What makes Dr. Steven Barger with Expedition Chiropractic a good neighbor?
Discover the fascinating journey of Steven Barger, the mastermind behind Expedition Chiropractic, as he unveils the secrets to his practice's success on its five-year milestone. Emphasizing the power of building personal connections in a small, family-style setting, Steven introduces us to the intricacies of the Gonstead technique—a meticulous method that sets his approach apart in the world of chiropractic care. Through detailed spine analysis and full spine x-rays, his targeted, hands-on adjustments promise to address even the most severe spinal issues with precision and care.
Steven shares the evolution of his practice and how patient care transitions from acute to maintenance and wellness routines, ensuring spinal health that supports an active lifestyle well into the 50s and 60s. Reflecting on the challenges faced during the early days, particularly through the COVID-19 pandemic, Steven highlights how resilience and strategic marketing were key in overcoming obstacles. Listen to testimonials from patients who travel far and wide for his specialized care and gain insight into the personal interests and networking strategies that have cultivated a thriving clientele. Stay connected with Expedition Chiropractic by visiting their website and following them on Instagram for the latest updates and insights.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is the Good Neighbor Podcast, the place
where local businesses andneighbors come together.
Here's your host, Benjamin John.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Welcome back to the Good Neighbor Podcast once again
.
Hey, are you in the need for agood and an expert chiropractor?
Well, there may be one closerthan you think.
Today I got the pleasure ofintroducing Stephen Barger with
Expedition Chiropractic.
Stephen, how are you doing?
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Doing great.
How are you today?
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Good, yeah, I'm doing really, really good.
Can't complain about everything.
There's a lot of good energy, alot of positive vibes going on
this day, so I'm just taking itin.
Awesome, I'm excited.
First of all, thanks for makingthe time.
I'm really excited to learn alittle bit more about the
company and see if there'sthere's a I want to know the
most about it.
(00:49):
So let's just jump right intoit with that.
Can you tell us a little bitabout?
Speaker 3 (00:54):
Yeah, so I own and operate Expedition Chiropractic.
We have a small family styleoffice.
We've been open five years nextTuesday actually, so just
coming up on our five-yearanniversary.
For the majority of the time itwas just my wife and I.
We have a small office.
I like keeping it kind of smalland really get to know our
clientele and our patients verywell that way and we recently
(01:17):
just had a baby, so the wife'staking some time out of the
office and we have some otherfront desk help right now and
stuff like that but still reallysmall.
I want to get to know mypatients very well and make sure
that we are able to adjusttheir problems and make sure we
get them corrected.
My number one goal is to makesure we get results in our
office, so Very cool.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Well, congratulations on the five-year anniversary
and congratulations on thenewborn.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
Oh, thank you yes.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
A lot of exciting things happening all at the same
time, yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
Yeah, yeah.
It's definitely a differentworld with a three-month-old at
the home, so a little less sleepat night, but it's all worth it
.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
It's all exactly.
You said it best.
It's such a great journey, allright.
Well, how did you get into thebusiness?
Speaker 3 (02:05):
Yeah.
So I went to UCF undergrad.
I'm from Poison Lucy originally.
I went to Morningside Academy,then went off to UCF and got an
exercise science degree.
My original degree was actuallylike in coaching I was playing
on coaching basketball and golf.
One of my professors was achiropractor.
I worked in his office for afew months and said, hey, I want
(02:25):
to go back to school and Ichose chiropractic school up at
Palmer College of Chiropracticin Daytona Beach, florida.
And the first month ofchiropractic school I just fell
in love with it and I knew itwas in the right place and just
got a real passion forchiropractic and my time in
(02:45):
school I started to specializein Gonstead chiropractic.
Most people haven't heard ofGonstead chiropractic but it's a
specialty in the chiropracticprofession.
Most people don't know thatchiropractic there's over 200
techniques Just because you havechiropractor on the door
doesn't really mean that you'rethe same as a guy down the
street.
We actually have a lot ofvariability between different
offices and stuff like that.
So my specialty is in thisGonstead technique and what
(03:12):
really kind of separates me fromothers is I like to take care
of the most severe spine.
So most chiropractors they kindof take a shotgun approach.
They want to hit every part ofyour spine and hope they find
the problem.
