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ACUTE SPINAL CORD TRAUMA - Credit Hours: 1 The purpose of this course is to aid the Chiropractic Profession by providing Chiropractors with information about basic spinal cord anatomy, describes common mechanisms of spinal cord injury and changes in bodily function after injury, and discusses patient management during the acute phase of spinal cord injury treatment. ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: A NUTRITIONAL APPROACH - Credit Hours: 1 This course will provide Chiropractors with information on the nutritional aspects of managing patients with Alzheimer’s Disease . ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: BASIC OVERVIEW - Credit Hours: 1 This course will provide Chiropractors with the basic principles about trends in the diagnosis and management of Alzheimer’s It will include discussion on the latest diagnosis and management options available to patient’s suffering with Alzheimer’s Disease. ALZHEIMER'S PATIENT SUPPORT - Credit Hours: 1 This course will provide doctors with information on how to support people living with Alzheimer's disease. AN INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICABLE DISEASES - Credit Hours: 2 This 2-hour course is designed to provide doctors with basic information regarding the transmission of Hepatitis B and HIV. In addition, the course will provide the chiropractor with vital information regarding procedures to prevent the transmission of these diseases. BASIC CASE MANAGEMENT - Credit Hours: 1 This course will provide you with the basic principles of case management. It will include discussion on evaluation, diagnosis, setting goals and treatments. As part of this course you will also be introduced to the use of outcome assessments. BASIC MRI PART 1 - Credit Hours: 1 Although a detailed understanding of nuclear physics is not necessary to interpret MRI studies, chiropractors should have a solid understanding of the basic principles involved in producing MRI images. This course describes the basic fundamental principles shared by all MRI scanners. BASIC MRI PART 2 - Credit Hours: 1 The second part to this series will begin with a discussion regarding the multiplanar images of MRI, the shades of gray and the differences between T1 and T2 weighted images. We will then explore the special MRI studies that have been created to help identify different pathologies. This will include discussions on Fat Suppression, Contrast Enhanced and Functional MRI studies. BASIC MRI PART 3 - Credit Hours: 1 In the third part of this series we will discuss the Contraindications to MRI, how to read an MRI report, the MRI appearance of DDD, Ligamentum Flavum Hypertrophy, Disc Herniations, Annular Tears and Post-disc Surgical cases. CERVICOGENIC HEADACHES - Credit Hours: 2 This course reviews the clinical presentation of cervicogenic headache, proposed diagnostic criteria, pathophysiologic mechanisms, and methods of diagnostic evaluation. Guidelines for developing a successful multidisciplinary pain management program using medication, physical therapy, osteopathic manipulative treatment, other non pharmacologic modes of treatment, and anesthetic interventions are also presented. CHIROPRACTIC ETHICS - Credit Hours: 2 This course will discuss personal, business, and professional ethics as they relate to chiropractic. We will review the ACA and ICA Code of Ethics. The course will also discuss, in detail the Informed Consent Doctrine and the difference between an independent contractor and an employee. CONDITIONS OF THE DISC PART 1 - Credit Hours: 1 This course will begin with a detailed discussion on the functional anatomy of the disc. This will include disc innervation, disc nutrition and structural composition. The course will continue with a discussion on the basic interpretation of MRI. CONDITIONS OF THE DISC PART 2 - Credit Hours: 1 This course will begin with a short review of the basic aspects of MRI. The discussion will then continue with a detailed analysis of disc herniations and normal disc aging. CONDITIONS OF THE DISC PART 3 - Credit Hours: 1 This is the last installment of a three part series. It will include a review of normal disc aging, a discussion on the differences between normal disc aging and degenerative disc disease, internal disc disruptions, and nerve in growth. DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION - Credit Hours: 1 The purpose of this course is to aid the Chiropractic Profession by providing Chiropractors with instruction necessary to understand the anatomy and physiology of the digestive system and how macronutrients are digested and absorbed into the blood stream.  This course will review the basic principles of the anatomy, neurology, and physiology of digestion and how some errors along this system may lead to disease in our patients. DOCUMENTATION - Credit Hours: 2 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. EEG NEUROFEEDBACK: UNDERSTANDING COMPLIMENTARY, NON-DRUG ALTERNATIVES - Credit Hours: 1 Syllabus: •Review of the prevalence of mental health conditions within the United States •Neurofeedback

• Understanding brainwaves and their function
• Measuring brainwave patterns using the qEEG evaluation
• Common mental health conditions from a brainwave pattern perspective
