Do you ever wonder how you can make a difference for our military? To learn the answer, we talked with Palmer Chiropractic Clinics Community Relations Coordinator Julie Johnson, D.C., C.F.M.P., who spear-headed the development of Palmer’s Military Care Program.
Stand Down refers to a one-day event in which community organizations and volunteers welcome veterans, most of them homeless, to provide them with some of the same basic needs.
The Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research at Palmer College of Chiropractic collaborated with the RAND Corporation and the Samueli Institute to conduct a large-scale, multi-site clinical trial studying the effectiveness of chiropractic care for active-duty military personnel with low-back pain. This study was one of three included as part of a $7.4 million, seven-year grant from the Department of Defense to these three institutions.