I like to think I'm more of asniper.
We give you very preciseadjustments.
Think I'm more of a sniper.
We give you very preciseadjustments.
They're still hands-on but theanalysis is really the bread and
(03:32):
butter that allows us to takecare of the most severe cases.
So in our analysis I gown mypatients or guys and like take
their shirts off and I'm goingto look at your spine.
That's really important Of ouranalysis.
If you went to a dentist youwould expect them to look at
your teeth and um, I believechiropractors should look at
your spine.
It's really important.
There's a lot of informationyou can get from looking at your
spine if you know what you'relooking for.
Um, I have an instrument that Irun down your spine that lets
(03:55):
me kind of pinpoint what areasyour spine you want to adjust.
What we want to leave aloneagain, what we don't want to do
is just hit everything and hopewe find the problem.
Maybe more snipers Reallypinpoint that, adjust it and
then see if that helped as well,because it's a big big thing If
we adjust everything and itdidn't help, we don't know what
could have helped, or whatdidn't?
So it kind of works as a processof elimination.
(04:15):
With more complex cases whereif I adjust something you come
back and you didn't necessarilyget the results or I don't feel
like we could have done a littlebit better, I can kind of cross
that off our checklist and goto another part of the spine and
then I take a full spine x-rayas well, which is really
important, and I use that x-rayon multiple visits.
A lot of chiropractors theymight take an x-ray on your
(04:37):
first visit but they don'tnecessarily use it on subsequent
visits and that x-ray is goingto give me an in-depth look of
what am I adjusting and whatareas.
Again, what do I not want toadjust and what do areas of your
spine that I want to focus onand make sure we give you a
precise adjustment.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Very cool.
Well, it sounds like you goabove and beyond and provide a
real thorough analysis.
That's really elaborative.
It's like a specialty tradewithin a specialty trade.
It feels like that you kind ofdescribed.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
Yeah, exactly, and the main thing is we don't want
to skip any steps with anybody.
Most chiropractors, evenphysical therapists, they get
results with 75, 80 percent oftheir patients.
That you do really good.
But I really like helping the10 to 15 percent of people that
might have not got resultssomewhere else.
So really my favorite person.
When they come into my officethey say then the three other
(05:28):
doctors and no one's helped me,and I get really excited and
that's when my eyes perk up andsaid you're in the right place.
No-transcript, dive deep intothat person's case to make sure
that we can get them the resultsthat they want.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
Yeah, I like that.
It sounds like you definitelytake a lot of care and attention
and make sure that you'reproviding a solution, so I
really appreciate that.
What are some I'm interested tothe, because I'm sure there's a
lot of these.
What are some myths ormisconceptions within that
industry?
Yeah, that's that's a, that's abig one.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
So like again under like the complex cases, people
with rods in their spine, orthey've had previous back
surgeries or just they were toldby the medical doctor they
couldn't go to a chiropractor.
Those are my like again, myfavorite people to take care of.
And I mean, I just had a lady afew weeks ago, extremely bad
(06:22):
pain shooting down her leg likejust could barely walk, barely
get out of bed for multipleweeks, and she was in the
hospital and the medical doctorsaid, essentially you cannot go
to a chiropractor, and in mostcircumstances I would give her
that same recommendation as well.
I would not recommend her justto go to any person, but she
knew some people that were closeto me that knew I can kind of
(06:43):
handle more complex cases and wewere able to help her make
wonders of difference in thefirst month or two of her care.
So generally, people that saidthey couldn't go to the
chiropractor, I want to makesure that we give them a very
safe adjustment.
Again, what I don't want to dowe don't just rack and crack
their spine.
There's going to be areas thatwe need to focus on and areas
that we will stay away from andwe won't adjust on you.
(07:05):
And when you know that person'scase and you have a good
picture of what their full spinelooks like, you can really give
them the best care possible andmake sure that you get them
good results and don't makesomething worse.
When it is complex whetherthey've had a previous surgery
or they're waiting to get asurgery, or they've had rods in
their spine or they have asevere scoliosis we obviously
(07:27):
see a lot of people with bigcurves in their spine and things
like that.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
Okay, yeah, that makes sense.
I think you kind of answeredthe next question, but I'm still
going to ask it anyway, in casewe missed something.
