 In this video I'm going to tell you about the books that I'm planning to read for 2021. In a recent video I went through the books that I read last year related to chiropractic and I thought I would share the books that I've got on my reading list that I plan to read in the upcoming year. Most of them are specifically related to chiropractic whether written by or about chiropractors but if you are just related to other interests that apply to chiropractic. Well the first book that I plan to read and I'm already reading is Chiropractic Odyssey by Leonard Fay. So Dr. Leonard Fay brought motion palpation to the forefront based on his experience with Henry Gillay who you may know from the Gillay's test and other people that he spent time with in Europe and around the world. I'm learning a lot of things that I didn't realize that he actually came up with the term vertebral subluxation complex which I've seen used by others in which he says that he regrets now because that term is quite controversial. Dr. Fay was banned from teaching at a lot of the vitalistic chiropractic schools later on including Palmer. I'm enjoying this book I'm more than halfway through it now. He shares some interesting stories about launching into practice he talks about how much he charged per visit and I find it really interesting to hear the perspective of somebody who's just starting in the profession decades ago who was at the time a very progressive and forward-thinking chiropractor. Number two is the biography of Joseph Jancy the apostle of chiropractic education by Dr. Reed Phillips. Now I mentioned that last year I read the biography of Terry Yocum the well-known radiologist and in that book he mentions Joseph Jancy as being such an influence on him so I ordered this biography and it's by Reed Phillips. Now Reed Phillips also has written another biography which I love and that is the biography of Dr. Scott Haldeman and I found this story of Scott's to be so intriguing and so compelling and I think Reed Phillips does a great job of writing biographies and so I'm hoping that the story of Joseph Jancy will be just as compelling. Now I don't know much about him I know that he came from I believe it was Sweden. He happens to be Mormon a religion that I spent many years of my life in. Turns out he was very influential in the profession of chiropractic especially being the president of national college for many years and the foreword is written by Terry Yocum and so that tells you the impact that he had on so many of these giants in our profession. So I'm looking forward to reading more about that what made him tick what gave him the philosophy and opinions that he has about chiropractic. And number three is overcoming the odds. Another biography but this time by Antonio Webb M.D. Antonio Webb you may know as a orthopedic surgeon who has a huge YouTube channel. He is a black American grew up in Louisiana and he made it through medical school and then through residency and then did orthopedic surgery so he is a spine surgeon. His videos have been entertaining to watch. He has talked about chiropractic a couple of times and so I'm just interested in hearing more of his story of how he grew up. The challenges that he faced getting through medical school when he came from very little and also his you know experience in the military and then becoming a spine surgeon which I think even though chiropractors talk about preventing people from going to the surgeon they still are our colleagues in my opinion. And number four is the end of physiotherapy by David Nichols. Now I know a fair amount about the history of chiropractic and all of the controversy and all of the mess that we've gotten ourselves into over the years but it turns out physical therapy or physiotherapy has just as much history behind it and so this book goes through the history of the profession up until modern times talking about the challenges that they've gone through and the thought or the opinion that they might be in danger and this author talks about a way out of that and I find that so interesting to hear more about the history of these professions who we you know oftentimes look to and think oh physical therapy maybe did it right right they've gotten buy-in from the medical community but it wasn't always that way so I'm really looking forward to reading the end of physiotherapy and speaking of controversy number five is carotid and vertebral artery dissection and this is a book by Jody Dodds M.D. and Amanda Anderson who has had a stroke is a patient who experienced a stroke and they came together to tell the patient side of the story it's full of medical knowledge it's written in a Q&A format and it's meant for patients and family members of patients who have experienced a stroke now there's huge controversy about chiropractic and stroke and I am of the opinion that the risk of stroke is very low I think that we do not know whether there is any cause for causality there if you care about your patients if you care about being informed about this potential risk for stroke then I think learning more about it from the medical perspective is worthwhile and number six is bones inside and out by Roy Amines and he talks about the content and the structure and the formation of bones and he basically talks about bones as if they are a historical figure or a character in this book this story looks very interesting if you're interested in anatomy if you're interested in the things that we move even though we're not actually we're focused on the joints then I think this is going to be an entertaining read as well briefly a few others on my list are women in white coats have the first women doctors change the world of medicine by Olivia Campbell artificial intelligence in health care by the national academy of medicine the hand by Frank R. Wilson is a book that he mentions the hand because he's talking about the neurology of the hand how the brain controls the hand how the hand actually is deeply rooted to our ability to communicate and even to think so there you have it that is my list of books that I plan to read in the upcoming months and year leave a comment down below and let me know what is on your reading list related to chiropractic or otherwise if you enjoyed this video please hit that like and subscribe button to get notified of any upcoming videos that I'll be making in the coming weeks you can follow me at exploring chiropractic on social media and follow my podcast including this week in chiropractic where I talk about current news and events within the chiropractic profession thanks for tuning in and I'll see you again in the next one