Why RS?

WHY RS? – Ever ponder the following sobering stats?… Why does only approximately 10% of any graduating class from any chiropractic school become truly successful in practice? Why does chiropractic lead all health professions in student loan default rates?

There are at least a few arguable reasons behind these realities, but one thing is undeniable… 100s of DCs fail in practice every year! And some never get the chance to try to make it in practice, because they never even open their own doors!

Why so great a number of failures? Again, the reasons may be many, not the least of which is this… our Chiropractic Universities (“Health Sciences” Universities for some) may do well to prepare students to learn the basics of technique, to diagnose, and to pass board exams, but by and large do not train the student for life in a real practice after graduation.

“But what about practice management courses offered by most schools?” you might ask. Knowing the way is not going the way. In other words, there is a vast difference between book knowledge on how to fly an airplane, and climbing into the cockpit yourself to actually fly.

Bottom Line? Too many of our colleagues are going down! As a profession, chiropractic care does more good for mankind than any other profession, and frankly chiropractors deserve to be successful!

Where’s the missing link? Know this, once a student graduates with DC diploma in hand, the real education is just beginning. Formal education is required to clear the obstacles and get that diploma and license to practice. Additional education is required now to learn how to run a successful practice.

It’s simple, without the right information and concepts, practice tends to be an uphill struggle. With the right information, concepts, and mentoring guidance, many of the obstacles that would otherwise “take out” the unaware doctor, are avoided. The question is “why swim upstream and risk trying to figure it out on your own when you can have expert guidance instead?” That being said, be careful in your choice of who you receive that guidance from! Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan each have or had a coach, but not just ANY coach, because coach’s come a dime a dozen. These men have or had the best coach to be the best in their fields. Chiropractic is no different.