Jeff LangmaidFounder, The Evidence Based Chiropractor

You Didn't Go To School To Be An Entrepreneur

9 Aug 2026 · 1 min

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In this segment Jeff Langmaid argues that while modern technology dramatically lowers the barriers to starting and running a chiropractic practice—making business ownership easier and more efficient—the fundamental motivation of most chiropractors remains caregiving rather than entrepreneurship. He contends that most chiropractors attend school to help patients, not to build businesses, and this core mindset is unlikely to shift dramatically despite technological advances. Consequently, he expects only a modest increase in successful chiropractor‑entrepreneurs. He also notes a possible counter‑trend: some doctors with small practices may choose to join larger groups or focus even less on the business side, feeling that technology frees them to concentrate on patient care.

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Of course the technology makes things easier for people to own their own business and be more efficient and effective. Barrier entry is way low. That's right. But the mindset and desire is not gonna change. Maybe it'll shift it a little bit, but still I believe that most chiropractors don't go to chiropractic school to become entrepreneurs or even are entrepreneurs. They go because they wanna help people. They wanna be a caregiver by definition. And I don't think that's going away anytime soon. So yes, there might be more people that, more associates that try to trick themselves into thinking they can do it, but I don't think that that's gonna increase dramatically how many do it to be successful. And to your point, I would say there might even be doctors with small practices that discover even more so that they want to be in another practice because even though the technology's made things easier, they're actually feeling then like, now I even want to focus on the business aspects even less.