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DOCUMENTATION - Credit Hours: 2 Approval Valid Until N/ADocumentationRisk Management

This course will provide you with the basic principles of documentation to establish medical necessity for the treatments you provide for your patients. In today's healthcare environment more and more chiropractors are experiencing post payment audits. If an audit reveals that the medical necessity for the treatment was not supported in the notes, then the provider is required to refund the insurance company. This course will give you all the necessary forms and concepts to protect you from these audits.

EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF LOW BACK CONDITIONS PART 2 - Credit Hours: 2 Approval Valid Until N/AClinical

COURSE OUTLINE   HOUR 1                                The three spinal stabilizing systems and their function in spinal biomechanics Timing of the different core muscles and research associating their dysfunction with low back pain. The differences between the pars thoracis and pars lumborum muscles and their role in spinal stabilization.   HOUR 2                              Mechanical loading and causes of low back injury. The delicate U-shaped balance of proper spinal loading. Compression vs Shear loading and their spinal tolerances. Thoracic and lumbar spinal loads in postural changes. Spinal loading in pushing and pulling exercises. Functional anatomy and physiology of the spine. Assessment of spinal musculature and spinal ligaments. The five causes of low back pain.

OSHA STANDARDS FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES - Credit Hours: 1 Approval Valid Until N/AClinicalRisk Management

This one hour course is designed to introduce doctors to the OSHA Standards and guidelines regarding bloodborne pathogens. This course falls under the topic of communicable diseases.

PASSIVE CARE MODALITIES PART 1 - Credit Hours: 1 Approval Valid Until N/AClinical

Passive Care Modalities Part 1 will provide you with detailed instruction on symptom based care. This will include a discussion regarding thermal therapies and electric stimulation and TENS unit integration as an effective pain management tool.

PASSIVE CARE MODALITIES PART 2 - Credit Hours: 1 Approval Valid Until N/AClinical

Passive Care Modalities Part 2 will provide you with detailed instruction on Ultrasound, Trigger Point Therapy and Spinal Traction.

SEXUAL BOUNDARIES - Credit Hours: 2 Approval Valid Until N/AClinicalRisk Management

This course will include discussions regarding Professional Boundaries Defined, The Basis for the Doctor / Patient Relationship, Transference / Counter-transference, Terminology Associated with Sexual Misconduct, Boundary Violation vs. Boundary Crossing Case studies Doctor Profiles Caution Signs Guidelines for Prevention

SPINAL DECOMPRESSION - Credit Hours: 1 Approval Valid Until N/AClinical

This course will expose many of the lies and exaggerations that many of the decompression table manufacturers have been telling us. During this hour we will examine spinal decompression therapy through and objective review of the medical and chiropractic literature regarding its efficacy.

TRIGGER POINT THERAPY - Credit Hours: 2 Approval Valid Until N/AClinical

This course will review the basic principles of trigger point therapy. We will focus on the theory and application of these procedures for myofascial release. Specific muscle referred pain patterns will be demonstrated as well as treatment procedures and adjunctive stretches