, but about life itself. Health is the result. Life is the principle.James and Dr Cohen also discuss the profession’s need for stronger leadership, clearer communication, better fellowship, and a renewed commitment to chiropractic identity. The conversation challenges chiropractors to stop practicing as islands and start sharpening one another for the future of the profession.The most powerful message is directed to chiropractic students: do not lose yourself in school stress, do not fall for the counterfeit, and do not chase shiny objects. Learn how to check, learn how to adjust, and learn how to set people free.#ChiroHustle #Chiropractic #DrNeilCohen #Subluxation #ChiropracticPhilosophy #VertebralSubluxation #ChiropracticStudents #ChiropracticLeadership #ShermanCollege #BJPalmer #SacredTrust #InnateIntelligence #PrincipledChiropractic #ChiropracticPodcast

In Episode 791 of the Chiro Hustle Podcast, James Chester welcomes Dr Mark Sanna DC of Breakthrough Coaching for a powerful conversation about chiropractic’s strategic future.Dr Sanna discusses the Chiropractic Future Strategic Plan, the profession’s need for unified direction, and the four major pillars of research, government relations, reimbursement, and technology. He explains why quality-of-life research, real-time chiropractic data, AI, EHR information, and reimbursement dashboards may help the profession speak with greater authority to legislators, insurers, policymakers, and the public.The most powerful moment in the episode comes when Dr Sanna reflects on his father’s generation of chiropractors — including those who were jailed for practicing chiropractic — and contrasts that with today’s opportunity, where chiropractic leaders are being invited into national conversations about reimbursement, access, Medicare modernization, veterans’ care, and the future of health in America.This is a principled, subluxation-centered conversation about courage, unity, the sacred trust, and the need for chiropractic to stand up in one of the most important windows of opportunity the profession has seen in decades.Learn more about Dr Mark Sanna DC and Breakthrough Coaching at MyBreakthrough.com.#ChiroHustle #Chiropractic #DrMarkSanna #MarkSannaDC #BreakthroughCoaching #Subluxation #ChiropracticPhilosophy #SacredTrust #ChiropracticFuture #ChiropracticResearch #MedicareModernization #ChiropracticLeadership #PracticeGrowth #InnateIntelligence

In Episode 789 of the Chiro Hustle Podcast, James Chester welcomes Roberto Monaco, founder of Influencing from the Front, for a powerful conversation about communication, ethical influence, public speaking, and the responsibility chiropractors have to bring the chiropractic message into their communities.Roberto shares how he went from limiting beliefs, financial struggle, and English as his third language to becoming a trusted communication coach in the chiropractic profession. His breakthrough came when he realized speaking could not be about him. It had to be about serving the audience.This episode challenges chiropractors to create a simple speaker page, ask patients for introductions, teach regular patient education classes, and reinforce the chiropractic principle with consistency.James and Roberto also discuss trust, subluxation-centered communication, BJ Palmer’s Sacred Trust, and why the profession needs stronger teams, younger leaders, and clearer voices.The message is simple: no chiropractor is bigger than chiropractic. The community is waiting. The story must be told.#ChiroHustle #Chiropractic #RobertoMonaco #Subluxation #ChiropracticMarketing #ChiropracticPhilosophy #PublicSpeaking #PracticeGrowth #ChiropracticLeadership #BJPalmer #SacredTrust #ChiropracticCommunication