By Robert C. Jones, DC, ACA President During the past few weeks, the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) has been working to bring doctors of chiropractic information and resources that are crucial to navigating practice and business challenges presented by the...
ACA Professional Development
Use Time at Home to Earn Free CEs, Explore New Clinical Topics
Learn ACA offers 25% Spring Discount Even before the era of social distancing, the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) committed to making education at home more accessible through a new online learning platform, Learn ACA. Now through Memorial Day, both ACA members...
Building Therapeutic Relationships Through Communication
By Kara Shannon, DC, and Robert Vining, DC Effective communication is a known factor in creating a strong therapeutic relationship.1 Therapeutic relationships can facilitate patient adherence to therapy, satisfaction with care and improved outcomes; they have also been associated with reduced...
Case Reviews: 7 Tips for Solving Unresponsive Problems
By Tim Bertelsman, DC While the majority of musculoskeletal cases respond quickly and favorably to conservative care, some conditions are less cooperative. When a patient is not meeting outcome goals, evidence-based chiropractors must be willing to abandon their familiar recipe,...
Sensitization (Part 2): Management Strategies
By Anna-Marie Schmidt, MM, DC, and Robert Vining, DC, DHSc Chronic pain symptoms can be quite different from acute pain symptoms.1 One possible reason is sensitization, a process whereby neurons become more responsive to pain signals and/or translate non-painful stimuli into...
Top 10 ACA Blog Posts of 2019
Our review of the top 10 blog posts on ACA Blogs in 2019 provides plenty of evidence that readers are most interested in topics that will help them better care for their patients as well as information on new developments in health...
Postdoctoral Training Programs
Chiropractors Pursue Advanced Training Through Innovative New Programs By Vivian Ly, DC Postdoctoral training programs are very common in the sciences and healthcare disciplines but may not be well known in chiropractic circles. The National Postdoctoral Association defines a postdoctoral...
VA Clerkship vs. VA Residency: What Do I Need to Know?
By Alyssa Troutner, DC Editor's Note: This week, the VA opened its yearly application process for the chiropractic residency program. For application materials, visit the VA website. Learn more about what it's like to be a VA resident below and in our...
Q&A with Engage 2020 Presenters: Dr. Donald R. Murphy
ACA’s annual meeting this year becomes Engage 2020. The new name is part of the association’s ongoing efforts to position members for success by bringing them advocacy and leadership-development opportunities, networking events and cutting-edge education programs. Donald R. Murpy, DC, FRCC,...
Q&A with Engage 2020 Presenters: Dr. David BenEliyahu
ACA’s annual meeting this year becomes Engage 2020. The new name is part of the association’s ongoing efforts to position members for success by bringing them advocacy and leadership-development opportunities, networking events and cutting-edge education programs. David J. BenEliyahu, DC, is...
