The National Board of Chiropractic Examiners' (NBCE) Horace C. Elliott Center was honored by the City of Greeley (Colo.) as a recipient of the 8th annual City of Greeley Excellence in Community Design Award. The Greeley Planning Commission established this award in 2004 to recognize local building projects on an annual basis.
These building projects demonstrate outstanding construction, design and execution. Some of the criteria include:
Contribution to city design objectives
Quality of the environment
Innovation
Context of the project
Quality of construction materials
Interpretation of the design into the final project
(Left to Right) Larry Steel, Steel & Associates; Sue Elliott; John Betz, NBCE Facility Coordinator; Pamela Kurtz, NBCE Director of Administration
Awards are presented to architects, builders, landscape designers and others who have achieved excellence in a local project. The winners are selected by a seven-member panel of judges from the Greeley community.
The award ceremony was conducted at the City of Greeley's Sept. 6 City Council Meeting with Pamela Kurtz, NBCE Director of Administration, accepting the award on behalf of the NBCE.
The proposed merger of the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners and Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards was approved by NBCE delegates and FCLB members at their respective annual meetings, held jointly in Atlanta, Ga., this year. Per the new bylaws, the new entity takes the NBCE name, with FCLB continuing as a department within NBCE. The federation will continue to enjoy Board of Directors representation on what will be a single, expanded board.
Before introducing subscapularis syndrome as an upper extremity analog, it is essential to revisit piriformis syndrome as a well-established example of myogenic pseudo-radiculopathy. Piriformis syndrome has long served as a clinical exception to disc-centric models of lower extremity pain and provides an important framework for understanding how deep muscular dysfunction can mimic radiculopathy in the absence of nerve root compression.
Pain has become the dominant language of musculoskeletal healthcare. Numeric pain-rating scales and symptom reports are routinely used as primary indicators of clinical success. But while pain reduction is meaningful, it is an incomplete and often misleading representation of recovery. This has real consequences for patient adherence, long-term outcomes, and how conservative care is perceived within the broader healthcare system.
