Archives: LifeLines
The Best Place on Earth
– By Nolan Halverson – Tucked on the corner of Industrial Boulevard and Depot Road is where Life West Chiropractic College has its roots. When you walk through the doors at Life West, some...
Journal Club: Reliability Of Leg Checks
– By Meagan Stachnik – The Chiropractic community is considered a group of professionals educated in the musculoskeletal system, neurology, vitalism, and scientific evidence approaches. Di...
What’s Your Story?
– By Alexis Griffith – While everyone’s chiropractic story is unique, I’ve always considered mine to be unusual and inspiring. I didn’t grow up influenced by the pursuit of higher educatio...
Asian Heritage Cultivates Courageous Chiropractors
– By Joyce Yeung & Melinda Pham – As an international student from Hong Kong, I think of chiropractic as a culture. A culture among the many in the health care system. Modern medicine ...
Good Hands
– By Emma Harbage – All my life I have been involved in elite sport. First it was gymnastics … then somehow rugby! I have been playing rugby since I was 17 years old, and a decade later, I...
Harms of Low-Carb in Type II Diabetes
– by Austin Bergquist – Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a growing health concern here in America. By 2030, it is estimated that 1 in 3 Americans will be living with T2D, or prediabetes. Over the ...
How D’You Know?
by Bri Lange & Austin Bergquist The very first thing I do when a child [i.e. kid] comes to see me at the clinic, is establish a bond with the parent or caregiver, making sure that the child sees t...
What’s Simi’s Story?
by Simran (Simi) Chawla “EVERY ORGAN IN YOUR BODY IS CONNECTED TO THE ONE UNDER YOUR HAT.” -BJ PALMER. Cue Bollywood music. I’m a first-generation Indian American who was born and raised in Reno, Neva...
All Else Follows
by Nolan Halverson You have the opportunity to be a chiropractor because chiropractic is a profession. Chiropractic is a profession because Chiropractic saves lives. In the fall of 2016, a 17-year-old...