• How Neurofeedback works
• Review of scientific literature and case study

EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF INHIBITED AND HYPERTONIC MUSCLES - Credit Hours: 2 This course will provide Chiropractors with instruction necessary to understand how to diagnose inhibited muscles using static posture and gait analysis and treatment of those inhibited muscles using Origin/Insertion, Myogelosis, Trigger Point, Reactive Muscle Pairs, and Neurolymphatic Reflex techniques.  This course will review the basic principles of static posture and gait and the neurology, and physiology of muscles and what may cause them to be inhibited or hypertonic. FOOD AND INFLAMMATION - Credit Hours: 1 The purpose of this course is to aid the Chiropractic Profession by providing Chiropractors with instruction necessary to understand how nutrition affects the brain, musculoskeletal system and pain and inflammation and treatments to address these nutritional conditions. This course will review the basic principles of the etiology of overall systemic inflammation caused by nutrition and how this is the basis for the leading diseases that our patients suffer with today.  FUNCTION BASED CARE PART 1 - Credit Hours: 1 This course is designed to instruct physicians on the basic principles of function based care. It will include a discussion on how to demonstrate medical necessity for function based care, how to perform physical capacity tests, and how to prescribe specific exercises related to the patient's ability to perform those tests. FUNCTION BASED CARE PART 2 - Credit Hours: 1 Part 2 of Function Based Care picks up with Neuromuscular Re-education. In this course we will discuss the theory of this treatment as well as how to demonstrate medical necessity for these exercises. This course will also discuss stretching exercises and postural correction exercises. HEALTHCARE COMPLIANCE - Credit Hours: 2 This course will introduce you to the concept of Healthcare Compliance. We will begin with a discussion on implementing a healthcare compliance program in your office including the seven basic elements of a compliance program. The course will then provide a detailed summary of the HIPAA Privacy Rule formulating all the components to help you formulate your own HIPAA compliance program for your office. INSTRUMENT ASSISTED SOFT TISSUE MOBILIZATION PART 1: INTRODUCTION - Credit Hours: 1 The purpose of this course is to aid the Chiropractic Profession by providing Chiropractors with instruction necessary to understand the functional role of fascia and the techniques we can use to manipulate this fascia in order to heal injured tissue.  This course will review the fascial network of the body and how this network provides support for stabilization as well as flexibility for movement.  This fascia can be manipulated through various soft tissue mobilization techniques and we will discuss one of these techniques, IASTM, at a deeper level. INSTRUMENT ASSISTED SOFT TISSUE MOBILIZATION PART 2: THE SPINE - Credit Hours: 1 The purpose of this course is to aid the Chiropractic Profession by providing Chiropractors with instruction necessary to understand how to treat the soft tissue structures of the spine and pelvis using Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization.  This course will review the soft tissue of the cervical, thoracic, lumbar spines and pelvis and how to evaluate and treat these structures using IASTM protocols. INSTRUMENT ASSISTED SOFT TISSUE MOBILIZATION PART 3: UPPER EXTREMITY - Credit Hours: 1 The purpose of this course is to aid the Chiropractic Profession by providing Chiropractors with instruction necessary to understand how to treat the soft tissue structures of the upper extremities using Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization.  This course will review the soft tissue of the shoulder, elbow, wrist and peripheral nerves of the upper extremities and how to evaluate and treat these structures using IASTM protocols. INSTRUMENT ASSISTED SOFT TISSUE MOBILIZATION PART 4: LOWER EXTREMITY - Credit Hours: 1 The purpose of this course is to aid the Chiropractic Profession by providing Chiropractors with instruction necessary to understand how to treat the soft tissue structures of the lower extremities using Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization.  This course will review the soft tissue of the hip, knee, ankle, foot and peripheral nerves of the lower extremities and how to evaluate and treat these structures using IASTM protocols. INSURANCE CODING - Credit Hours: 2 This is a 2-hour course designed to provide chiropractors with basic vital coding information for compliant billing. This course will focus on coding and documentation of Evaluation/Management, Chiropractic Manipulative Technique, Modalities, and Therapeutic procedures. LOW TECH OFFICE REHAB FOR POSTURE CORRECTION - Credit Hours: 2 The principles of active care for patients in the acute, sub-acute and rehabilitative phases of care will be presented. Beyond the acute phase of care many patients have postural imbalances that predispose them for recurrence. This virtual class will address the correction of common postural imbalances defined by Janda as the Upper Crossed and