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Heal Thyself for a Healthy Self

Seventy patients a day. Not one of them gets enough of my time.

So I'm writing down what I'd tell you if we had an hour. Short routines, organised by the problem you actually have, explained in plain English.

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Keith Robbins, Chiropractic Physician · 17 years in practice

A clinic day of 480 minutes divided among 70 patients, about 6.9 minutes each 6.9 minutes each
An eight-hour clinic day, split seventy ways. The green slice is your visit.

Why this exists

The volume model is built for the schedule, not for you.

Seven minutes isn't a plan

In a high-volume clinic there is time to treat you and almost no time to teach you. The teaching is the part that keeps you out of the office.

You can do more than you're told

Most of what helps between visits is movement you can learn and do at home. Nobody sits down and shows you, because nobody is paid to.

So here it is, written down

Clear routines, the reason each one works, and an honest word on when you should see someone in person instead.

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Start with what's bothering you.

Routines are organised by problem, not by body part or buzzword. New ones are added every month and announced in the newsletter.

Low back

Sitting all day

For the back that tightens up after a long stretch at a desk or behind the wheel.

8 minNo equipmentIn production

Neck & upper back

Screen neck

For the stiffness that builds when your head lives a few inches in front of your shoulders.

6 minChairIn production

Whole body

The stiff first hour

A short sequence for mornings when everything takes a while to get moving.

10 minFloor spaceIn production

Hips

Getting up off the floor

Building back the strength and range to get down and up again without a hand on the couch.

12 minFloor spacePlanned

Shoulders

Reaching overhead

For the top shelf you've quietly stopped using.

8 minWallPlanned

Recovery

After a long day on your feet

An evening wind-down for legs, feet and lower back.

7 minNo equipmentPlanned

The book · in progress

What a chiropractor actually trains for, and what the profession gets wrong.

Ten chapters on the education, the history, the scope of practice and the things my own industry would rather not say out loud. Written for patients, not for colleagues.

Newsletter readers will see chapters first.

About

Dr. Robbins, DC

  • In practice17 years
  • Patients a day50–70
  • DegreesBS · MBA · DC
  • Licensed inUtah

I'm Keith Robbins, a chiropractic physician. I've spent seventeen years in practice, most recently in a clinic that sees fifty to seventy people a day.

I've tried running my own clinic twice. Both times the high-volume chains won on price, and the patients lost on time. This is a different approach: put the teaching where you can get to it whenever you need it.

Before chiropractic I studied philosophy and critical thinking. It shows. I'd rather explain why something works than ask you to take my word for it.