While many of the concepts of caring for our athletes can be transposed between men and women, all female athletes need support regardless of age. Some of the most common injuries in women’s sports include shin splints, ACL strains / tears, and other overuse injuries to the back and lower extremities. A supportive foundation is essential for an athlete’s body to manage the weight and pressure exerted through their feet.
Clinical Education Conference Set for Brazil in October
An international conference on chiropractic clinical education will be held October 26-29, 2002 in São Paulo, Brazil. The event is co-sponsored by the World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC), the Association of Chiropractic Colleges (ACC), and the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (NBCE).
The conference seeks to bring together leaders from chiropractic education and practice around the world to discuss improving and integrating preclinical and clinical education. Some of the conference goals are: to define the core clinical skills necessary for tomorrow's chiropractors, how to achieve them in today's chiropractic education, and how to promote a consistent, clinical approach to chiropractic practice at chiropractic colleges around the world.
The conference program directors are Dr. Jean Moss, president of the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in Toronto, and Dr. Charles Sawyer, senior vicepresident, Northwestern Health Sciences University, Minnesota.
Those wishing to make a formal presentation need to file a paper (500-1,000 words) by June 30, 2002. Everyone attending, however, will participate in the many panel and discussion sessions.
For further details about the conference, go to the Notice, Program, Call for Papers and Registration Form links at www.wfc.org, or contact Satvinder Jhaj-Scott at sjhaj-scott@wfc.org.