This is going to be a lengthy, rambling written blog about the current state of the practice, how 2020 treated the offices and what we envision for 2021 and beyond. The start of 2020 was honestly pretty mundane, January and February were pretty average months but as soon as March and April rolled around, the bottom pretty much fell out.

The calendar turned over to May and things leveled out fairly quickly.  While there was nothing normal about 2020, the summer, fall and into the end of the year, the practice was about as normal as it could get.  New patients, DOT physicals and return visits were all a constant throughout the year, minus March and April.

For the past three years, we have essentially grown out of the Kearney office location but we couldn’t really find a good spot that would fit our needs until a building popped up in the fall that we essentially couldn’t turn down, well we initially discussed it and said no way as it was going to be too much work.  It was far from perfect and lots of work would have to go into it but ultimately it would be the best long term decision for Spracklin Chiropractic.  So 5 days after the birth of my second son, Drew, we closed on a building on 27^th and Central in Kearney to move the Kearney location into.  There is no intention of changing the schedule but we just needed a larger more patient friendly space that is more conducive to patient and practice growth.

A cold laser was purchased this year as well as we felt that it would add a little different type of therapy to the offices.  We hope that the new Kearney office will allow us to expand the acupuncture part of the practice along with always hoping to do more DOT physicals.  We feel that we provide a great value for pain relief in Minden and Kearney and hope to continue to do so.

Now on to 2021, there will be some slight changes to how the offices operate.  As many of you know, I was basically a one man show in Kearney but we have made the determination that help was necessary.  So Marty, who has worked in the Minden office for 30-some years, will make the transition to run the Kearney office for me.  Carol, who has also been in the Minden office for 30-some years, will be running the Minden office for me and the gang will be back together on Friday’s in Minden.  Please have patience with us over the next couple of weeks as we work out some of the kinks that go along with transition.

When I purchased the Minden practice, there were a few things that I wanted to change but as the years have gone I have found that the way Roy Wakefield ran the office is exactly what patients want and value.  So there will be a few more added little tweaks to the Kearney office now that I have help implementing some of these things.

Starting January 5^th, we will be opening up the new Kearney location. While not completely finished, it will be operational and functional from day one.  There will be some small projects that finish up the project over the next couple of weeks but I am beyond excited to finally get into the building.

2020 was a bear of a year, we had numerous ups and down.  The end of March and April were probably some of the lowest times that the practice has been through. May through the rest of the year was chaotic but we plugged away and had a fairly good year.  We purchased a building, had a child and were able to keep just a little bit of sanity throughout the year.

2021….we look to utilize the new building in Kearney in hope to expanding numerous portions of the office, acupuncture and DOT physicals to name a few. Bumps in the road will be had but once everything is going, I’m pretty sure it will all be worth it. We cannot thank our patients enough for a successful 2020 even as if most of our worlds were turned upside down.  It ended up being an okay year business wise and a wonderful year for the Spracklin family as we now have two happy healthy little boys.

We look forward to seeing everyone in the new year and just remember to give us a little patience these first couple of weeks as we iron out some wrinkles.

As I sit in my basement in the wee morning hours, I sit and ponder, how did I get to a place where I have an absolutely wonderful wife, two beautiful little boys, a nice house and a practice that I love and have confidence in. As those close to me know, I have a hard time shutting my mind down and winding down enough to relax, so I sit and think about this stuff.

While it is a little redundant, I do think it helps to sit down every once in a while and take inventory of your life to evaluate where you are at, where you have been and where you hope to be in the coming years.  While I cannot complain about where I am at in my life, there are certainly things that I will change as the years go on and there are definitely things that I would have changed along the way.  But every choice has a consequence, good or bad, you have to live with it, mine haven’t been so bad.

I have a new found love and respect for the FIRE movement, it’s a financial movement where people want to become financially independent and retire early.  While I can’t say that I want to retire early, as I truly do love what I do and operating a business is kind of a rush and thrill to me. But the intriguing part is to become financially independent.  I say this as I just went more in to debt to purchase another building to work out of but I think long term I will be much happier and saner.

The point of the FIRE movement and this post overall is to see what exactly people mean by success.  For some people within the movement living in a camper, traveling the country, living on next to nothing and seeing the sunrise in a different place every day is their definition of success.  If you ask me, this would be a nightmare for me; I am a home body that loves routine.  Ask my mother-in-law, my quirkiness translates into my oldest son and she can see the tendencies coming out.

