The Congress of Chiropractic State Associations (COCSA) Board recently voted to adopt the Scoliosis Awareness Program produced by the Scoliosis Care Foundation. COCSA will partner with the foundation in offering scoliosis educational materials to chiropractic state associations nationwide.
“[This is] a great opportunity for the chiropractic profession to partner with a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to the well-being of our children, and, together, to educate parents on the sometimes minor postural changes that could indicate a possible development of scoliosis,” commented Jeffrey Fedorko, DC, COCSA president.
For more information, visit www.scoliosiscare.org and www.cocsa.org.
When I graduated from chiropractic college in 1981 and started practice, I heard it all, and very little was positive. “You are a quack; you do not know what a subluxation is; you couldn’t get into a real health care program, so you chose the one that is slightly above a mail-order degree; you have no proof that chiropractic works; Are you really licensed?”, and so much more.
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