Who are your target customersand how do you attract them?
Speaker 3 (07:41):
Yeah, so no, that's really good.
Who are your target customers?
Speaker 2 (07:44):
and how do you?
Speaker 3 (07:44):
attract them.
Yeah, so no, that's really good.
So, yeah, my favorite, myfavorite case are like the
complex cases, but my normaltarget um, migraines are really
really good vertigo I liketaking care of people with like
dizziness and stuff like that.
Um, my general, like overallclientele we have two kind of
general patients are the peoplethat come in with an acute case.
They have an active problem.
We need to correct that and thenwe try to transition those
(08:06):
people into like a wellness andmaintenance.
They want to maintain theirspine over time and for most
people I can get them down toone or two adjustments a month,
depending on the degeneration intheir spine and their previous
history of injuries and stufflike that where they're able to
maintain their wellness,maintain their spine.
Just like you brush your teethtwice a day, if you're able to
(08:28):
maintain your spine once a month, it will really help you in the
longevity and keep you activefor a long time.
And then that's anotherclientele I really enjoy taking
care of are like the boomerclients, my 50 to 60 year olds.
They're starting to retire,they're down here, they move
down here to Florida becausethey want to stay active,
whether they're playingpickleball or golf or they're
(08:49):
just walking four or five milesa day.
I want to make sure we can keepthat that clientele active and
moving really well for a longtime so they can keep playing
with their grandkids and thingslike that.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Okay, very cool.
So uh, tell me, steven, outsideof work, what do you like to do
for fun?
Speaker 3 (09:06):
Yeah, Um.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
I'm a big golfer.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
I've been golfing since I was in fifth grade,
essentially, so that's probablymy, my biggest thing, that, uh,
I'm into the most, and right nowI'm not golfing a lot with a
newborn at home, so he takes upmy most time and that that is
okay.
I can take a few months off andenjoy the time with him.
And, um, yeah, and I thinkearlier you said like, uh, what
(09:29):
kind of networking do we do andhow do we get our clientele?
Most of our uh clients patientpatients are uh referral based.
Um, that would say the majority.
But then I'm also in anetworking group as well.
I'm going to be an I group.
That group's been very good tome.
We've been able to get a goodbase of clients then as well.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
Okay, very good.
Yeah, the golf.
Ironically, golf is a sportwhere it literally, when you
swing, you're just twisting yourspine.
Speaker 3 (09:59):
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (10:01):
It's a big part of it and if you're able to maintain
a good spine and keep it movingproperly, you can do those
activities, whether it'spickleball, golf, tennis, any of
those active sports, If youkeep the mobility in your spine
you can play those for the restof your life.
A lot of times, you know, but alot of times people get small
injuries and if they don't getthose injuries corrected, they
(10:27):
so we try to prevent that, makesure we can keep people active
and live in their best life.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
Yeah, that makes sense.
All right, we're going toswitch gears a little bit here.
Can you describe a hardship ora life lesson that you've went
through that made you stronger?
Speaker 3 (10:43):
Yeah, that's actually a really appropriate question
on my five-year anniversary ofopening up.
I opened four weeks beforeCOVID hit, so that would have
been March of 2020, the worldkind of shut down and I opened
in February 18th of 2020.
So I was in week five of mybusiness being open.
We had a very good first month,which helped me tremendously.
(11:03):
We got, like this somewhatestablished clientele that was
able to help me continue to growover the next few months.
But, yeah, they were telling usthe world was going to shut
down for two weeks and I lookedat my books and I said we can
handle two weeks and those twoweeks grew into multiple months
and hindsight it's scarier thanit was when you were in it.
(11:26):
But by the time June rolledaround, we started opening up.
We got some markets thatstarted back open and I was
marketing a tradition market onSaturday mornings in the hot sun
, but that was the only thingopen and a lot of people were
there.
So that really helped usestablish a good clientele base
and after that we started reallyrolling and was able to get
(11:49):
things going.
But that was definitelysomething that tried the
business for sure, because youhad to make sure your systems
and your procedures and you hadto keep your clienteles around,
because when you weren't gettinga lot of new patients, you
wanted to make sure everyone wasreally happy that you were
seeing.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
Yeah, yeah.
