For chiropractors practicing today, Dr. Warren Hammer’s legacy is particularly visible in several areas that have become familiar components of modern musculoskeletal care: his early work with the Graston Technique and instrument-assisted soft-tissue mobilization; his extensive writing and teaching on functional soft-tissue examination and treatment; his role in bringing fascial manipulation to U.S. clinicians; and his decades spent educating chiropractors and other health professionals.
Research
$1.2 million funded by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research for a study on low back pain at UCLA.
It's in the Mail
The Canadian postal service will be printing three chiropractic stamps:
- DD Palmer's 150 birthday
- chiropractic's centennial
- 50 years of chiropractic education in Canada
International Symposium in Brazil
Chiropractic will have the opportunity to introduce itself and educate the Brazilian scientific and medical communities at the 1st International Symposium on Pain May 25-28 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.