“The doctor of chiropractic program has continued to be rewarding and fulfilling,” Kiearrah said. “I have gained so much knowledge in the brief time I’ve been here. I’m grateful that I can be the person in my family that they come to when they have their own health questions.”
Not only has Tanner found his calling in life, but he has already fallen in love with the motion palpation technique. His involvement with the corresponding club, The MoPal Club, has been a huge synchronicity for him. “I love MoPal because students travel to seminars around the Midwest. It stands for integrating other modalities beyond the adjustment, so soft tissue work or whatever you see fit,” he said.
After looking into a few different paths to care for athletes, chiropractic stood out. “I was primarily between physiotherapy (physical therapy) and chiropractic, but I liked the scope of practice for chiropractic better,” Tynan said. “Palmer has a good track record and there are actually a lot of Palmer graduates in the Calgary area that highly recommended it to me.”
Not only was she encouraged by her own outcome, but she was also enthralled with the possibility of one day owning and running her own business. She observed the Doctor of Chiropractic who helped her, her dad, and her grandpa. “Kira Bailey, D.C. was so inspiring, successfully running a female-owned business and genuinely connecting with her community. I thought, ‘I want to do that. I want to give back the same way she has helped me and so many others.’”
When the Kalad family moved from Aswan, Egypt to Lansdale, Pennsylvania in 2012, they wanted to provide a better education for their daughters. What they didn’t know was that Sally and Simone, five years apart in age, would choose to attend Palmer College together.
