Every year at this time, you receive a packet of information from the NMCA containing Membership new and renewal forms, as well as convention registration and information. Please consider renewing your membership or becoming a new member of the NMCA!! The association is your voice in NM and the work we do on your behalf is important and expected by our Legislators, other state associations around the country, national chiropractic associations and businesses. If I could share with you all that goes on behind the scenes on your behalf, I believe you would be immensely surprised at the amount of work the NMCA does for you and your profession!! Without your membership dues, the work being done will stop!! Every one of you is extremely important to the amount that can be accomplished and the success of that work. Without you the NMCA would not exist!!

There are many DCs in New Mexico that do not support the work being done by the NMCA by becoming a member but they DO reap the benefits and rewards of that work! If you are one of those DCs, please reconsider your position and join the NMCA! Add your money and your voice to the future of the chiropractic profession in this state. By doing so, you help yourself and you help us continue to serve you in the very best way possible!! And, remember, the convention is one of the many benefits of becoming a member of the NMCA. All the CEUs that you need for re-licensure in a year are provided and included in your dues . . . that is a GREAT deal!!

Membership, convention forms and information can be accessed by clicking here and are on our website at www.nmchiro.org linked to the center of the Home Page. Please join us for 2008!! We need you and appreciate all that you do for the chiropractic profession!! Thank you in advance!!!

The NMCA 2008 Annual Convention will be held April 25 to 27 at the Marriott Pyramid in Albuquerque. We are looking forward to another great Convention with some fabulous speakers, exhibitors and Doctors of Chiropractic!! Everything is moving forward nicely at this time. We have eight (8) booths already reserved and look forward to many more over the next months.

Dr. Patrick K. Porter, Ph.D., will be teaching a course on CVR Coaching for a Pain-Free Lifestyle. Dr. Porter is the author of the award-winning book “Awaken the Genius Mind Technology for the Twenty-First Century.” Dr. Porter received his Ph.D. in Psychology from Louisiana Baptist University.

Dr. Timothy J. Gay will be teaching Ultimate Practice Protocols, Documentation & Technique and Billing, Coding & Documentation (for both DCs and CAs). Dr. Gay is a graduate of Palmer College of Chiropractic and is known and respected throughout the chiropractic community. He has been honored by numerous awards and donates his time to help the chiropractic profession.

Dr. Edward Altman will be teaching Electrical Reactivity Testing, Contact Reflex Analysis ~~ Neuro-Emotional Technique and Correcting Chronic Structural Patterns ~~ Neuro-Organization Technique. Dr. Altman is a graduate of New York Chiropractic College and practiced chiropractic for 30 years in South Florida where he also taught Biology, Orthopedy, Endocrinology and Myology at Seminar Network International School of Massage.

Dr. Kaayla T. Daniel, Ph.D., CCN, is THE WHOLE NUTRITIONIST and author of The Whole Soy Story: The Dark Side of America’s Favorite Health Food. Dr. Daniel received her Ph.D. from Union Institute and University in Nutritional Sciences and Anti-Aging Therapies and will be speaking, of course, about soy-based diets.

Last, but not least, Dr. Herbert M. Beatty, who graduated from Palmer and began practicing chiropractic in 1968, will be speaking about Practice Perspectives ~~ Solutions From the Past and Challenges for the Future. Dr. Beatty is known and respected in the NM chiropractic community, as well as in the national chiropractic community, for his many years of exemplary service.

The full convention packet containing more detailed information, including a schedule, registration form and exhibitor packet, is on our website and can be accessed on the Home Page at www.nmchiro.org or in this Journal by clicking here. Stay tuned and plan to join us next April for another great event full of education and fun!!

As most of you know, the 2008 Legislative Session is a short session that usually relates to financial matters and education. The only way our legislation can get considered is if it is put on the Governor’s Call list . . . by the Governor, of course. This is something that we cannot count on until it happens or doesn’t happen. As soon as we know, we will let you know! To read an up-date from Dr. Stephen Perlstein, NMCA PAC Chair, click here.

In the meantime, we will be treating again at the Roundhouse and REALLY NEED YOUR HELP to fill the slots available. There are 13 days that we will be treating with two DCs in the a.m. and two in the p.m. making a total of 52 available spots to fill. At the time of this publication, only 16 have been filled. Please click here to see what is available and to pick your slot(s)!! Thank you in advance for your willingness to support your profession at the Roundhouse!!