There's a lot of people in astate of uncertainty during that
time, so I'm glad that you'reone of the businesses that made
it.
Speaker 3 (12:12):
Yeah, for sure.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
All right.
So, steven, tell our listenersone thing they should remember
about Expedition Chiropractic.
Speaker 3 (12:23):
That's a good question.
If there's one thing I wouldsay, it would be that if you've
gotten average, or you haven'tgotten results with your health,
at least related to like spinalconditions, migraines,
headaches you could give us ashot.
The Gonset technique is verydifferent compared to your
traditional chiropractor andonce people have had Gonset
(12:46):
chiropractic they generally willseek out for the rest of their
life.
I have a lot of patients thatdrive from Palm Bay and Vero.
They come down to PorcelainLucy.
They generally will seek outfor the rest of their life.
I have a lot of patients thatdrive from Palm Bay and Vero.
They come down to Port St Lucieto get their chiropractic
adjustments.
I have families from BoyntonBeach all the way to Lake Placid
, florida.
Those are hour and a halfdrives in one direction to come
to our office.
So once people have triedconstant chiropractic a lot of
(13:07):
times, they stick with it andare willing to invest into their
health and their spinal healthto make sure that they can stay
healthy for the longevitylongevity of their life very
good, all right.
Speaker 2 (13:20):
And lastly, uh, how can our listeners learn more
about expedition chiropractic?
Speaker 3 (13:25):
yeah, we're our website's
expeditionchiropracticcom.
Um.
We're on Instagram.
I have some adjusting videos onthere and some just education
videos that people can check out.
Those are probably the two bestplaces our Instagram page and
then, if they have any, they canalso look at our website
expeditionchiropracticcom.
Speaker 2 (13:45):
Okay, well, that sounds great.
I like that you provide freeresources like that and educate
people in that way.
It's really cool.
Speaker 3 (13:53):
Yeah for sure.
Yeah, we have good videos onour Instagram.
We have some x-rays that we goover with people.
They can see the differenttypes of adjustments that I do.
It's going to vary betweenpeople, but younger people, I
can usually use a little bitmore first, but we take care of
people in their 80s and 90s andwith those people I just have to
(14:14):
be a little bit more first, butwe take care of people in their
80s and 90s and with thosepeople I just have to be a
little more gentle, or you'd be.
As long as you're very specific, you can help a large range of
clientele, of patients.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
Yeah, very good.
Well, I appreciate you sharingyour story and being on the show
, and I wish you and yourbusiness the best going forward,
all right.
Speaker 3 (14:29):
Thank you.
I appreciate it, benjamin, andI hope you have a great day.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
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Speaker 2 (00:11):
Welcome back to the Good Neighbor Podcast once again
.
Hey, are you in the need for agood and an expert chiropractor?
Well, there may be one closerthan you think.
Today I got the pleasure ofintroducing Stephen Barger with
Expedition Chiropractic.
Stephen, how are you doing?
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Doing great.
How are you today?
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Good, yeah, I'm doing really, really good.
Can't complain about everything.
There's a lot of good energy, alot of positive vibes going on
this day, so I'm just taking itin.
Awesome, I'm excited.
First of all, thanks for makingthe time.
I'm really excited to learn alittle bit more about the
company and see if there'sthere's a I want to know the
most about it.
(00:49):
So let's just jump right intoit with that.
Can you tell us a little bitabout?
Speaker 3 (00:54):
Yeah, so I own and operate Expedition Chiropractic.
We have a small family styleoffice.
We've been open five years nextTuesday actually, so just
coming up on our five-yearanniversary.
For the majority of the time itwas just my wife and I.
We have a small office.
I like keeping it kind of smalland really get to know our
clientele and our patients verywell that way and we recently
(01:17):
just had a baby, so the wife'staking some time out of the
office and we have some otherfront desk help right now and
stuff like that but still reallysmall.
I want to get to know mypatients very well and make sure
that we are able to adjusttheir problems and make sure we
get them corrected.
My number one goal is to makesure we get results in our
office, so Very cool.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Well, congratulations on the five-year anniversary
and congratulations on thenewborn.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
Oh, thank you yes.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
A lot of exciting things happening all at the same
time, yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
Yeah, yeah.
