Dr. Paul Bickert

Born May 29, 1945 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Dr. Paul Bickert was raised in Lumby and Nelson, British Columbia. His first experience with chiropractic was at age four when he suffered a compression fracture to the fourth thoracic vertebra that resulted in recurring bouts of backache and bronchitis. Chiropractors were his heroes. Their adjustments kept him going to school and later work.

When he was eleven, his mother gave birth to a healthy newborn sister, Janice Mary. Janice was dropped while attended by nursery staff in the hospital. His mother complained, “What have they done to my baby?”  They never responded, however advised the baby would be fine. Reassurance was given and his parents and mother and baby were sent home.  Six weeks later Janice suffered a massive cerebral hemorrhage that left her an invalid until she was four.

“My parent eventually took my sister, who had Cerebral Palsy, to a chiropractor. Janice was given her first chiropractic adjustment and sent on to Spears Chiropractic Hospital that operated in Denver. There she received intensive chiropractic spinal and cranial adjustments. Within a couple weeks she could sit up and in four months she walked. That experience was an emotional and miraculous achievement witnessed by the whole community of Nelson, back in 1960. It resulted in three of her brothers eventually becoming chiropractors, states Dr. Bickert.

“After high school, I became a radio news announcer for a CBC regional station in British Columbia and moved on to Trail, B. C. and Lethbridge, Alberta where I continued in news announcing and some other programming. I even hosted an open line talk in show. People who know me well don’t doubt that I had the ‘gift of the gab’ to be capable of doing so.”

“My experience in radio work was followed by public relations work for Capital Records of Canada and Sony Music’s Columbia Records division.”

In 1970, Dr. Bickert entered chiropractic at Palmer University’s College of Chiropractic located in Davenport, Iowa after completing some pre-requisite courses necessary for his admission. He graduated Cum Laude in October, 1974. Since then he practiced in Calgary until 1982 when he relocated to Kelowna, British Columbia and practice until 1993.

In 1993 Dr. Bickert invented a wireless antenna capable of enhancing wireless performance and reducing user exposure to the electromagnetic field. He holds two international patents. His corporation, Globus Inc., traded on the NASDAQ. Globus’s Celltech Labs division, a company that continues to do compliance testing for manufacturers of wireless devices bringing their products to market in North America and requiring the Federal Communications Commission and Canadian Standards approval of those new products, still operates in Kelowna .

Dr. Paul Bickert has retired from active practice, however, continues his involvement in the profession.  He is married to Marlene Ibbotson of Red Deer, Alberta. Their adult children are Tad, Natalie, Taylor and Charity. They have four grandchildren.

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