Kent Greenawalt, president and CEO of Foot Leveler's, Inc., received Northwestern Health Sciences University's President's Award at the university's second annual President's Invitational Golf Tournament on Aug. 30. The award was bestowed in appreciation of Foot Levelers' contributions to chiropractic colleges and the profession.
Foot Levelers' long-standing support of NHSU includes funding to establish a research chair at the school (1985) and a major donation toward the construction of a campus library (1996).
"Foot Levelers is one of the main supporters, not only for us at Northwestern, but for chiropractic as a whole," commented NHSU President Dr. Alfred Traina.
Several recent donations exemplify the Foot Levelers spirit of support for the profession. In August, the company helped homeless shelter residents in Roanoke, Va., by donating 375 cervical pillows to the Rescue Mission and 125 pillows to the Salvation Army in Roanoke. "We are glad to be able to give support to the community where we can. It's the chiropractic lifestyle," said Mr. Greenawalt. In addition, the company recently donated more than $37,00 in seminar proceeds to chiropractic colleges. Foot Levelers traditionally dedicates the funds from its education division to support new DCs.
At the recent FCA National Convention in Orlando, Fla., Biofreeze/Performance Health Inc., presented Senator Dennis Jones with its 2004 Humanitarian Award. He was chosen because of his service to chiropractic - specifically his involvement in the development of the chiropractic program at Florida State University.
Perry Isenberg, vice president of marketing for Biofreeze/Performance Health, presented Sen. Jones with the award, along with a check for $1,000 to the Florida Chiropractic Foundation for Education and Research.
Sen. Jones was elected to the Florida Senate in 2002 and currently serves as majority leader.
Many relevant diagnostic signs are not performed deliberately by the examiner or by the patient at the examiner’s direction. They are observed as the patient reacts to their condition. Fortin’s finger sign, Minor’s sign, and Vanzetti’s sign are three examples of this principle.
On Feb. 1, 2024, two more legislators – John R. Carter (R-Texas) and Robert “Bob” Good (R-Va.) – co-sponsored the Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2023, bringing the co-sponsor total to 155, two more than the total achieved over the entire two-year congressional cycle in which identical legislation last appeared (2021-22).
While working at the Lovelace Medical Center in Albuquerque, N.M., one of the primary care physicians stated that imaging every patient prior to receiving chiropractic was not medically necessary. It was at that point I reconsidered the need for the imaging of every patient to avoid malpractice.
