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Episode 004 — Government Health Care for Everyone? Buyer Beware. Just Ask Goldilocks.
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Title: Government Health Care for Everyone?  Buyer Beware.  Just Ask Goldilocks.

Episode Number: 004

Host: Dr. Thomas Lamar

Show Date: 01/29/2010

Run Time: 13:44

Description:  Dr. Lamar stares down the “Health Care Reform Elephant in the Room” in this tongue and cheek and thought-provoking episode.  Learn why its so important that we let our voices be heard regarding health care reform, what the latest cost effectiveness studies are telling us, and how a story we all grew up on can teach us a lot about health.

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Buyer Beware

Goldilocks Plan

Dr. Lamar’s articles:

My Health Care Reform Proposal:  The Goldilocks Plan
Government Health Care for Everyone:  Buyer Beware

Group Health DC vs. PT vs. booklet study

Recent chiropractic cost effectiveness studies:

Wellmark Blue Cross/ Blue Shield Physical Medicine Study

Mercer Health and Benefits Study

Milliman USA Study


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Episode 003 — “Subluxation” and other $25 doctor words.
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Title: “Subluxation” and other $25 doctor words

Episode Number: 003

Host: Dr. Thomas Lamar

Show Date: 01/22/2010

Run Time: 13:48

Description:  Sublu-What??  It’s a word that many people have a hard time defining, let alone pronouncing — yet it’s what we chiropractors treat.  You won’t want to miss this episode as Dr. Lamar demystifies this basic chiropractic concept and health robbing condition.

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Dr. Lamar’s newspaper article: “Sublu-What??


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Episode 002 — The Educational Makeup of a Chiropractor
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Title: The Educational Makeup of a Chiropractor

Episode Number: 002

Host: Dr. Thomas Lamar

Show Date: 01/15/2010

Run Time: 27:57

Description:  Ever wonder what it takes for a chiropractor to hang his or her shingle out?  And how does it compare to a medical doctor?  Dr. Lamar gives listeners a peak “under the hood” of the educational makeup of a chiropractor.

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Dr. Lamar’s chiropractic education newspaper article: “A Chiropractor’s Education Never Ends!

Washington State Health Professional Research Resource:  http://heal-wa.org/ As mandated by RCW 43.70.110.

Coulter, et al. A comparative study of chiropractic and medical education.” Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine. Sep;4(5):64-75. 1998. (Here’s another summary of it).


Los Angeles College of Chiropractic curriculum.

Valahos K, Bond M. Knowledge of musculoskeletal medicine at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Australasian Musculoskeletal Medicine. May 2002:28-32.  (sorry, I can’t seem to find an abstract online to link to. Here is a listing of this article from the Austrialian Association of Musculoskeletal Medicine, and here is an article written about the subject). [Update: My apologies, it seems that the “Australasian Musculoskeletal Medicine” journal was a bogus journal – ghost written by a pharmaceutical company and not peer reviewed.  The subject matter of the article regarding inadequate musculoskeletal competency levels in graduating medical student was the real deal however.  Here is a link to another journal, the Irish Journal of Medical Science, (which is not bogus) that reviews the same subject].

Taylor, et al. Interpretation of abnormal lumbosacral spine radiographs. A test comparing students, clinicians, radiology residents, and radiologists in medicine and chiropractic.  Spine. May 1995. 15;20(10):1147-53.


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Episode 001 — Chiropractic 101
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Title: Chiropractic 101

Episode Number: 001

Host: Dr. Thomas Lamar

Show Date: 01/08/2010

Run Time: 14:56

Description:  What does a chiropractor do?  If you can’t solidly answer this question, school’s in session and Dr. Lamar is at the blackboard.  Enjoy this debut episdoe that starts listeners on the “chiropractic ground floor” by exposing a common misconception held by many —even some chiropractors!

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The Chiropractic 101 newspaper article.

The USA AHCPR Guidelines for Acute Low Back Pain

The Canadian Low Back Pain Manga Report


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Episode 000 — START HERE — Podcast Chiropractor for Hire


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Title: Podcast Chiropractor for Hire

Episode Number: 000

Host: Dr. Thomas Lamar

Show Date: 01/01/2010

Run Time: 16:02

Description: “Welcome to Spinal Column Radio!  I hear that you are looking to hire a podcast chiropractor.  Well… my name is Dr. Thomas Lamar, and I’d like to apply for that job!”

Episode 000 is not really an episode at all, but rather an introduction or orientation to our podcast.  After listening, you will know who we are, what we are about, and why we are doing it.  Think of it as my “job interview.”  If you are new to our podcast, this is a great place to start.

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Links:

Here’s my eResume.

Practice website:  www.AnchorChiropractic.net

Chiropractic College I attended:  Los Angeles College of Chiropractic (LACC) – now known as the Southern California University of Health Sciences.

Our Blog:  www.SpinalColumnBlog.com

The Newspaper we publish in:  Kingston Community News

So, What’s a Podcast Anyway???


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