Sumo Wrestlers Face Off at Spring for Life

Doctors Harrison, Slosberg and Hawkins with a LCCW Student

Dr. Stew Bittman and Rafael

Dr. Stone Meets and Greets

Dr. Clum With A Happy Sumo Contestant

LIFE WEST PRESENTS “SPRING FOR LIFE” 2003
HAYWARD, Calif., May 19, 2003

On May 9, hundreds of practicing chiropractors, chiropractic assistants, and chiropractic students were on hand for Life Chiropractic College West's annual Spring for Life. Everyone enjoyed this day of cutting edge chiropractic and health-care information, fellowship and networking, and... sumo wrestling.

Life West President Gerard Clum, D.C. began the day with a plenary session that was filled with the latest news in chiropractic and health care. Recently returning from the World Federation of Chiropractic and the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards conferences, Dr. Clum began his talk with a run down of the status of chiropractic practice and education in numerous countries throughout the world. He followed by talking about important chiropractic topics in the United States, as well as current state regulations and issues important to California chiropractors.

Dr. Clum concluded about exciting Life West campus news, including the health center's new digital imaging technology and the new Osteometer, which measures a patient's bone density. He also talked about how the campus has installed a wireless fidelity (wi-fi) network for students who will now be able to log on their laptop computers (with a wireless PC card) to the World Wide Web from almost anywhere on campus.
Life West professor and popular chiropractic continuing education presenter Malik Slosberg, D.C., followed Dr. Clum with his plenary session titled Validating Chiropractic: Recent Research. Afterwards, participants took advantage of the outstanding breakout lectures offered throughout the rest of the morning.

Along with the numerous attending Life West alumni and students, this year's Spring for Life saw an impressive number of non-alumni chiropractors on hand. Many of them mentioned how impressed they were with the program, and what a great service it was to the profession. A number of them also mentioned how much they liked the Life West campus.

Due to the day's foul weather, the traditional annual college picnic, following the sessions, was successfully held on campus, instead of the nearby park.

After lunch, all of the attendees went to watch the student sumo wrestling competition. Life West's Student Council hired a company that provided a mat, referees, and ultra-thick-padded sumo wrestling suits and helmets-the wrestling outfits resembled roly-poly dinosaur costumes. The packed "arena" was filled with loud cheers and laughter as the audience watched class representatives (one wrestler per class) try to wrestle each other one-on-one. Carl Shaff, a 7th quarter student, was the winner of the round-robin tournament.

2003 Spring for Life Speakers:

• David Birdsall, D.C., Purpose & Profit Revealed: Why Most Chiropractors Never Reach Their Potential
• Stewart Bittman, D.C., The Power of Service and Love
• Gerard Clum, D.C., Latest Trends in the Chiropractic
• Deed Harrison, D.C, The Cervical Lordosis: An Update on Research and Rehabilitation
• Heidi Keller, D.C., Keeping "Family" in Your Family Practice
• Mark Kimes, D.C., Build a Multi-Million Dollar Dream Practice
• Rebecca Nystrom, D.C., The "Healing Field": What it is and How You Get There
• Malik Slosberg, D.C, Validating Chiropractic: Recent Research
• Kevin Stone, M.D., Building the Biological Knee of the 21st Century: Non-operative and Operative Techniques.