It's definitely a differentworld with a three-month-old at
the home, so a little less sleepat night, but it's all worth it
.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
It's all exactly.
You said it best.
It's such a great journey, allright.
Well, how did you get into thebusiness?
Speaker 3 (02:05):
Yeah.
So I went to UCF undergrad.
I'm from Poison Lucy originally.
I went to Morningside Academy,then went off to UCF and got an
exercise science degree.
My original degree was actuallylike in coaching I was playing
on coaching basketball and golf.
One of my professors was achiropractor.
I worked in his office for afew months and said, hey, I want
(02:25):
to go back to school and Ichose chiropractic school up at
Palmer College of Chiropracticin Daytona Beach, florida.
And the first month ofchiropractic school I just fell
in love with it and I knew itwas in the right place and just
got a real passion forchiropractic and my time in
(02:45):
school I started to specializein Gonstead chiropractic.
Most people haven't heard ofGonstead chiropractic but it's a
specialty in the chiropracticprofession.
Most people don't know thatchiropractic there's over 200
techniques Just because you havechiropractor on the door
doesn't really mean that you'rethe same as a guy down the
street.
We actually have a lot ofvariability between different
offices and stuff like that.
So my specialty is in thisGonstead technique and what
(03:12):
really kind of separates me fromothers is I like to take care
of the most severe spine.
So most chiropractors they kindof take a shotgun approach.
They want to hit every part ofyour spine and hope they find
the problem.
I like to think I'm more of asniper.
We give you very preciseadjustments.
Think I'm more of a sniper.
We give you very preciseadjustments.
They're still hands-on but theanalysis is really the bread and
(03:32):
butter that allows us to takecare of the most severe cases.
So in our analysis I gown mypatients or guys and like take
their shirts off and I'm goingto look at your spine.
That's really important Of ouranalysis.
If you went to a dentist youwould expect them to look at
your teeth and um, I believechiropractors should look at
your spine.
It's really important.
There's a lot of informationyou can get from looking at your
spine if you know what you'relooking for.
Um, I have an instrument that Irun down your spine that lets
(03:55):
me kind of pinpoint what areasyour spine you want to adjust.
What we want to leave aloneagain, what we don't want to do
is just hit everything and hopewe find the problem.
Maybe more snipers Reallypinpoint that, adjust it and
then see if that helped as well,because it's a big big thing If
we adjust everything and itdidn't help, we don't know what
could have helped, or whatdidn't?
So it kind of works as a processof elimination.
(04:15):
With more complex cases whereif I adjust something you come
back and you didn't necessarilyget the results or I don't feel
like we could have done a littlebit better, I can kind of cross
that off our checklist and goto another part of the spine and
then I take a full spine x-rayas well, which is really
important, and I use that x-rayon multiple visits.
A lot of chiropractors theymight take an x-ray on your
(04:37):
first visit but they don'tnecessarily use it on subsequent
visits and that x-ray is goingto give me an in-depth look of
what am I adjusting and whatareas.
Again, what do I not want toadjust and what do areas of your
spine that I want to focus onand make sure we give you a
precise adjustment.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Very cool.
Well, it sounds like you goabove and beyond and provide a
real thorough analysis.
That's really elaborative.
It's like a specialty tradewithin a specialty trade.
It feels like that you kind ofdescribed.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
Yeah, exactly, and the main thing is we don't want
to skip any steps with anybody.
Most chiropractors, evenphysical therapists, they get
results with 75, 80 percent oftheir patients.
That you do really good.
But I really like helping the10 to 15 percent of people that
might have not got resultssomewhere else.
So really my favorite person.
When they come into my officethey say then the three other
(05:28):
doctors and no one's helped me,and I get really excited and
that's when my eyes perk up andsaid you're in the right place.
No-transcript, dive deep intothat person's case to make sure
that we can get them the resultsthat they want.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
Yeah, I like that.
It sounds like you definitelytake a lot of care and attention
and make sure that you'reproviding a solution, so I
really appreciate that.
What are some I'm interested tothe, because I'm sure there's a
lot of these.
What are some myths ormisconceptions within that
industry?
Yeah, that's that's a, that's abig one.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
So like again under like the complex cases, people
with rods in their spine, orthey've had previous back
surgeries or just they were toldby the medical doctor they
couldn't go to a chiropractor.
