Wondering about chiropractic care in the Age of COVID-19 and how you should be interacting with your colleagues, patients and the general public? That's precisely the topic tackled in an important dialogue moderated by Gerard W. Clum, DC, director of The Octagon at Life University and featuring discussion by Heidi Haavik, DC, PhD, director of Research, Centre for Chiropractic Research at the New Zealand Chiropractic College; Dan Murphy, DC, DABCO, faculty member at Life Chiropractic College West; and James Chestnut, BEd, MS, DC, founder and president of The Wellness Practice.
Designed to "bring greater clarity to the expectations of the practicing chiropractor during this public health emergency," the dialogue "explores the information available on the potential relationship between chiropractic care and immune-competency, with candid input on where we have evidence and the type of evidence present."
The presentations are available free of charge in two video formats, plus audio only:
Click here for free access to the video and audio versions. Life encourages you to not only watch / listen to the presentations, but also share them with your chiropractic colleagues via social media. (A"Share" button allows viewers to share each video on Facebook and Twitter.)
"We have brought together three of the most respected voices of the profession, especially within the practicing community, to share their understandings of our current circumstances and to be advised as to how to best relate to each other as well as to the patients we serve," said Dr. Clum in a Life University press release announcing the availability of the dialogue. "This discussion applies equally to chiropractors all over the globe."
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.