Everyone’s definition of success will look a little different, there are people that find contentment in minimalism and not having a care in the world.  I actually find comfort in having a little something but having control over what I do on a day to day basis.  Getting to work at an hour that I am comfortable with and leaving when the day is done is refreshing for, I don’t have to punch the clock and work for the man.  While I do become envious of that lifestyle every once in a while because you are able to just leave everything behind at work and go on with your life.  When you own a business, everything kind of revolves around that.  If I’m sick or want a vacation, there is no PTO or benefits, you just don’t make any money.

Chiropractors are no different than anyone else.  Some want to work 2-3 days a week, see a few patients, have a few nice things, do what they want to do and are perfectly happy with this set up.  Me on the other hand, I don’t know if I get this from my parents or not, but I consider myself a grinder.  I enjoy going into the office, working 4-5 days a week, staying busy throughout the day and getting up and doing this day after day.  I would drive my wife crazy if I were home all the time, I don’t really having any hobbies, I like to work and golf and now 2 little boys are going to start taking over my life as well.

While I would like to think that I am at a really good place in my life and I would like to think that my success makes me happy and thankful.  I also step back to think that the things that I have would make some people miserable, either good or bad.  I’m just going to sit back on a long Thanksgiving weekend and be thankful for my family’s blessings and health, as I know millions of people around the country are not as fortunate as the Spracklin’s this year.

Earlier this week I had a patient come into the office and ask me, do you ever get sick of treating back pain and listening to the same complaints all day long.  I have thought about this in my head before but I have never had to actually articulate an answer for someone on the fly.

So I answered in the moment but I have been thinking about this for the past couple of days, most people have heard of an elevator speech but I felt like this kind of put me on the spot to indicate my practice and purpose in a 20 second segment.

If you were to work in an office and tell yourself that you treat back pain and headaches all day, I think you would drive yourself crazy and your career as a health care professional would not be very long as your days would begin to get very mundane and boring.

I have to walk in everyday and tell myself that I treat people.  Everyone is unique with an injury or pain that is unique to them.  You may have worked in the yard too long, sat in a desk chair all day or God forbid… slept funny.  Everyone has a different story as to why they in the office, I want to know that story.  Oh, I’m going to try and help you with your condition and pain but I want to get to know my patients as human beings.

I ask about patient’s weekends, hobbies, kids, grandkids and parents.  I follow obituaries to see if anyone I know or patient’s relations are written about.  This is just who I am as a person, if I ask about something that offends you (trust me there are a lot of topics these days), I’m going to move from that topic quick.  I can find common ground with just about anyone but the one thing I refuse to do is to categorize people based on the condition that they present in the office with.

I come from a family of story tellers, a few of my uncles are the best story tellers I know.  I grew up laughing with family and self deprivation stories and jokes.  Stories and jokes are appreciated in the office, it can paint a good picture of who you are as a person.  There is also a therapeutic effect to just talking and venting about life and your pain.  I never really even thought about this through school, but Dr. Wakefield told me that there is a therapeutic effect to conversation.  We treat people and pain but they will feel better leaving the office if they can have a simple 10-15 minute conversation with someone that is going to just listen and try to help them through the situation that they are in.

So when you come into the office, yes I am going to talk to you about your pain and the reason why you are in the office, but I will quickly divert to you as a person as soon as there is a clear indication as to what exactly is going on with you physically. I will divert to weekend plans, shopping lists and kids activities.  Are you traveling somewhere, road construction your just drove through and what is on sale at Tractor Supply.  I truly want to know this about you.

Not only is it therapeutic for you as a patient but it will help me form an idea of who you are as a person.  I’m not from central Nebraska originally, but I have learned more about the agricultural communities in the past 9 years than I have ever wanted to know and you know how that manages to happen.  Just let the farmer vent, it’s good for them and I learn something.

Treat the person, listen to the person and the pain will take care of itself with some conversation and simple treatment.

Ever since I started into practice Kristina has always told me that I need to take a day off every once in a while for my own personal sanity.  I always scoffed at her saying that if she is at work; I might as well be putting in the hours as well.

This past Friday, I did the unthinkable.  I actually listened to her.  I woke up not feeling 100%, don’t worry, no fever, no sore throat, no cough, just not feeling “it.” I have had numerous stress points with the business and in life the past couple of weeks and I have just been feeling drained.  Haven’t been sleeping well and anxiety has started to creep into my mind.

