Sherman College of Straight chiropractic's accreditation with the Straight Chiropractic Academic Standards Association (SCASA) was renewed for five years at the agency's Commission on Accreditation (COA) meeting December 9, 1989, in Atlanta, Georgia.
This renewal was granted on the basis of an extensive self-study report and on-site inspection of the college by a five-member SCASA team on August 13-15, 1989. Sherman has held accreditation status with SCASA since 1981.
"The renewal of Sherman accreditation is the official stamp of approval that says 'Sherman College is doing a good job of educating straight chiropractors,'" said Thom Gelardi, D.C., president of Sherman College.
Sherman's educational program is based on the philosophy that the body has an innate striving to maintain its own health and that vertebral subluxations (misalignments of vertebrae, which interfere with the nervous system) diminish that striving. Chiropractors adjust subluxated vertebrae to allow the body to better contribute to its own health.
This article focuses on nine severe injuries that are generally not diagnosable until the third to fourth week following the date of injury, including how to diagnose these severe injuries. The discovery of any of these injuries early can make a significant difference in the case outcome.
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Dr. Anthony Delitto, dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, has announced that the SHRS will begin offering a Doctor of Chiropractic program in fall 2025, with applications accepted this fall. The program is the first at a research-intensive public university in the U.S. and the only chiropractic program headed by a faculty member with NIH research funding, according to the press release.
While canes, braces and posts represent extrinsic methods for lessening adductor moment arms, an intrinsic method for lessening the development of medial knee osteoarthritis occurs when the hip abductor musculature and the iliotibial band are strong enough to create a compressive force capable of stabilizing the lateral knee.
