Jeff LangmaidFounder, The Evidence Based Chiropractor

My Great-Grandfather's Journey at Palmer in the 1920s! Chiropractic Legacy 🕰️

6 Jan 2024 · 1 min

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Jeff Langmaid narrates a short, personal video describing a photograph of his great-grandfather (Chester Arthur Langmead), who attended Palmer in the 1920s. He contrasts the early chiropractic practice — noting a $3 ticket and a back-of-ticket "six pack" of adjustments at 50 cents each — with modern advantages (greater credibility, research, and market penetration). The speaker frames this as a family legacy he is proud to continue.

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This picture I took two days ago at my house. I see a couple familiar gentlemen right here. That is my great grandfather, and he was at Palmer when this guy was teaching. He was one of the students there in the 1920s, so many, many moons ago. And I can guarantee you my great grandfather, California Langmeid, Chester Arthur Langmead, did not have the advantages that we have today. 100 years later, we now have credibility, we have better market penetration, we have a ton of research, and we have a lot of people that could use our help. 100 years ago, there were a lot of people that could use our help, but we did not have a lot of the advantages that we have today. If you look in the bottom left hand corner, there's a $3 ticket and it's like, man in the 20s, $3 was a lot for an adjustment. On the back of that, that's a six pack of adjustments. 50 cents each. 50 cents each back in the day. So I'm happy to come from that legacy and hopefully do my best to continue that legacy a little bit.