I decided to only work a half a day this past Friday and use the afternoon to catch up with some R&R.  This is literally the first time that I have been in practice that I took a day/afternoon off without having something planned.  When I normally take a day off it is for another commitment, family travel, golf tournament or chiropractic obligation.  Always something to do but never relaxing as it should be.

The past couple of months have been a little “batty,” literally, I just had one in my Kearney office.  Dealing with running a business during the COVID-19, we are looking at buildings in Kearney, as we feel that we have outgrown the space and the day-to-day stress of having a two year old and a pregnant wife.

The stress and anxiety of life was starting to catch up with me.  Sleep has always been a little bit of an issue for me; I don’t know how to turn my mind off.  Whether it’s an inkling of not feeling well, your mind goes straight to “do I have COVID,” to making decisions to spend a lot of money for years to come on a newer vehicle or a building that I can work in for years to come. P.S. the building fell through.

So when the phone was ringing for Friday afternoon appointments, I felt terrible but it ultimately it came down to taking care of myself and getting out of the office for a little bit.  The old saying, that if you don’t take care of yourself, you will never be able to take care of your patients.

I never thought I had trouble dealing with stress, but as the years go it appears that the stress of owning my own practice has a different toll on me personally.  I need to learn how to cope with this on a day-to-day level but it will be an ever evolving process for me.

With all of this being said, I felt much better over the weekend with the amount of sleep that I was able to get and as of today feel about as normal as I ever do.  So if you ever see that I am taking a random Friday or Monday off, it may just be for a day of rest and relaxation, but conventions and family obligations also fall into the calendar as well.

I appreciate everyone’s patience last Friday and look forward to getting back to the grind this week and for the weeks to come.

From chiropractic care, to acupuncture and DOT Physicals we look forward to seeing everyone soon, stay healthy and get plenty of rest in these weird times.

I have got to thinking in the past couple of weeks, with all of the craziness that is going on, what exactly do patients want from a chiropractor and why do they seek care.  Recently, patients have been bringing in treatment plans from other offices in the area and they ask me to explain them for them.  I have to be completely honest, I have no idea how to explain some of these plans to people.  30 visits for lower back pain with a set of x-rays that show a little bit of osteoarthritis, in my mind, does not justify a six month treatment plan.

The whole premise of healthcare is to solve a problem and to see patients as needed when problems arise.  I work with this thought in the back of my mind every day.  When a patient walks into the office, I plan on treating the person until they are either better or they need to be referred out.  For an office to lay out a six month treatment plan for simple problems is irresponsible in my opinion.

Patients respond differently to different problems.  If a 28 year old comes in with low back pain and then a 65 year old walks in with the same problem, the younger person should respond quicker with fewer visits.  It’s not a given but generally speaking this is normally the case.

I’m going to talk in generalities for a moment.  Why exactly do 99% of patients seek care from a chiropractor….let me give you a hint….it’s because pain/discomfort is involved.  The vast majority of people that seek care are looking for pain relief and have no desire to come into an office for the rest of their lives.

If you are seeking care from a chiropractor and the first two visits involve x-rays and a consult as to why you need care for the next year and no adjustment or some sort of care, you may want to second guess care at that particular office.

Very rarely, will you see a patient that comes in that just likes to be adjusted.  Don’t get me wrong, I’m not opposed to this but it’s just not the typical person that comes in.  Is there evidence out there that chiropractic care can help the immune system and every other medical condition….maybe, the research is very mixed at best.  I’m not resting the life of my practice on this research.  I will be sticking to pain relief and control.

Not all problems are solvable, age and condition can play a huge part but for the majority of people we can help to some degree.  As I have always said, if we can’t help you we won’t drag the treatment on.

In finishing, seriously what do patient want when you seek chiropractic care.  I would almost bet that the majority of people are seeking some sort of pain relief and are not looking for a huge treatment plan that will take month of time and more money than most are willing to spend.  Every office is different and treatments can vary from office to office, but if you walk into an office and you walk out with a treatment plan that goes for 6 months and costs thousands of dollars, feel free to give us a call, I’m sure we can save you time and money.

I am going to write this with a bit of trepidation.  The month of April was not a good month for Spracklin Chiropractic, but it was not a good month for any business.  We were never forced to close down and are still kind of holding our breath in hopes that we can continue with business as normal the rest of the year.