Lower Crossed Distortion Models. First Hour: Anterior Head Carriage, Tech Neck and Janda’s Upper Crossed Postural Distortion will be addressed and corrective exercises and procedures to correct. Second Hour: Lumbar hyperlordosis and Janda’s Lower Crossed Postural Distortion of the lumbo-pelvic hip complex (sway back) will be presented with the active procedures used in office for correction. MIGRAINE HEADACHES - Credit Hours: 2 This course will review the basic principles of the etiology of Migraine Headaches. We will also focus on the evaluation and treatment of patients suffering with this condition. NEUROIMMUNOLOGY AND VACCINES PART 1 - Credit Hours: 1 To study the neuro-immune system function as it relates to empirical and mechanistic perspectives in health and disease. This module provide an overview of vaccines • Why Dr. Tedd Koren became interested in vaccination • Are the experts always right? • Competition versus monopoly • Why do parents question vaccinations? • How many vaccines are given? • Did vaccines eliminate disease? • Natural disease vs. injected disease NEUROIMMUNOLOGY AND VACCINES PART 10 - Credit Hours: 1 COURSE OBJECTIVE:  To study the neuro-immune system function as it relates to empirical and mechanistic perspectives in health and disease.  This module provides an overview of vaccines. COURSE OUTLINE: • The Gardasil™ vaccine is not a vaccine for protection against cervical cancer. • It is a vaccine intended to prevent 4 types of HPV (Human PapillomaVirus). • According to the Gardasil™ package insert, there are more than 100 types of HPV! • Nearly all adults carry HPV in their bodies and in almost all instances HPV is harmless, cause no symptoms, and is naturally eliminated from the body. NEUROIMMUNOLOGY AND VACCINES PART 11 - Credit Hours: 1 COURSE OBJECTIVE:  To study the neuro-immune system function as it relates to empirical and mechanistic perspectives in health and disease.  This module provides an overview of vaccines. COURSE OUTLINE: • What is polio • Why only in modern countries? The “American disease.” • DDT and pesticides. • The great debate: virologists vs the toxicologists • SV40 – polio vaccine and cancer • AFP – acute flaccid paralysis NEUROIMMUNOLOGY AND VACCINES PART 12 - Credit Hours: 1 COURSE OBJECTIVE:  To study the neuro-immune system function as it relates to empirical and mechanistic perspectives in health and disease.  This module provides an overview of vaccines. COURSE OUTLINE: • Epidemiological evidence reveals that not only was the smallpox vaccine useless at protecting people from developing smallpox, but that: • it caused deadly smallpox epidemics. • is linked to tuberculosis, heart disease, syphilis and cancer. • is possibly linked to other chronic illnesses. NEUROIMMUNOLOGY AND VACCINES PART 2 - Credit Hours: 1 To study the neuro-immune system function as it relates to empirical and mechanistic perspectives in health and disease. This module provide an overview of vaccines • Are vaccinated children healthier than nonvaccinated children? • Allergies and asthma • How would you test vaccines? How are they really tested by drug companies? • Junk science – selection bias • Background incidence • The Marie Griffin study, James Cherry, MD NEUROIMMUNOLOGY AND VACCINES PART 3 - Credit Hours: 1 To study the neuro-immune system function as it relates to empirical and mechanistic perspectives in health and disease. This module provide an overview of vaccines • Does research show vaccines are safe? • Are vaccines tested for carcinogenicity? • The story of Our Alexander • The polio vaccine/cancer connection – SV40 • Do the “benefits” of vaccination outweigh the risks? • A generation of neurologically damaged children? NEUROIMMUNOLOGY AND VACCINES PART 4 - Credit Hours: 1 To study the neuro-immune system function as it relates to empirical and mechanistic perspectives in health and disease. This module provide an overview of vaccines • How long are test children observed? • The Bell curve • Are vaccines effective? Antibodies and protection • Herd immunity • Epidemics in vaccinated populations NEUROIMMUNOLOGY AND VACCINES PART 5 - Credit Hours: 1 To study the neuro-immune system function as it relates to empirical and mechanistic perspectives in health and disease. This module provide an overview of vaccines. • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome or Crib death • What if we stopped vaccinating? • How many people really get these diseases? • What’s in a vaccine? • Discussion of aluminum • Discussion of mercury NEUROIMMUNOLOGY AND VACCINES PART 6 - Credit Hours: 1 COURSE OBJECTIVE:  To study the neuro-immune system function as it relates to empirical and mechanistic perspectives in health and disease.  This module provides an overview of vaccines. COURSE OUTLINE: • Does acute illness protect against cancer and other chronic diseases? • The Law of Cure (Hering’s Law) • Is our genetic material affected by vaccines? • Is Down’s Syndrome caused by vaccination? • Are vaccine doses personalized? • Is there a conflict of interest in vaccine policy? NEUROIMMUNOLOGY AND VACCINES PART 7 - Credit Hours: 1 COURSE OBJECTIVE:  To study the neuro-immune system function as it relates to empirical and mechanistic perspectives in health and disease.  