Blog 39
Firstly, I must apologise for missing last month’s blog deadline. I hate to use excuses but
what could go wrong, went wrong. I like to write my blog in the last week so I can capture
the full month’s events but in the last week last month we made the ridiculous decision to
transfer our internet at Cleve Chiropractic from BT to Virgin. Wow, who knew how much
damage could be done in such a short space of time? Within minutes of starting the
process, everything broke. Trying not to be too boring but everything in the clinic runs
through a network and everything connected to the network broke. So, by the time the
Virgin engineers left saying that everything was ok, I had no Internet, no clinic software, no
email, no online booking, no access to the server, no telephones, no card machine, no alarm
system, no CCTV and no X-rays. I had to call in some serious favours from my IT friends and
after about 8 hours work we managed to get the clinic software and internet working. Over
the next week we managed to get each piece back up and running, one by one. Each thing
needing to be specially configured. I have been a long believer that computers run on the
power of magic and the magic I had been using thought I was taking it for granted and it left
me along with the relaxed Virgin engineers. On the plus side, I have taken on a new local
great IT engineer called Gary Cole from Planet Data Networks who is in the process of
updating all my IT so that this won’t happen again.
So Iain and Hannah my married Chiropractic couple have made the inevitable decision to
move back closer to their families in Devon and Cornwall and are setting up a small clinic in
Exeter. As they build the practice they will still be here over the next few months. As sad as
it is to lose our old friends to Devon, it’s also exciting to welcome our new Chiropractor
Michael Jordan! Where he may be a handsome man, he is not the 54 year old 6’6” NBA
superstar. I can confirm that he is a far superior chiropractor than the famous Basketball
player who when asked about his links to Cleve Chiropractic said “he has never heard of
them” and he “has never clicked a back in his life”. We are waiting for his response to our
invitation for a free treatment from our own Michael Jordan ‘Chiropractic’ superstar…
Mike joined me in April on a trip to Milton Keynes to treat some real heroes, the British
Disability Strongman athletes. These guys were truly inspirational proving that so often a
disability is no disability at all. It makes me emotional just thinking back to the day of a
group of Chiropractors treating the strongman team on a training day. Amputee? Cerebral
Palsy? Sight loss? Spinal injury? Lifting a 100kg stone ball onto metal drum? Pulling a truck?
Not a problem…life’s true inspiratory figures. Not as famous as a film stars but normal?
Definitely not. Superhero? Defiantly yes. I love my job and working in disability sport is the
most rewarding thing that I do. We are looking forward to helping the athletes in May at the
British Strongest Disabled Man event. Keep an eye on our facebook page and twitter
accounts for photos and videos for acts of seemingly impossible strength from people who
have overcome tremendous difficulty.
Oh and lastly did you know that the IAAF World Athletics and World Para Athletics
Championships are being held in London this summer? I just received an email asking me to
join them as an official Chiropractor for both of the championships treating the best
athletes in the world. A great honour within another great year for Cleve Chiropractic and
Next Step.