Those are my like again, myfavorite people to take care of.
And I mean, I just had a lady afew weeks ago, extremely bad
(06:22):
pain shooting down her leg likejust could barely walk, barely
get out of bed for multipleweeks, and she was in the
hospital and the medical doctorsaid, essentially you cannot go
to a chiropractor, and in mostcircumstances I would give her
that same recommendation as well.
I would not recommend her justto go to any person, but she
knew some people that were closeto me that knew I can kind of
(06:43):
handle more complex cases and wewere able to help her make
wonders of difference in thefirst month or two of her care.
So generally, people that saidthey couldn't go to the
chiropractor, I want to makesure that we give them a very
safe adjustment.
Again, what I don't want to dowe don't just rack and crack
their spine.
There's going to be areas thatwe need to focus on and areas
that we will stay away from andwe won't adjust on you.
(07:05):
And when you know that person'scase and you have a good
picture of what their full spinelooks like, you can really give
them the best care possible andmake sure that you get them
good results and don't makesomething worse.
When it is complex whetherthey've had a previous surgery
or they're waiting to get asurgery, or they've had rods in
their spine or they have asevere scoliosis we obviously
(07:27):
see a lot of people with bigcurves in their spine and things
like that.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
Okay, yeah, that makes sense.
I think you kind of answeredthe next question, but I'm still
going to ask it anyway, in casewe missed something.
Who are your target customersand how do you attract them?
Speaker 3 (07:41):
Yeah, so no, that's really good.
Who are your target customers?
Speaker 2 (07:44):
and how do you?
Speaker 3 (07:44):
attract them.
Yeah, so no, that's really good.
So, yeah, my favorite, myfavorite case are like the
complex cases, but my normaltarget um, migraines are really
really good vertigo I liketaking care of people with like
dizziness and stuff like that.
Um, my general, like overallclientele we have two kind of
general patients are the peoplethat come in with an acute case.
They have an active problem.
We need to correct that and thenwe try to transition those
(08:06):
people into like a wellness andmaintenance.
They want to maintain theirspine over time and for most
people I can get them down toone or two adjustments a month,
depending on the degeneration intheir spine and their previous
history of injuries and stufflike that where they're able to
maintain their wellness,maintain their spine.
Just like you brush your teethtwice a day, if you're able to
(08:28):
maintain your spine once a month, it will really help you in the
longevity and keep you activefor a long time.
And then that's anotherclientele I really enjoy taking
care of are like the boomerclients, my 50 to 60 year olds.
They're starting to retire,they're down here, they move
down here to Florida becausethey want to stay active,
whether they're playingpickleball or golf or they're
(08:49):
just walking four or five milesa day.
I want to make sure we can keepthat that clientele active and
moving really well for a longtime so they can keep playing
with their grandkids and thingslike that.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Okay, very cool.
So uh, tell me, steven, outsideof work, what do you like to do
for fun?
Speaker 3 (09:06):
Yeah, Um.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
I'm a big golfer.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
I've been golfing since I was in fifth grade,
essentially, so that's probablymy, my biggest thing, that, uh,
I'm into the most, and right nowI'm not golfing a lot with a
newborn at home, so he takes upmy most time and that that is
okay.
I can take a few months off andenjoy the time with him.
And, um, yeah, and I thinkearlier you said like, uh, what
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kind of networking do we do andhow do we get our clientele?
Most of our uh clients patientpatients are uh referral based.
Um, that would say the majority.
But then I'm also in anetworking group as well.
I'm going to be an I group.
That group's been very good tome.
We've been able to get a goodbase of clients then as well.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
Okay, very good.
Yeah, the golf.
Ironically, golf is a sportwhere it literally, when you
swing, you're just twisting yourspine.
Speaker 3 (09:59):
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (10:01):
It's a big part of it and if you're able to maintain
a good spine and keep it movingproperly, you can do those
activities, whether it'spickleball, golf, tennis, any of
those active sports, If youkeep the mobility in your spine
you can play those for the restof your life.
A lot of times, you know, but alot of times people get small
injuries and if they don't getthose injuries corrected, they
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so we try to prevent that, makesure we can keep people active
and live in their best life.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
Yeah, that makes sense.