This module provides an overview of vaccines. COURSE OUTLINE: • Definition of autism • An exploding epidemic • Do vaccines cause autism? NEUROIMMUNOLOGY AND VACCINES PART 8 - Credit Hours: 1 COURSE OBJECTIVE:  To study the neuro-immune system function as it relates to empirical and mechanistic perspectives in health and disease.  This module provides an overview of vaccines. COURSE OUTLINE: • Mental retardation • Epilepsy and seizure disorders • Infantile spasms • Cerebral palsy • Paralyses NEUROIMMUNOLOGY AND VACCINES PART 9 - Credit Hours: 1 COURSE OBJECTIVE:  To study the neuro-immune system function as it relates to empirical and mechanistic perspectives in health and disease.  This module provides an overview of vaccines. COURSE OUTLINE: • The hygienic school of health has traditionally seen acute illness as part of a cleansing process. • When managed properly acute illnesses leave a cleaner, stronger, healthier person in their wake. NEUROPLASTICITY PART 1: A BASIC OVERVIEW - Credit Hours: 1 The purpose of this course is to aid the Chiropractic Profession by providing Chiropractors with an evidence based review of the theory of neuroplasticity and how its effect on our nervous system. This course will provide Chiropractors with information on the theory of neuroplasticity. NEUROPLASTICITY PART 2: BRAINWAVES ARE A WINDOW TO THE BRAIN - Credit Hours: 1 The purpose of this course is to aid the Chiropractic Profession by providing Chiropractors with an evidence based review of the role of brain wave patterns in the process of creating neoplastic changes.  This course will provide Chiropractors with information on brain wave patterns and neuroplasticity. NEUROPLASTICITY PART 3: THE IMPORTANCE OF SLEEP - Credit Hours: 1 The purpose of this course is to aid the Chiropractic Profession by providing Chiropractors with an evidence-based review of the role of role of sleep in the process of creating neuroplastic changes. This course will provide Chiropractors with information on role of sleep and neuroplasticity. NEUROPLASTICITY PART 4: THE EFFECTS OF SUBLUXATION AND STRESS ON THE BRAIN - Credit Hours: 1 The purpose of this course is to aid the Chiropractic Profession by providing Chiropractors with an evidence-based review of the role of role of subluxation and stress on the process of creating neuroplastic changes.  This course will provide Chiropractors with information on the effect of subluxation and stress on neuroplasticity. OSHA STANDARDS FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES - Credit Hours: 1 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 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 Passive Care Modalities Part 2 will provide you with detailed instruction on Ultrasound, Trigger Point Therapy and Spinal Traction. POST TRAUMATIC HEADACHES - Credit Hours: 2 This course will review the basic principles of the etiology of Post Traumatic Headaches. We will also focus on the evaluation and treatment of patients suffering with this condition. PROFESSIONAL BOUNDARIES - Credit Hours: 1 This 1-hour course is designed to meet the Professional Boundaries" continuing education requirements for State Board license renewal." RADICULOPATHY: PATIENT ASSESSMENT - Credit Hours: 1 This course is designed to provide you with the necessary tools to effectively evaluate radiculopathies. It will include a discussion on neuropathic pain syndromes, orthopedic evaluation, neurological work up and MRI. RELEVANT REHAB: CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN PART 1 - Credit Hours: 2 Chronic low back pain is a leading cause of disability worldwide. The principles for the management of this patient demographic will be reviewed in this course leading to immediate application of the information once the clinician returns to the office. Current research trends in lifestyle, nutrition, flexibility and stability exercises will be taught with a combination of didactic and hands on principles. Yellow flags and special consideration in approaching the chronic low back pain patient will also be discussed. First hour: Epidemiology of chronic low back pain .The neurology of pain sensation. Contrasting the Cartesian, neuro-matrix and neuroplasticity models of pain sensation and relating the impact the chiropractic adjustment to each Second hour: Special concerns and yellow flags in treating the chronic pain patient. Introduction to the Yellow Flag Risk Assessment and the significance of using a pain Journal. RELEVANT REHAB: CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN PART 2 - Credit Hours: 2 Chronic low back pain is a leading cause of disability worldwide. The principles for the management of this patient demographic will be reviewed in this course leading to immediate application of the information once the clinician returns to the office. Current research trends in lifestyle, nutrition, flexibility and stability exercises will be taught with a combination of didactic and hands on principles. Yellow flags and special consideration in approaching the chronic low back pain patient will also be discussed. First Hour: Assessment techniques to differentially diagnose stability issues from mobility issues affecting the lumbopelvic hip complex. Endurance testing for the lumbopelvic hip complex will also be