Rio de Janeiro, Brazil will play host to the World Federation of Chiropractic's 11thBiennial Congress next April. The congress, with a theme of "RedefiningChiropractic Around the World," will be held April 6-9, 2011 at theIntercontinental Rio Hotel. The event will feature some of the leadingauthorities on chiropractic and spine care, including Drs. ScottHaldeman (speaking on nonsurgical management of the cervical spine),Donald Murphy (chiropractic management of cervical radiculopathy), JohnDownes (cervical adjusting), Mike Leahy (active release), Arlan Fuhr(instrument adjusting), and Michael Schneider (low-tech rehabilitationprotocols). Also speaking at the four-day event will be orthopedicsurgeon Tarcisio de Barros, MD, PhD, from the University of Sao Paulo,lecturing on clinical indications for surgical management.
Back pain? Blame the psoas. Seems as if everybody wants to dive headfirst into their psoas at the first sign of trouble with the lumbopelvic-hip region. Perhaps no other muscle is blamed more for causing problems than the psoas. Yes, it is an important stabilizer of the lumbar spine, but it shouldn't be the only one on which you focus. There is another big player on the scene: the iliacus.
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