Chiropractic
News
June 2006
From the Chiropractic Fellowship of PA
Fellowship Responds to the
CCPGG
1.
We strongly disagree that the document addresses the clinical issues most
commonly seen in our practices.
2.
We strongly disagree that the document provides information to form a rational
basis for clinical case management.
3.
We disagree somewhat that the document addresses specific clinical issues.
4.
We strongly disagree that the document has adequate broad-based chiropractic representation.
5.
We disagree somewhat that the process used to gather and rate the evidence was
thorough and appropriate for the stated objectives.
6.
We disagree that the process used to develop the actual conclusions from the evidence
appears to be appropriate for the stated objectives.
7.
We disagree somewhat that the language is clear, easily comprehended and easy
to use.
8.
We strongly disagree that the recommendations are made independent of any outside
influence.
9.
We strongly disagree that the literature-based recommendations reflect
conclusions based on the available evidence, rather than beliefs or opinions of
individuals within or outside of the process.
10.
We strongly disagree that in the absence of adequate evidence, the consensus process
was fair and independent.
The
Chiropractic Fellowship of Pennsylvania comments and concerns on the draft of
the CCGPP’s document for low back pain
After sitting in on the district one
conference calls with the CCGPP and reviewing comments by other national and
state associations the Fellowship agrees that there are numerous problems with
the content of the first draft that need to be addressed. Rather then enumerate
on these the Fellowship’s comments will address two of the fundamental flaws we
see with the document. One is that the CCPGG has chosen low back pain as the
initial chapter and another is this chapter does not properly address
supportive and long-term care.
The
initial chapter of a document that is suppose to represent an entire profession
should be based on the most common use of Chiropractic care. The majority of
our profession adjusts the spine for the well being of their patients. Whether
that is for the alleviation of symptoms or the correction of a vertebral
subluxation for the improvement of the body’s performance. By beginning the
document with low back pain it places the practice of Chiropractic in a small
box rather then the global approach to the human body that Chiropractic is
based on.
Supportive
and long-term care is a basis for most Chiropractic practices. By not
addressing this issue we relegate Chiropractic to a short-term solution when in
reality the benefits of ongoing care are just as important.
Scientific
and empirical evidence is plentiful within our profession to support both of
these issues. If the authors of this document feel that there is not enough
research to present this global approach of Chiropractic they should be
replaced by the many in our profession who do and are willing to compile the
research.
On
numerous occasions the CCGPP committee expressed the opinion that this document
was not solely for the justification of Chiropractic care to the insurance
industry. That it had just as much value for the practicing Chiropractor by
using it as a guide for the type and amount of care for our patients. We
believe that this document in the real world will be used by insurance
companies to reduce or deny Chiropractic care while giving the impression that
if Chiropractic care does not alleviate certain symptoms it should be
discontinued. It is naive to believe that the insurance industry will use this
document to determine fair reimbursement of Chiropractic claims. We see no
value for the Chiropractor in this documents current form.
Rather
then placing Chiropractic care in the medical arena of treating patients for
limited symptomatic relief for the sole purpose of insurance reimbursement, we
should be placing Chiropractic in the forefront of health care as a means for
improving and maintaining ones health and well being. This is what the public
is looking for and they need to know that Chiropractic is a means of achieving
this.
The Cost of Negativity
By
Sharon Gorman DC
Negativity is very expensive. Addiction is very negative so I`ll bunch it
in with negativity. Negativity can run your life. It steals your
ability to choose. It becomes who you are. It clouds your
life. It takes a hold of you so strong that you can`t see the opportunity
to choose otherwise. Once and if you wake up from the nightmare you
create for yourself then you see how you have wasted your days. You only
get a certain amount of days - you know. Once out of the funk you can
see how you have spent up your days and have nothing to show for it.
When you lose that chunk of your life or even of a day, you can never get it
back. It doesn`t do you any good. When you live in the funk full of
worry and "poor me`s" you aren`t serving anyone including
yourself. It is self indulgent. It is allowing the tapes of the
past and the dark side of life to "run" you. Everyone loses
especially you when you sit in it and stew. Only choice can save
you. Most of us need to tap into the power greater than ourselves aka God
to find the strength to make that choice. It is the choice to have a
choice. It is the choice to seek the light instead of wallow in the
darkness. Faith will block out fear like light will dismiss the
darkness. The worse part of the darkness is you forget that you can
choose otherwise. You feel like you are a "victim". How
helpless. It takes a resolve. A resolve happens in a split
second. You choose - you wake up- you do what it takes to make the
changes needed and you don`t entertain the negative thoughts that will probably
still be occasionally popping up in your head even after you have changed your
path. You can`t let them in, you can`t entertainment. You CAN
choose to create a life that you love.