reviewed. Second Hour: Flexibility techniques for the low back including in office and home exercises with dosing variables detailed. RELEVANT REHAB: CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN PART 3 - Credit Hours: 2 Chronic low back pain is a leading cause of disability worldwide. The principles for the management of this patient demographic will be reviewed in this course leading to immediate application of the information once the clinician returns to the office. Current research trends in lifestyle, nutrition, flexibility and stability exercises will be taught with a combination of didactic and hands on principles. Yellow flags and special consideration in approaching the chronic low back pain patient will also be discussed. First hour: Stability exercises for the lumbopelvic hip complex with progressions from beginner to advanced. Discussion of how and when to safely progress the patient will be addressed. Second hour: Additional stabilization exercises with their respective progressions found in the current peer reviewed literature. Lifestyle and nutrition interventions for in chronic back pain management. SEXUAL BOUNDARIES - Credit Hours: 2 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 PAIN SYNDROMES - Credit Hours: 1 This course will present the clinical aspects of pain. You will learn about the differences between Sclerotogenous, Myofascial, Visceral and Neuropathic pain syndromes. This will include a review of the literature of Bogduk, Lord and Kuslich. TENSION TYPE HEADACHES - Credit Hours: 2 This course will review the basic principles of the etiology of tension type headaches. We will also focus on the evaluation and treatment of patients suffering with this condition. THE ART OF MUSCLE TESTING - Credit Hours: 2 The purpose of this course is to aid the Chiropractic Profession by providing Chiropractors with instruction necessary to understand how to functionally muscle test common muscles seen in practice including their anatomy and action and which dysfunctions may be associated with inhibited and hypertonic muscles.  This course will review the basic principles of the anatomy, neurology, and physiology of muscles and how to test them and how their inhibition and/or hypertonicity may lead to dysfunction. THE CONSEQUENCES OF DYSBIOSIS - Credit Hours: 1 This course will show the physiology behind Dysbiosis and how this increases intestinal permeability which will affect the rest of the body not only the GI tract. THE CONSEQUENCES OF LEAKY GUT SYNDROME - Credit Hours: 1 This course will show the physiology behind increased intestinal permeability and how this increases systemic lipopolysaccharides and how they will affect the rest of the body not only the GI tract. THE DOCUMENTATION OF MEDICAL NECESSITY - Credit Hours: 2 This course is designed to provide chiropractors with vital information regarding the documentation of medical necessity. THE NEUROLOGY OF PAIN - Credit Hours: 1 This course will examine the neurological and physiological aspects of pain transmission and pain perception. Included in this discussion is an in depth analysis of the innate pain modulation systems that, when activated, will reduce a patient's perception of pain without medication. THE TRUTH ABOUT GLUTEN - Credit Hours: 1 This course will differentiate the different gluten related disorders including celiac disease, gluten sensitivity, and gluten intolerance and the best ways to diagnose and treat these conditions. What is gluten and prolamins. Difference between whole and refined grains. Celiac disease and gluten sensitivity. Zonulin and its role on leaky gut and its relation to gluten. Causes of increased gluten related disorders. Proper gluten-free dieting. TRIGGER POINT THERAPY - Credit Hours: 2 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 UNDERSTANDING WHIPLASH PART 1 - Credit Hours: 2 This course will detail the biomechanics of low speed rear impact collisions. This includes discussions on the S shaped curve of the spine, general magnitudes of force, factors associated with increased risk of injury and the types of injuries that result from these collisions. UNDERSTANDING WHIPLASH PART 2 - Credit Hours: 2 Part 2 of this series will focus on specific conditions and symptoms related to whiplash type injuries. Some of the conditions we will discuss include: the etiology of neck pain and headache, radiculopathy, TOS, myofascial pain syndrome, fibromyalgia, post-concussive syndrome, and TMJ WHY IS AMERICA SO SICK? PART 1 - Credit Hours: 2 Current mental health statistics The Brain Basic Brain Development Neuroplasticty How modern society negatively effects brain development The HPA-Axis, Cortisol and its effects on brain development WHY IS AMERICA SO SICK? PART 2 - Credit Hours: 2 Prenatal maternal stress At-home learning environments Social media Video games How the chiropractor can help How the Adjustment affects brain function Introduction to Neurofeedback Brainwave Training Brainwaves simplified Brainwave Evaluation – the qEEG Brainwave Training WHY IS AMERICA SO SICK? THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF SOCIETAL CHANGES ON BRAIN DEVELOPMENT PART 3 - Credit Hours: 2 Scientific literature and Case Presentations Understanding Brainwave Entrainment Essential Oils