Ever since the calendar changed to May, the office has been kind of crazy.  Numerous people have indicated that they didn’t know that we were even open.  Once patients started to figure out that we were open for business as normal, the flood gates opened.  I’m not entirely sure if this is just a rebound from the slow month in April or if this is the new normal that I’m going to have to get used to.

I’ve always made the argument that the ideal office would be steady but not crazy.  The past couple of weeks have been bordering on crazy.  I like to get to know my patients and to talk for a few moments, to catch up with symptoms and life in general.  Good banter can be good for the soul along with a moment or two of laughter.  This is the environment that I like to create at the offices.

Being able to walk out of the office at night and not have to worry about catching up with paperwork is the ideal situation. I have the ability to do paperwork from home but I don’t necessary like doing that because having a 2 year old crawling over you while trying to be productive with paperwork is a little difficult.

At some point in every chiropractor’s career, you think that you may want to run a high volume practice.  It has run through my mind as well, but I ultimately come back to wanting to have a nice flow and getting to know people while not running around with my head cut off.  I know there is a way to do it, but systems that you would have to put in place are just not a big priority for me at this time.

So, when you call and see if we accept walk-ins, yes we do.  I like to keep a good flow to the offices and for the most part we do a good job with it, but recently I have been walking out shaking my head because between walk-ins and scheduled appointments, it seems that the schedule has been filling up more than normal.  We do accommodate numerous circumstances but recently you may need to bear with us a little bit as we will make it work, it just may take a little finagling.

While I hope that the craziness continues and I can adjust to the new normal, just know that I have no desire to herd people through the office and run a high volume practice.  I hope to continue to have the personal relationships that I have created and run a sane office.  Sanity will win out in this, but I, personally, am having to work through some mental blocks to make sure I can make it happen.

We look forward to seeing everyone through the craziness and hopefully everyone is staying sane and safe.

I was asked a couple of weeks ago if I could explain the toll on the business and the ongoing emotions that go along with the pandemic. I’m going to try and explain with as much detail as I can without getting into a lot of the business details.

I think most businesses will have the same general timeline when it comes to how the virus affected them.  Mid-March the bottom literally fell out.  I will say that it was the best start to a year that I have had and then the third week of March….boom, literally in one week we were down roughly 60-70% when it comes to patient visits.  Sure, it’s not as if we had no one coming in the door but I haven’t been that slow in a very long time.

It gave me a lot of solace after talking with local colleagues and classmates from around the country and everyone was experiencing the same thing.  Everyone that I talked to was either forced to closed due to government mandates or patient visits had fallen off a cliff.  I had even talked to some local chiropractors considering closing down for a while because they did not want to be the business or clinic that was linked to numerous positive cases.

The emotions that go along with this are familiar with anyone that has a pulse that this point.  Scared, frustrated, fearful and unknowing are all words that come to mind.  Everyone was probably going through these exact emotions.  We did not know what was coming the next day, was the state going to step in and shut down chiropractic offices, were myself or Marty or Carol going to get sick, was there going to be an imminent health threat to myself or my family.  All of these things were going through my mind.

I told myself and the girls in the middle of March that we were going to need to be prepared to shut down for 2 weeks at some point and that is kind of the contingency plan that we were going to lay out.  Take each day at a time and stay healthy.  Patients will come back in when they feel safe or need to get back in.  I had enough of a cushion that we did not need to lay anyone off or file for unemployment, which was my number one fear.  As a small business owner, as much as you need to provide for yourself, you are also a lifeline for your workers as well, but we ultimately did not need to resort to this.

The end of March and April were actually very strange times around the office.  Numbers were WAY down and collections were reflective of that.  The crazy thing is that May was an awesome month and I hope that the office can put the worst behind us and keep moving forward.  It is still quite difficult to project how the next couple of months will go but in my mind I continue to tell myself to take it one day at a time, to stay healthy and keep the cleanest environment that I can in both of the offices.

With all this being said, we look forward to continue to serve the communities of Minden and Kearney along with numerous surround towns.  We will continue to take precautions (masks & disinfecting constantly) while trying to provide the highest level of care that we are able to provide.  The COVID-19 pandemic has put a lot of things into perspective for myself and the business.  Personal health and safety will come first and foremost for my family and for me.  If there is ever illness in the office or in our families just know that we will take every precaution to protect ourselves and our patients, including shutting down if need by.

We look forward to finding a new normal and hope that June is another exceptional month for Spracklin Chiropractic.

