In fact, Damen plans to educate chiropractors across North America about Chiro’s Care. That may sound like a considerable challenge, to the rest of the population, but Damen knows a little something about meeting a challenge and rising above it.

There is something about significant adversity that seems to reshape an individual’s view of the world. Many people, surviving a life-threatening illness come away from the experience with a new-found appreciation for life. A few even rise up from the experience with, what appears to outsiders, to be a mandate to radically alter some aspect of their world. Such is the case with Damen. Having battled melanoma that had spread from a mole on his back to his lymph nodes, he surfaced from the experience with a new-found goal. His brainchild, Chiro’s Care, will work to educate chiropractors across North America on how to recognize melanoma and other skin cancers. With a current risk of one in seven Canadians developing skin cancer, chances are that most people will somehow be touched by the disease. Chiro’s Care will also raise funds to donate to The Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation in Toronto for melanoma research, and for the care of patients battling the disease.

With the backing of CMCC, his oncologist, dermatologist, family physician and a host of fellow students, Tyler Damen and the charity are already poised to take flight. The initial fundraising activity for the charity is the sale of Chiro’s Care T-shirts.  An education manual for chiropractors is already being produced and will be available in the months to come.

For more information about the manuals, or ordering Chiro's Care T-shirts , please visit www.chiros-care.com.