through the door.
If we start to understand it from that standpoint, then we realize that that changes our behavior. If it's what happens in the office, then change your technique. That's not what happens in the office. What walks through the door. Your evaluation procedures, your history and your exam become paramount in that environment. Responding to those situations effectively and efficiently is the order of the day and has been for ages. The entire argument of Cassidy is that dissections do not occur in the environment of chiropractic patients at any rate greater than the background dissections that occur in the presence of medical care over the same time period. The idea is that there's no greater incidence under chiropractic care. The care isn't the issue. What the issue is is the patient walking in the door and recognizing what's underway when they get to your table, not what happened on the table. That's absolutely perfect. In terms of just summarizing the Dr. Oz Show, I would say that as a profession we never want to see publicity like that out there. However, at least we had somebody that represented us well. It could have been a whole lot worse. We had a neurologist on there that was not beating us up but actually in a sense supporting our position, and Dr. Oz himself couldn't come to any conclusion other than a very neutral one, which that's what we've always asked for in all areas is people to be fair and neutral and have a level playing ground. Again, we didn't necessarily appreciate the hype about it, but if it's going to be on, at least we were represented in an appropriate and professional manner that could lead people to the conclusion that at the very worst there's a question mark as opposed to, yes, that chiropractor is at fault. Don't go to the chiropractor because they are going to kill you or at least cause a stroke. I think we fared well as a result of that. You know, Stu, in thinking about the next morning in the office for the average practitioner, I watched that Oz Show segment very carefully, and I would memorize word-for-word the close of the segment that Dr. Oz offered. Dissections happen. It doesn't mean you shouldn't see your chiropractor. Make sure you inform your chiropractor of everything going on when you present for neck pain. That's the advice and counsel from Oz. That's the advice and counsel that every chiropractor should back up on. Good counsel. Good advice. Share it with patients and let them know when it was all said and done, that was Oz's conclusion. We can run with that. I really appreciate you being with us again today. We've had thousands upon thousands of doctors watching the shows that you and I have put out there, and I've got nothing but incredible feedback of the help it has been for them. I know that this one will be too. I want to thank you for continuing to do what you do and working with a lot of people. I know the foundation is putting out a release today as well that you were instrumental in working with them on, and we applaud their work as well.
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