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Words of Wisdom Spark Acts of Generosity Dr. and Mrs. Terry R. Yochum’s Gift to Logan Radiology Dr. George A. Goodman with Dr. Terry Yochum and his wife Inge.
“You have to give before you can receive.” These words were shared with Dr. Terry Yochum early in his career. “I once asked the chiropractic legend Dr. Monte Greenawalt the secrets to his success, and I’ve never forgotten his words,” recalled Dr. Yochum, DC, DACBR, Fellow, ACCR, owner of Rocky Mountain Chiropractic Radiological Center located in Arvada, Colo. “Back then, I remember telling Dr. Greenawalt I didn’t have much to give, I had little money but was working on a book.” Dr. Yochum would spend the next six years giving what he could to his profession and all that he had to his book. With his pen in hand, he wrote 10,000 pages, which took his secretary four and a half years working 50 hours a week to type. His words, first printed by a medical publishing house in 1987, remain required reading for chiropractic students and serve as reference text in 100 medical schools worldwide. Now in its third edition with more than 100,000 copies sold, including 25,000 copies in use by medical doctors globally, “Essentials of Skeletal Radiology” opened doors for Dr. Yochum’s career and knocked down barriers for chiropractic. “I was the first chiropractic author to have a book distributed by a medical publishing house,” added Dr. Yochum. “When my 8
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textbook became a best-seller, medical publishing houses took note and began printing more works by chiropractic authors. I’m proud to have broken that barrier.” With the success of his textbook, Dr. Yochum’s career quickly expanded from practitioner and author to international speaker. The chiropractic radiologist who had once sought the counsel of Dr. Greenawalt, found himself as a global educator and mentor for thousands of chiropractic and medically trained professionals.
Putting the Puzzle Pieces Together “X-ray to me is like a puzzle,” commented Dr. Yochum. “As a chiropractic radiologist, I get to play Sherlock Holmes and put the pieces together to improve patient care. It’s a stimulating challenge for me, academically and clinically.” According to Dr. Yochum, the X-ray guides the chiropractor. The image can confirm an accurate diagnosis, which then leads to effective chiropractic treatments. “X-ray provides us with a window into the possible pathologies. Since the early 1900s, X-ray has served as a critical diagnostic tool providing for the comprehensive evaluation of patients.”