All right, we're going toswitch gears a little bit here.
Can you describe a hardship ora life lesson that you've went
through that made you stronger?
Speaker 3 (10:43):
Yeah, that's actually a really appropriate question
on my five-year anniversary ofopening up.
I opened four weeks beforeCOVID hit, so that would have
been March of 2020, the worldkind of shut down and I opened
in February 18th of 2020.
So I was in week five of mybusiness being open.
We had a very good first month,which helped me tremendously.
(11:03):
We got, like this somewhatestablished clientele that was
able to help me continue to growover the next few months.
But, yeah, they were telling usthe world was going to shut
down for two weeks and I lookedat my books and I said we can
handle two weeks and those twoweeks grew into multiple months
and hindsight it's scarier thanit was when you were in it.
(11:26):
But by the time June rolledaround, we started opening up.
We got some markets thatstarted back open and I was
marketing a tradition market onSaturday mornings in the hot sun
, but that was the only thingopen and a lot of people were
there.
So that really helped usestablish a good clientele base
and after that we started reallyrolling and was able to get
(11:49):
things going.
But that was definitelysomething that tried the
business for sure, because youhad to make sure your systems
and your procedures and you hadto keep your clienteles around,
because when you weren't gettinga lot of new patients, you
wanted to make sure everyone wasreally happy that you were
seeing.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
Yeah, yeah.
There's a lot of people in astate of uncertainty during that
time, so I'm glad that you'reone of the businesses that made
it.
Speaker 3 (12:12):
Yeah, for sure.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
All right.
So, steven, tell our listenersone thing they should remember
about Expedition Chiropractic.
Speaker 3 (12:23):
That's a good question.
If there's one thing I wouldsay, it would be that if you've
gotten average, or you haven'tgotten results with your health,
at least related to like spinalconditions, migraines,
headaches you could give us ashot.
The Gonset technique is verydifferent compared to your
traditional chiropractor andonce people have had Gonset
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chiropractic they generally willseek out for the rest of their
life.
I have a lot of patients thatdrive from Palm Bay and Vero.
They come down to PorcelainLucy.
They generally will seek outfor the rest of their life.
I have a lot of patients thatdrive from Palm Bay and Vero.
They come down to Port St Lucieto get their chiropractic
adjustments.
I have families from BoyntonBeach all the way to Lake Placid
, florida.
Those are hour and a halfdrives in one direction to come
to our office.
So once people have triedconstant chiropractic a lot of
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times, they stick with it andare willing to invest into their
health and their spinal healthto make sure that they can stay
healthy for the longevitylongevity of their life very
good, all right.
Speaker 2 (13:20):
And lastly, uh, how can our listeners learn more
about expedition chiropractic?
Speaker 3 (13:25):
yeah, we're our website's
expeditionchiropracticcom.
Um.
We're on Instagram.
I have some adjusting videos onthere and some just education
videos that people can check out.
Those are probably the two bestplaces our Instagram page and
then, if they have any, they canalso look at our website
expeditionchiropracticcom.
Speaker 2 (13:45):
Okay, well, that sounds great.
I like that you provide freeresources like that and educate
people in that way.
It's really cool.
Speaker 3 (13:53):
Yeah for sure.
Yeah, we have good videos onour Instagram.
We have some x-rays that we goover with people.
They can see the differenttypes of adjustments that I do.
It's going to vary betweenpeople, but younger people, I
can usually use a little bitmore first, but we take care of
people in their 80s and 90s andwith those people I just have to
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be a little bit more first, butwe take care of people in their
80s and 90s and with thosepeople I just have to be a
little more gentle, or you'd be.
As long as you're very specific, you can help a large range of
clientele, of patients.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
Yeah, very good.
Well, I appreciate you sharingyour story and being on the show
, and I wish you and yourbusiness the best going forward,
all right.
Speaker 3 (14:29):
Thank you.
I appreciate it, benjamin, andI hope you have a great day.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
Thank you.
Thank you for listening to theGood Neighbor Podcast.
To nominate your favorite localbusinesses to be featured on
the show, go tognpportsaintlucycom.
That's gnpportsaintlucycom, orcall 772-303-1036.
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