January 7, 2026—9-10—It’s YOUR Business—Wellness Wednesday –Show—50-73

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   I’m Bill Zortman and with our first Wellness Show of 2026---we have a lot to touch and make happen---

   We start with the Dean of the Med School----Tim Ridgway---

Now that our reaccreditation visit (successful!) is behind us, we are in the process of developing our next 5-year strategic plan:

• Learning environment: Medical education historically can be very stressful and challenging. We are looking at ways to lift our students, so that although challenging, they remain healthy and better prepared to be healers.
• Community integration: We want to be a trusted resource for the state regarding medical issues. We continue to look at ways to improve the communities where are students live and learn.
• FARM program is very successful. Can we expand to other communities?
• We continue to work on mentoring and guiding our students to be compassionate, caring physicians. Knowledge acquisition is important, but so is the ability to LISTEN and provide comfort.
• Curriculum reform, particularly as it relates to moving our first 18-month curriculum to Sioux Falls
• Teaching effective ways to utilize AI efficiently in both the educational setting as well as the clinical setting.

February 2 and 3 we will once again take our students to Pierre. This year, we will be combining this visit with physicians from the South Dakota State Medical Association. This promises to be an even better experience than previous years!

   What else should we know this morning----

Just ahead we’ll visit with Joe Kippley---Sioux Falls Medical Chief----that is next

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9:18/30---Wellness Wednesday 2

    Joe Kippley joins us Sioux Falls Health Director---what is on your plate this morning

------------as we talked with you for the first time in 2026----what are the topics you are concerned about---and what seems to be the biggest concerns that those in the Sioux Falls area have---or from your vantage point---should have----

==========Joe-------------------

    Upcoming events-------and what’s new in 2026----

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     Just ahead----we’ll visit with Dr. Joshua Jorde---next----

Following fox business news---

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9:30/00---Fox Business News

9:32/30---Wellness Wednesday 3

   Lets welcome Dr. Joshua Jorde—for the first time in 2026---

What are you planning to share this morning?

I figured this week I’d get more to the fundamentals of chiropractic in general. I know I have

once or twice before, but in case there are some new listeners since he was last on or if anybody missed it, it’s worth repeating on occasion.

 The first chiropractic adjustment was performed in Davenport, Iowa back in 1895. The problem being worked on wasn’t a case of back pain like when most patients think about chiropractic today, but rather a case of deafness.

 It’s important to note that the vast majority of cases of deafness are caused by nerve damage, not nerve irritation. Sorry for any hard of hearing listeners, but he got lucky. At the time he just went to where the patient had a pop just prior to the hearing loss and felt a prominent vertebra so he popped it back. Very crude compared to chiropractic today, but it lead to him researching further and he found the nervous system, as it impacted the blood flow to the head, to be the culprit.

 Since then the nervous system has always been the target area for chiropractic adjustments with adjustments to the spine and its joints being the means to the end. We’ve also learned a lot more over the years, along with medical doctors, about how exactly the anatomy and physiology work at a deeper level.

 At first chiropractors thought the new flow was getting pinched off by these subluxations with the vertebra turned or tilted one way until it compressed the nerve as it exited the spinal canal.

Now we know that although this can happen, it’s pretty uncommon. Far more often a nerve is getting rubbed up on and irritated, forcing it to send out excessive and dis-regulated signals,

rather than a lack of them.

 It’s also been found that generally the problem isn’t so much that the vertebra of the spine are twisted or tilted way out of alignment that causes these issues, but rather it’s more that they get stuck and unable to properly turn in the direction opposite of which way they’ve shifted

towards. On a related note, the word subluxation that you’ll hear myself and other chiropractors often say is just a compound of sub;less than and 39;luxation; which is a medical term for a dislocation. So even by the older definitions within chiropractic, everything was still in joint,

just sitting in the joint improperly.

   So what’s ahead for 2026 you expect to share----

-----Joshua Jorde---appreciate the visit…

One more medical stop this hour—stay with us

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9:45/30---Wellness 4

-----fourth stop—is Perry Bly—Pernell Insurance-----

•  Perry Bly from Pernell insurance for the Wednesday, Jan 7 medical hour.
• Renee sent Perry's talking points regarding 2026 health insurance subsidy changes and enrollment risks.
• Bill confirmed Perry is in the Wednesday 9-10 show and here he is
• Perry POINTS to be Delivered

  We’ll get you ready for the 10:00 It’s YOUR Ag Business Show-----next

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9:56/30---Wellness 5

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History of wellness Wednesday---and a little more in the 10-11

Our time—is UP-Thank you for yours