SEMINARS AVAILABLE FOR CE CREDITS WHICH ARE DUE IN SEPTEMBER OF
2006! (Listed by Location)
Harrisburg
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Peter Kevorkian, DC
Children and Chiropractic Practice
Best Western Harrisburg Airport, Rt. 283 (Exit 1B) &
the PA Turnpike, 815 Eisenhower Blvd., Middletown, PA – For hotel
information: 717.939.1600
Available for spouses, CA’s, and guests for a discounted
fee
Saturday/Sunday,
July 29-July 30, 2006
Daniel Murphy, DC
New Era in Whiplash and Spinal Trauma (Part One)
This is a 2-day Seminar offered by the ICA. Register directly by calling 800.423.4690
Saturday/Sunday,
August 12-13, 2006
Richard Christie, DC, Esq.
New
Era in Whiplash and Spinal Trauma (Part Two)
This is a
2-day Seminar offered by the ICA. Register
directly by calling 800.423.4690
Philadelphia
Saturday, July 8, 2006
Stephen Marini, DC, Ph.D.
Optimum
Immunity
Fort
Washington Holiday Inn - 432 Pennsylvania Avenue, Ft. Washington, PA 19034
(Exit
339 off PA Turnpike), For hotel information:
215.643.3000
Available
for spouses, CA’s, and guests for a discounted fee
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Dick
Plummer, DC and Judy Campanale, DC
Chiropractic
Principles of Practice and Patient Education
Holiday
Inn Select - Bucks County, 4700 Street Road, Trevose, PA 19053 (Exit 351 off of the PA Turnpike,
Northeast Philadelphia Region) For hotel information: 215.364.2000
Available
for spouses, CA’s, and guests for a discounted fee
Saturday, August 19, 2006
Ken
Horup, DC & Bruce Johnson, DC
Practical
Adjustment of the Spine for Sports and Family Practice
Double
Tree Club Hotel - Philadelphia Northeast, 9461 Roosevelt Blvd., Philadelphia,
PA 19114 (Exit 351 off of the PA Turnpike) North of Cottman Ave, Rt. 73, For
hotel information: 215.671.9600
Saturday,
August 26, 2006
David Smith, DC
Documenting the Impairment of Vertebral
Subluxation in Whiplash
Double Tree Club
Hotel - Philadelphia Northeast, 9461 Roosevelt Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19114
(Exit 351 off of the PA Turnpike) North of Cottman Ave, Rt. 73, For hotel information:
215.671.9600
Also approved for 12 CE credits in Delaware and
South Carolina
Pittsburgh
Thursday,
July 27, 2006
David
Smith, DC
Documenting
the Impairment of Vertebral Subluxation in Whiplash
Holiday
Inn Monroeville, 2750 Mosside Blvd., Exit 57 of PA Turnpike, Monroeville,
PA 15146 – For hotel information: 412.372.1022
Also
approved for 12 CE credits for Delaware and South Carolina
Saturday, August 12, 2006
Dick
Plummer, DC and Judy Campanale, DC
Chiropractic
Principles of Practice and Patient Education
Crowne
Plaza Pittsburgh International Airport, 1160 Thorn Run Road, Coraopolis,
PA 15108, For hotel information: 412.262.2400 - Limited Space
Available
for spouses, CA’s, and guests for a discounted fee
Saturday,
August 19, 2006
Gary
Trout, DC
Chiropractice
X-Ray Basics as Applied to Daily Practice
Radisson
Hotel - Pittsburgh, in Monroeville, 101 Mall Boulevard, Monroeville, PA 15146 (Next to Pittsburgh ExpoMart, Across
from Monroeville Mall) For hotel information:
412.373.7300
Saturday,
August 26, 2006
Stephen Marini, DC, Ph.D.
Optimum
Immunity
Hyatt
Regency Pittsburgh International Airport – 1111 Airport Blvd. Pittsburgh,
PA 15231, for hotel information: 724-899-1234
Available
for spouses, CA’s, and guests for a discounted fee
Stroudsburg
Saturday, August 19, 2006
Stephen Marini, DC, Ph.D.
