NCMIC Foundation Honors Another Star in Chiropractic Research
Dr. William Weeks, chair of the Clinical and Health Services Research Program at the Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research and senior research scientist at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, received the Jerome F. McAndrews, DC, Memorial Research Fund Award at the 2016 Association of Chiropractic Colleges Educational Conference and Research Agenda Conference (ACC-RAC).
Two papers by Dr. Weeks exemplify his work to advance chiropractic in mainstream health care: "The Association Between Use of Chiropractic Care and Costs of Care Among Older Medicare Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain and Multiple Comorbidities"; and "Public Perceptions of Doctors of Chiropractic: Results of a National Survey and Examination of Variation According to Respondents' Likelihood to Use Chiropractic, Experience With Chiropractic, and Chiropractic Supply in Local Health Care Markets."
Past recipients of the award, established by the foundation to honor an individual or group that has advanced research or contributed to practical applications in chiropractic practice, among other criteria, include doctors of chiropractic Robert Mootz, James Whedon, Pierre Côté, Deborah Kopansky-Giles, Sidney Rubinstein and Simon Dagenais.
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Cleveland University – Kansas City has signed an articulation agreement with nearby Donnelly College whereby students can complete their bachelor's degree at Donnelly while concurrently pursuing the DC degree at Cleveland-KC. The agreement is the latest involving the university and represents a growing trend among chiropractic educational institutions. (Cleveland-KC also offers its own concurrent degree program that allows students to earn a bachelor's in human biology and the DC degree.)
"Donnelly has a rich heritage and longstanding tradition and commitment of service to the Kansas City community," said Cleveland-KC President Carl Cleveland III, DC. "We are proud to have entered into this educational partnership, and anticipate that this agreement will be positive for the students at both institutions."
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.
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