While cervical disc pathology can unquestionably produce radiculopathy, many patients presenting with arm pain, paresthesia or perceived weakness do not exhibit the clinical behavior of true nerve-root compromise. In these cases, failure to differentiate the primary pain generator may lead to unnecessary spinal injections, nerve ablation procedures or surgical consultation despite limited likelihood of benefit.
News in Brief
DC Helps Athletes Compete for Olympic Dream
Sports DC and Texas Chiropractic College faculty member, Dr. Todd Riddle, is helping athletes compete for their Olympic dream. Most recently, he accompanied the Australian bobsleigh and skeleton teams to World Cup competitions in Altenberg and Winterberg, Germany, in advance of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. In 2018, Dr. Riddle was team DC for the Nigerian Women's Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation at the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
A Call for Abstracts
The World Federation of Chiropractic has announced a call for abstracts in advance of the November 2022 WFC-ACC Global Education Conference, hosted by Logan University. "Submitted material should be pertinent to teaching, learning, assessment, evaluation, faculty development, governance, or any area of education." For complete guidelines, visit www.wfc.org/educonf2022.
Following a national search, Life University has named Dr. Michael Clusserath dean of the College of Chiropractic, and Dr. Cathy Faust dean of the College of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies. Dr. Clusserath has been with Life U. since 2012; Dr. Faust has more than 23 years with the university. The two educators assumed their respective new positions effective Jan. 3, 2022.