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Debra Brown Hagan

Debra Brown Hagan is CEO of the Florida Chiropractic Association and works with a staff team of 16 in the service of the association's 4,700 members. The FCA hosts the largest convention and exposition in chiropractic worldwide each August in Orlando, Fla. She can be contacted at debbie@fcachiro.org or through www.fcachiro.org."

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Get Educated and Motivated at The National
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Recently, I taught a 12-hour whiplash class to a group of chiropractors for continuing education. I taught that performing O’Donoghue’s maneuver enabled the providers to differentiate cervical strain from sprain. To my surprise, one of the attendees stated that it is not possible to diagnose a cervical strain and sprain with a whiplashed patient using O’Donoghue’s maneuver.

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