The Interprofessional Collaborative Spine Conference (ICSC) will bring together members of the chiropractic, osteopathic medicine and physical therapy professions to tackle topics related to manual therapy and its use—amid the opioid epidemic—in treating low back pain and other conditions. In his presentation,...
ACA Professional Development
Paving the Way to Practice (Part 2)
ACA NextGen members offer their best advice to chiropractic students. In Part 1 of this two-part blog post series, several of ACA’s NextGen members shared the best advice they received as students, as well as what they want you to know now. We...
ICSC Spotlight: Keynote Speaker Anthony Delitto, PT, PhD
Non-Pharmacological Back Pain Management: Collaborative Solutions Anthony Delitto, PT, PhD, FAPTA, dean of the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, will be the keynote speaker at the Interprofessional Collaborative Spine Conference (ICSC), Nov. 8-9 in Pittsburgh, Pa. In his presentation,...
ICSC Spotlight: Manual Therapy and Exercise Research — Cutting Through the Confusion
Panel discussion will explore how to interpret mixed messages from research. By Michael Schneider, DC, PhD The topic of clinical effectiveness for spinal manipulation and exercise is extremely timely and relevant to today’s healthcare provider. However, there is one aspect...
Best Practice Recommendations: Translating Evidence Into Action
By Anna-Marie Schmidt, MM, DC, and Robert Vining, DC, DHSc Research evidence suggests following guideline recommendations can improve quality of care and clinical outcomes.1–3 However, translating recommendations into clinical care for individuals can be challenging because guidelines, by nature, tend...
Young Professionals: What Is Your Vision for Practice?
By Robert C. Jones, DC, ACA President It has become quite evident that our profession is at a watershed moment. Some want no differential diagnosing, high-volume, no-insurance practices. Others want integrated, very clinically interprofessional practices that participate in the evolving...
Top 4 Most Commonly Missed Hip Diagnoses
By Tim Bertelsman, DC Problems involving the hip are some of the most frequently undiagnosed or misdiagnosed conditions. When a patient presents with hip pain, chiropractors immediately consider the most probable culprits——like greater throchanteric pain syndrome and osteoarthritis. But what...
Social Factors: A Sometimes-overlooked Opportunity
By Anna-Marie Schmidt, MM, DC, and Robert Vining, DC, DHSc The biopsychosocial model is a widely recommended method of clinical evaluation and management.1–5 The model identifies three important areas. “Bio” refers to evaluating/treating biological problems (e.g., pathology), “psych” refers to psychological...
Population Spine Health Management
Enhancing clinical outcomes for spine pain patients while establishing a progressive identity for chiropractic David J. BenEliyahu, DC Introduction The health care landscape in the United States is rapidly evolving with a shift to new payment models such as “pay...
‘Stop the Bleed’: A Nationwide Call to Action
By Sienna Shoup In the early 1990s, now ACA Board of Governors member Karen Konarski-Hart, DC, MSDPEM, DABCO, was witness to or first on the scene of motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) where the victims were injured. Despite her first aid...