When I graduated from chiropractic school I thought that I had this whole chiropractic thing figured out, but come to find out that could not be further from the truth.  This whole worldwide pandemic thing has made me kind of step back and evaluate the current state of the practice and what I can do to improve.

The number one thing that the past couple of weeks have exposed is that you better know where you stand in this world because there is no quick fix for a couple of terrible weeks.  I would be lying to you if you would have asked me 6-8 weeks ago where I would be at and I thought everything was going to be fine but honestly I was scared out of my mind….still am to a certain degree.

I am very much a control person and at about the 2-3 week mark, I started to figure out that you can’t force people to come into the office, you can create the illusion that everything is normal in the world and you certainly cannot pretend that you know what the next day will bring.

But the things that I can control are how much time I spend with each patient, the quality of care that is delivered and the safety/cleanliness of the environment in the office.  With all of this being determined, quality adjustments are becoming a lost art in the chiropractic profession, so I have started to make a conscious decision to work on and improve my adjusting skills.

I want to become the best adjuster in the area, sure there are going to be better people when it comes to rehab or nutrition or other aspects that the chiropractic profession has taken.  Sure there will be people that can get everything to move on every visit, but I’m striving to become the best adjuster with the most comfortable results. I try to walk that fine line between a comfortable adjustment and not making the patient sore/miserable after the treatment, yet still get results.

I’m a chiropractor that loves to adjust people, I have other knowledge bases but I feel that the foundation of chiropractic is to help people with musculoskeletal pain relieve those symptoms through mobilization and manipulation of joints in the human body.  There are numerous things that we can do to help calm pain through therapies and stretching but I’m starting to become a firm believer that the adjustment is a major player in pain relief.

Patient visits have fluctuated drastically over the past 2 months but I can honestly say that the setup and delivery of adjustments have improved immensely recently.  Results have followed in my opinion.  The patients that have come into the door, I feel, have been seeing some great results.  Whether it be for headaches or lower back pain, people are getting better.

A positive attitude and a quality adjustment can go a long way in improving musculoskeletal pain and discomfort.  While I don’t claim to cure everything under the sun, our office is able to help quite of few different conditions.

While concentrating on things that I can control, I truly believe that working diligently on things that you can control and making sure that you spend time and energy on things that you can actually make a difference is a wonderful feeling.  So while things may be getting back to normal, a new normal may not be found for a while until everyone can start to feel comfortable again.

We will continue to work diligently controlling the things that we can control in the office, whether it be the best possible adjustment that you can receive, a clean and sanitary table or having a quality conversation with people that come in the door, we will continue to try to control the things that we are able to control and manage the things that are out of our hands.

These are strange times and most chiropractors have plenty of time on their hands, ads pop up all the time for the next great practice building tool and how to build your patient base during a pandemic, don’t sell out. I’m going to give a little piece of advice for all of the young chiropractors, you are going to get pulled in all sorts of different directions over the course of your career, three simple little words can go a long way…..Don’t Do It.

As times get tough, you will begin to see ads pop up from all sorts of people regarding building your practice whether it be through coaching, management companies or other things that are meant to take your money and time with no guarantee of more patients in the door.

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again, if you don’t feel comfortable explaining your practice philosophy to the general public or to your friends and family, don’t even think about doing it.  Sleep well at night, and ponder a little bit how you look to the general public.

Chiropractors are already the black sheep of health care at this time, we don’t need any more crazy people out there trying to influence the general public that they need more care.  In fact, the vast majority of the population would probably benefit from chiropractic care at some time in their life, but the public perception that some of us are crazy is alive and well; this doesn’t bode well to get more of the public to trust chiropractors.

Slow times are a terrible thing for me, as your mind will start wondering.  If you either build or buy a practice make damn sure that it has a strong base.  You will always be able to circle back on the patients that have built your practice.  Do a quality job from day one and those people will provide for you in the slow and busy times. These slow times can suck for everyone, but don’t sell yourself out to a management company that will probably not be able to produce the results that you are ultimately looking for.

Become really good at whatever you want to center your practice around.  Whether its adjusting, nutrition, functional medicine or any other avenue that you would like to take your career, hone those skills and run with it.  Develop this over time and continue to build a loyal patient base that trusts you.  You are not going to win every case, some people just won’t get better but patients will trust you significantly more if you don’t try to push more visits or therapies that they don’t necessarily need.

