Palmer College is proud to support our military and veterans through our Military Care Program. Watch a special message from Vickie Anne Palmer, H.C.D. (Hon.)
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Clinician Amanda Vozar, D.C., and eight students provided complimentary chiropractic care to 91 patients, including homeless or at-risk veterans, at the 2022 Stand Down event.
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It was the holistic approach and working with her hands that led Kelsey to the chiropractic profession in the first place. “I was a senior in high school when a woman came in to tell her story. She was a chiropractor who spoke of having the best job in the world, using the two tools God gave her every single day (her hands). I knew I wanted to be a holistic doctor so I was excited to learn that I could use my hands to care for patients. It was a defining moment for me!”
![Kelsey Arneson, Palmer College of Chiropractic student, sitting on adjustment table.](https://www.palmer.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/kelsey-arneson-thumbnail.jpg)
Chiropractic is Jessica ‘Mee-Lynn’ Bentley, D.C.’s (West, '21) second career path, one she found in her mid-thirties after her first career as a medical massage therapist. Now, as she prepares to begin in practice, she reflects on her experience taking part in Palmer’s Department of Defense/Veteran's Affairs (DoD/VA) program.
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Beyond a traditional clinical environment, students working at the VA hospitals also learn how D.C.s work with medical professionals across many disciplines, for the benefit of the patient. Dustin worked alongside orthopedists, podiatrists, acupuncturists, nutritionists, counselors and psychiatrists.
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