Optimum Immunity
Howard Johnson Hotel - Bartonsville, Rt. 611 & I-80
(Exit 302), Bartonsville, PA 18321 - For hotel information:
570.424.6100
Available for spouses, CA’s, and guests for a
discounted fee
SEMINARS AVAILABLE FOR CE CREDITS WHICH ARE DUE IN SEPTEMBER OF
2006! (Listed by Date – See above information for more details on a specific
seminar)
July
22, 2006 (Saturday) –
Philadelphia - Dick Plummer, DC and Judy Campanale, DC – Chiropractic Principles of
Practice and Patient Education
July
22, 2006 (Saturday) –
Harrisburg – Peter Kevorkian, DC – Children and Chiropractic
Practice
July
29-30, 2006 (Saturday & Sunday) – Harrisburg
– Daniel Murphy, DC – New
Era in Whiplash and Spinal Trauma (part one) – ICA Seminar
August
12, 2006 (Saturday) –
Pittsburgh - Dick Plummer, DC and Judy Campanale, DC – Chiropractic Principles of
Practice and Patient Education
August
12-13, 2006 (Saturday & Sunday) – Harrisburg – Richard Christie, DC,
Esq. – New Era in
Whiplash and Spinal Trauma (part two) – ICA
Seminar
August
19, 2006 (Saturday) –
Stroudsburg – Stephen Marini, DC,
Ph.D – Optimum Immunity
August
19, 2006 (Saturday) –
Pittsburgh - Gary Trout, DC – Chiropractic X-Ray Basics as
Applied to Daily Practice
August
19, 2006 (Saturday) –
Philadelphia – Ken Horup, DC &
Bruce Johnson, DC –
Practical Adjustment of the Spine for Sports and Family Practice
August
26, 2006 (Saturday) –
Pittsburgh - Stephen Marini, DC, Ph.D – Optimum
Immunity
NON-CREDIT UPCOMING SEMINARS
Watch for upcoming seminars for your continuing education
credits. Also, please let us know if you have any suggestions for future
seminars.
FOCUS PHILOSOPHY NIGHT
Date: Saturday, August 12,
2006
Time: 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.
Optional Dinner at 5:30
p.m.
FEATURING – ROB
SHIFFMAN DC
LOCATION:
Howard Johnson
Bartonsville, PA
Route 611 Bartonsville,
PA (exit 302 off I-80)
(570) 424-6100 for Reservations (ask for Focus Rate)
Please bring your staff
and patients!
COST: Suggested fee is
the price of one office visit. We will be passing the hat to cover expenses.
For more information
contact Sharon Gorman at (570) 350-4091 focus2@ptd.net
FUTURE DATES
Setember
9, 2006 – Paula Hedgelon DC and John Hofmann DC
October
14, 2006 – Claude Lessard
November
11, 2006 – Speakers to be Announced!
December
2, 2006 – Speakers to be Announced!
Mark your Calendar!
CLASSIFIED
ADS
You are invited to send us any classified notices
to be included in this newsletter. That
would include selling a practice, looking for a new associate, looking for
someone to cover your practice or looking to buy or sell equipment. E-mail notices to: focus@noln.com or
maryellen@wannerassoc.com
Pennsylvania Associate Needed: Hazleton
Area-Associate needed. New Graduates Welcomed. Sugarloaf chiropractic office is
looking for a highly motivated, passionate, and principle
centered chiropractor to expand her busy referral based wellness practice.
Candidate must be proficient in low force techniques and possess desire to
learn advanced tonal and cranial techniques. Must have adjunctive
procedures certification. On the job training. Competitive Salary. If you
are looking for an opportunity of a lifetime, send CV and photo to Dr. Rowena
de Jesus drrowena@lifeexpressionchiro.com
Fax 570-708-2039
LOCAL
RETIRED DC OFFERING VACATION COVERAGE
Dr. Mel Rosenthal, Saylorsburg, PA is offering to fill-in for DCs within a 45 minute radius of Stroudsburg (Poconos) for vacations and other coverage. Dr. Mel is an adjustment-only practitioner with 35 years of experience in Delaware. He is licensed and insured. Just $50 per hour, no travel charge, with a minimum of 3 hours. For more information call him at 570-992-8282 or email at oneoftheone99@yahoo.com.
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