For me this is musculoskeletal pain along with DOT physicals, from low back pain to headaches.  I don’t deal with a lot of internal problems as I feel that there are other people that are better qualified to handle these things.  I said this a couple of posts ago, stay in your lane and you will find that there are plenty of people to treat that are right in that lane.  If your patients don’t know what you treat, then they will have a hard time sending other potential people your way.  Stick with what you are good at, it will pay off in the end.

Bottom line, worldwide pandemics are not fun for anyone, your mind will wonder and you will be pulled in a lot of different directions but just know that just be yourself, run a reputable practice that people trust and can fall back to in times of uncertainty.  They will appreciate the comfort of what they are getting when they walk in the door.

Difficult times make you lean back to appreciate what you have.  Over the past couple of years, Kristina and I have made some fairly savvy business decisions, from opening up our own practice, buying and selling a building in Arnold along with purchasing a practice in Minden.  With all that is going on in the world, it has made me step back to see everything that we have obtained and worked for.  I need to remember to be grateful for the opportunities that have been afforded the Spracklin family and the business.

When we purchased Wakefield Chiropractic in Minden roughly 4 years ago, I was told that I would be inheriting 2 secretaries, up to that point I had never had any employees.  Little did I know that Marty and Carol would be one of the best things to happen to me professionally. They have roughly 60 years of collective experience in the chiropractic profession and I always say that they are more my boss, the paychecks just come out of my account.  They truly are the rocks of the offices, they are more motherly figures to me at this point and I would do just about anything for them.  They have been my biggest cheerleaders the past 4 years along with the ability to bring me back to earth.  They are calming voices in my head during the rough times and I am and will forever be grateful for both of them.

Kristina and I are very lucky to have very supportive families on both sides. Our parents would be there at the drop of a hat if need be.  I have not had to lean on family and friends very much in the past financially but I have leaned on them for mental and emotional support.  I’m an over-thinker and can worry A LOT, but ultimately Kristina and I have made most of the big decisions ourselves with the emotional support from our parents.  You don’t think about these things all the time but I’m so very grateful to the family structure that Kristina and I have and for their support in all necessary times.

Having minimal debt at this point is crucial for the Spracklin family.  In the past year, I have been able to pay off my six figure student loan debt which is a huge relief off the plate. We do not carry any credit card debt and have no car payments.  That’s not to say that we are debt free but having minimal debt during a global pandemic is beneficial.  Having a solid business will hopefully allow me to ride this storm out without a lot of disruptions, it will hurt but I’m hoping to keep the hurt at a minimum.  I’m grateful to my brother-in-law (Kyle), numerous books and my family structure for encouraging us to eliminate debt ASAP.

I’m also grateful at this time that I have essentially everything that I need to continue to run the offices.  I don’t need any new equipment or new toys to help the offices.  What you see is what you get in our office, nothing fancy is needed in order to continue to provide quality care.  We recently were able to get our hands on more disinfecting/cleaning solution and hand sanitizer.  I did not do this on purpose, it was just time to reorder and I did roughly 2 weeks before everything went crazy, for having both offices stocked at this point, I’m grateful.

This COVID-19 crisis will eventually slow down or end and I’m hoping that the weeks after the major storm is over the practice will bounce back stronger than ever, with hopefully a summer bump.  There is going to be 4-8 weeks of hurt/boredom for us but that is okay because our health is the most important thing at this time.  We look forward to getting things back to normal as soon as possible but we will not jeopardize your or my health in order to speed up the process.  If you are skeptical about coming in, please stay home and come back in when you feel comfortable.

These are unprecedented times that no one around the world can really comprehend.  I could never have imagined having a 30-70% drop in business over the course of 1 week, but yet here we are struggling to figure out the next hour/day/week/month.  We don’t know what the future will hold for us, hopefully we are back and going full steam ahead in 4-6 weeks and we can pick up where we left off in January and February. I’m just going to sit back and be grateful for everything that I have in my life at this time: a loving wife, wild 19 month old son, supportive families, secretaries that encourage/help with the offices, minimal debt obligations, a reserve that hopefully will withstand this pandemic and most of all understanding/reasonable patients that have been nothing but supportive as well.  For all of these things, I’m so incredibly grateful.

Please keep up with Facebook for current statuses, we are currently planning on being open for the foreseeable future but that may change with state/federal mandates but ultimately we are day to day at this point and will keep Facebook current.