The Consortium for Chiropractic Research (CCR) will meet February 19-21 in Las Vegas, Nevada. For more information contact Seva Craven, CCR assistant executive director, at (408) 983-4066.
The CCR has put out a call for papers in the form of poster presentations on chiropractic treatment and diagnostic procedures; chiropractic education; clinical practice; spinal physiology; professional issues; and standards of chiropractic care. The poster presentations will be given during the 8th Annual Conference on Research and Education (CORE) in Monterey, California June 18-20, 1993.
The deadline for abstract submission is March 30th; accepted presentations will be notified by April 15th. Cash awards will be given for the best of the chosen abstracts. Abstracts should be submitted with biographical sketches to Dr. Daniel Hansen, 1115 Black Lake Blvd., Suite A, Olympia, WA 98502, tele: (206) 754-7066 or fax (206) 754-7083. Questions may be addressed to Dr. Hansen or Dr. Chuck Henderson (319) 326-9190.
The ACA Council on Sports Injuries and Physical Fitness announced its 7th Annual Chiropractic Sports Science Symposium for April 1-4, 1993 in Santa Barbara, California. The symposium will feature 18 hours of educational sessions. Topics will include: chiropractic manipulation in sports; rehabilitation of athletic injuries; equipment and technology in sports; protocol and legal considerations; soft tissue manipulation; the psychology of sports; and how to become involved in the Chiropractic Sports Network, which provides chiropractic care at over 3,000 events nationwide each year. The symposium will highlight leading sports injury speakers, the annual general business meeting of the ACA Sports Council, an awards ceremony at which DCs who served in the Olympics will be honored, and the 40-booth Health & Fitness Expo '93. For more information contact the ACA Sports Council at 1-800-593-3222.
Dr. Gary R. Street visited the Palmer campus in December to present information on the ICA's plans for a preceptorship program in Romania. The program would allow 10th trimester students who have completed their clinical and classroom obligations to participate in a six-week program, and rotating them into a free-standing clinic which would be set up near an orphanage in the town of Negra Voda.
Dr. Street described his visit to the Negra Voda orphanage, and reported that he had the opportunity to adjust about 30 children. According to Dr. Street, the conditions in the Romanian orphanages were terribly inferior to those in America. While in the country, Dr. Street had the chance to visit Romania's equivalent of the U.S. surgeon general. "They would like us to do rotations in their hospitals as well as in the orphanages, which also presents an excellent opportunity for us to teach an entire country about chiropractic," he said. The ICA is in the process of getting approval for the program from the World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC), and is hopeful that students could be sent to Romania as early as June.
Each year the Sacro Occipital Research Society International (SORSI), founded to continue the work of Dr. M.B. DeJarnette, honors one or two of their members for outstanding contributions to chiropractic. Recent honorees have been from England, Japan, and Canada. This year's recipient is Dr. William Kessler of Auburn, Illinois.
Dr. Kessler was honored for his 38-year commitment to chiropractic, the endless time he has given freely teaching on college campuses, and the innovative methods he has developed for integrating Sacro Occipital Techniques (SOT) into his teaching. He has also developed a method of computerizing office records for SOT and craniopathy.
Dr. Kessler is licensed to practice in Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas.
Don Fitz-Ritson, D.C. of Toronto, Canada will be the first chiropractor to make a presentation at the International Conference on Lasers in Medicine. Dr. Fitz-Ritson, in conjunction with Drs. Filonenko and Salansky, will present his abstract "Low energy laser therapy efficacy in extensor neck muscle recovery after whiplash injury." He plans to explain how low energy lasers influence the metabolic processes in tissue and accelerate the body's own healing mechanisms without destructive changes to the tissue itself.
He will also comment on his study, which shows that the laser assists in faster and more pronounced enhancement in the strength of the extensor cervical musculature after trauma.
Paul Hooper, D.C., chairman of the department of principles and practice at Los Angeles College of Chiropractic (LACC), lectured to students at Seoul National University in Korea at the invitation of LACC graduate Dr. Dong Joon (Daniel) Yoon of the Korean Physical Therapy Association (KPTA). Dr. Hooper addressed a group of 30 people including the president of KPTA, and the head of the Korean Sports/Physical Therapy Association, who appointed Dr. Hooper as academic advisor to the association. Dr. Hooper has been invited to return to lecture at the university in August.
When sports chiropractors first appeared at the Olympic Games in the 1980s, it was alongside individual athletes who had experienced the benefits of chiropractic care in their training and recovery processes at home. Fast forward to Paris 2024, where chiropractic care was available in the polyclinic for all athletes, and the attitude has now evolved to recognize that “every athlete deserves access to sports chiropractic."
It is estimated that 61% of patients with CTS avoid taking surgical options due to postoperative complications and costly surgical procedures. Chiropractic care offers a comprehensive and effective treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome, addressing the condition from multiple angles. Recent studies also have unveiled a game-changing adjunct to chiropractic treatments for CTS: nerve flossing.
Some doctors thrive in a personality-based clinic and have a loyal following no matter what services or equipment they offer, but for most chiropractic offices who are trying to grow and expand, new equipment purchases help us stay relevant and continue to service our client base in the best, most up-to-date manner possible. So, regarding equipment purchasing: should you lease, get a bank loan, or pay cash?