The Health Care for New Mexican’s Committee has continued to meet regularly to gather enough information to prepare legislation for the 2008 Legislative Session that will provide insurance coverage for all New Mexicans. A copy of the highlights of the Governor’s latest plan provided by Linda Siegle, NMCA’s Lobbyist, is available by clicking here. Our goal will, of course, be to see that Doctors of Chiropractic and chiropractic treatments are included in this legislation in as broad a manner as possible. Ms. Siegle will continue to keep us updated through our NMCA list serve. If you are not on the list serve and are a NMCA member, let me know and I will see that you get enrolled.

The NMCA Fall Seminar with Dr. Michael Taylor was a huge success. Thank you Dr. Taylor for a wonderful and informative weekend! There were approximately 60 Doctors of Chiropractic in attendance and I heard nothing but rave reviews of the material presented by Dr. Taylor and for his presentation of that material. Once our legislation passes, we hope to have Dr. Taylor return to do Modules II and III in this series containing information that will be a requirement for DCs who wish to acquire the Advanced Practice Chiropractic designation that the legislation will bring about.

Dr. Ron Berg of Gallup donated a beautiful Navajo Rug for a raffle during the weekend and each of the businesses that were present, The Key Company, HEEL and Nutri-West, donated gifts to be raffled off. It was an unexpected and delightful addition to the weekend event!! Thanks so much to each of the above for their wonderful contributions!! Pictures of the weekend will be on our website in the Picture Gallery in the near future.

At their meeting on Saturday, December 15th, the New Mexico Board of Chiropractic Examiners discussed the possibility of registering Chiropractic Assistants. The NMBCE will be doing a very thorough study of all the issues surrounding this possibility over the next months and would like to have the input of the NM Chiropractic profession.

Click here for the Survey containing questions for you to answer. Please answer the questions in detail and return this Survey to Jaeni by fax 505-828-1128, by e-mail to jaeni13@aol.com or regular mail to the NMCA, P. O. Box 21100, Albuquerque, NM 87154. Return Surveys no later than February 1, 2008.

The NMCA continues to support the Doctors of Chiropractic in New Mexico on a daily basis! If you are not a member, please consider becoming one! Supporting your profession supports your right to practice as you choose under the laws of this state. We need your voice and your backing to continue to work on your behalf!! (Click here for an application and EZPay form.)

This will be our last on-line Journal. The consensus of the profession in NM and our advertisers is that a printed Journal is much more desirable; so, we are going back to printing the NMCA Journal and mailing it to all actively practicing DCs in the state, member or not. We will be doing only two Journals a year, June and December, so that we can consolidate articles, information and advertising. I hope this change will meet the needs of the profession and the businesses that support the profession. We will also be providing the Journal as an attachment over the list serve in Adobe format for those that prefer reading it on-line. As always, the back issues of the Journal will be placed on our website on the Articles Page in the Archives.

Don’t forget to use our on-line marketplace . . . Fundraising Solutions (Click here to go shopping). This on-line marketplace brings non-dues revenue to the association, which in the long run can help keep dues low and provide funds for projects that benefit chiropractic. So far, there has been little use of this member benefit. I am sure that many of you do your shopping over the internet; and, if you are one that does, please do it through the NMCA website or through the monthly e-mails that you receive!! Using this program does not cost you a thing, can bring you savings and WILL help the NMCA! Fundraising Solutions has over 1,000 top retailers . . . many that you shop, I am sure . . . and it is VERY easy to use!! Please support the association by shopping on-line at www.nmchiro.org!!

AND, DON’T FORGET TO JUST VISIT OUR WEBSITE . . . FREQUENTLY . . . AT WWW.NMCHIRO.ORG
AND USE THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE!!

It is the NMCA’s on-going pleasure to serve the Chiropractic Community in New Mexico and all those that support the work of Doctors of Chiropractic!! Please feel free to contact me at the association headquarters at any time at 505-280-0689 or jaeni13@aol.com! I will always be happy to hear from you and help you in any way that I can!

With warm regard,

Jaeni Aarden,
NMCA Executive Director