Principles and Practice
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Palmer College Technique Department
J. Richard Burns, D.C.
F.I.C.A. (Hon.), L.C.P., D.Ph.C.S.
Professor, Department of Technique
Course Director, Technique Principles & Practice
Seventh Trimester
Dr. Burns was born in Champaign, Illinois, and was raised in the small town of Tuscola, Illinois. He has been married since 1974 and is the father of boy/girl twins born in 1979.
He graduated from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1973 and became a member of the faculty of the college the same year. In 1977, he became chairman of the Department of Technique and served in that position for twenty-two years. In 1985, he received his full professorship. Dr. Burns is the course director for Technique Principles and Practice, which is an enhancement of the entire Technique curriculum. In addition to his teaching responsibilities on campus, Dr. Burns has been a member of the Palmer College’s post-graduate faculty since 1975. Topics he has presented internationally include Extremity Adjusting, Spinal Adjusting, Adjusting Mechanics, Spinography, Pediatric Adjusting, and Upper Cervical Specific.
Dr. Burns has received numerous awards, the most coveted of which are Faculty of the Year, presented by the Student Council, and the Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by the Illinois Prairie State Chiropractic Association. Dr. Burns is also the only person named Chiropractor of the Year twice in the state of Illinois. He has been named a Fellow of the International Chiropractors Association and the Gonstead Clinical Studies Society. He has also been named to Who’s Who in Medicine and Health Care, Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals, Who’s Who in the World, International Man of the Year, Who’s Who in American Chiropractic, Outstanding Young Man of America, and Who’s Who in Chiropractic International.
He is also an author, having written Extremities: Adjusting and Evaluation. He has been a member of the Illinois Prairie State Chiropractic Association since 1976 and has served on the board of directors since 1987. He has also served on the board of directors of the International Chiropractors Association since 1999.
Dr. Burns has a passion for philosophy and received his Legion of Chiropractic Philosophers (L.C.P.) in 2003 and Diplomate of Philosophical Chiropractic Standards (DPhCS) in 2005. In addition to his teaching, Dr. Burns maintains a very busy chiropractic practice in East Moline, Illinois