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As you read this issue of the FICS News many of you will be about to travel to Durban, South Africa for the biennial FICS General Assembly and Symposium and related meetings of the Council, Commissions and NCSC Presidents. ChiroSport South Af-

rica, the FICS member council for South Africa, is our host and Foot Levelers is the generous sponsor of our meetings.

We have an exceptional and exciting program, and FICS will continue with its work to advance the specialty of sports chi-ropractic through:

• Education – the Symposium lectures and workshops, and further development of plans to improve and extend the ICSSD program to Japan and in the USA.

• Research – presentation of the best new original sports chiropracticresearch,encouragedbynewsignificantresearchprizes made possible through generous sponsorship from Life University. Particular thanks to the Research Commission, chaired by Dr Stephen Perle, for extensive work administer-ing the research competition and making arrangements for early publication of award-winning papers in Chiropractic and Manual Therapies.

• Practice opportunities at major games – there will be re-view of what has been learnt at the London Olympics, prepa-ration for the World Games in Cali, Colombia in July and for the next cycle of winter and summer Olympic Games.

Since my last message in December a new FICS Execu-tive Council has been elected for a full year term from 2013 -2016. Please join me in welcoming new directors Dr Brad-ley Sandler of South Africa (Africa), Dr Ståle Hauge of Nor-way (Europe), Dr Glen Harris of Canada (North America) andDrPeterGarbuttofAustralia(Pacific).

Contents

Featured IntervIew – CraIg Buhler 9

Sec-General’s Update 12Commission Reports 15Around the World 18Australia, Brazil, Canada, Israel, Taiwan, USA

Durban Symposium 2From the Editor 6Future Events 6New ICSSD Gradutes 6ExCo and Commissions 7

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President’s MessageSheila Wilson, DC, ICSSD

Positive Press and Sports Chiropractic

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How important is sports chiropractic to the overall image and reputation of the chiropractic profession with the general public?

Hugely important. Quite simply, given the star power of elite athletes, nothing provides more positive press than their per-sonal experience, example, and endorsement of chiropractic.

All of this is well illustrated in the USA by the actions of the Foundation for Chiropractic Progress (www.f4cp.com) which has a mission of “generating positive press for the chiroprac-tic profession and increasing public awareness of the many benefitsassociatedwithchiropracticcare.”Dominating theF4CP website is NFL hall-of famer Jerry Rice, the most fa-mous wide receiver ever and looking a picture of health, and saying “I did a lot of things to stay in the game, but regular visitstomychiropractorwereamongthemostimportant.”

The majority of F4CP’s Champions of Chiropractic press re-leases and advertisements feature sports stars. At the Parker Seminar in Las Vegas in January the F4CP had a success-ful membership drive, adding another 300 chiropractors to the thousands of others who make monthly contributions to fund the Foundation’s work. Over a thousand chiropractors

Jerry Rice, one of the game’s most

durable players, a 13-time Pro Bowl

football player who owns 38 career

records and three Super Bowl rings,

shares his positive experiences with

chiropractic care.

“I am proud to communicate with

the American public about the value

of chiropractic care. Professional

football is a very rough and vigorous

sport, and I attribute my longevity

and durability to a vigorous exercise

program and chiropractic adjustments.

Chiropractic gave me the edge to

succeed, not only on the gridiron

but also on the dance floor.”

He continues to rely upon chiropractic

adjustments to keep himself healthy

and active.

Learn the facts about chiropractic care and its vital role in America’s well being. Visit www.yes2chiropractic.com

“I did a lot of things to stay in the game, but regular visits to my chiropractor were among the most important.”

NFL Football Legend & “Dancing with the Stars” Celebrity

— JERRY RICE

ChiropracticSTAY IN THE GAME WITH

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Register now and join us for the FICS Assembly and Symposium (April 10) and the World Federation of Chiropractic’s Silver Anniversary Congress (April 11-13) – the most important and exciting international chiropractic meetings in 2013 – to be held at the Elangeni Southern Sun Hotel and the International Convention Center in Durban, South Africa. For sports chiropractors:

• The FICS Assembly reports on FICS and lets you meet and network with the leaders in sports chiropractic worldwide

• The FICS Symposium has a choice of hands-on workshops, keynote lectures from Tom Greenway (London Olympics), Brian Nook (World Games) and others, and best new sports chiropractic research – see next pages for more details.

• The WFC Congress includes many additional technique and other workshops, and a chance to celebrate chiropractic with up to 1,000 colleagues from over 40 countries.

• Register online for the FICS Assembly and Symposium at www.fics-sport.org or both this and the WFC Congress at www.wfc.org/congress2013 . All information is at these websites.

• The social program for the week includes a Wednesday Cocktails Reception, a Thursday African Night, a Friday Wel-come Beach Party – free, no charge – sponsored by the City of Durban, and the WFC’s Silver Anniversary Banquet and Dance on Saturday – with South Africa’s sensational all girls Sterling EQ electric quartet as featured entertainment.

• Durban, a cosmopolitan city of 4 million on one of the most beautiful beaches in South Africa, offers world class dining and entertainments. This is your chance of a lifetime to combine a FICS Symposium with visiting South Africa and its majestic scenery and game parks.

FICS Assembly & Symposium Sponsor: Original Research Awards Sponsor:

FICS Assembly and SymposiumDurban, South Africa

Durban – Main EventsApril 8FICS Executive 8:30-12:00

FICS ExCo 2:00-6:00

April 9FICS ExCo 8:30-5:30

NCSC Presidents’ Meeting 2:00-5:30

April 10FICS Assembly & Symposium

April 11-13WFC Congress

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FICS ASSEMBLY & SYMPOSIUM

Elangeni Southern Sun Hotel, Durban, South Africa, April 10, 2013Held in association with the World Federation of Chiropractic’s 12th Biennial Congress

Program For full program, notice, registration form and all information go to www.fics-sport.org

8:30 – 10:30 FICS Assembly10:30 – 11:00 NUTRITION BREAK11:00 – 12:30 Session 1 – What Have We Learned?

How to Incorporate Chiropractic Services at Major Games: Report on Lessons Learned from London 2012 Speaker: Tom Greenway, LOCOG Chiropractic Lead, UK– 20 minutes Tug-of-War World Championships: Services, Statistics and Conclusions Speaker: Simon Lawson, South Africa and Alexander Ruhe, Germany - 20 minutes Three Research Presentations – 10 minutes each Questions and Discussion

12:30 – 14:00 LUNCHEON BREAK14:00 – 15:30 Session 2 – Hands-On Workshops (Bios of presenters on next page)

Workshop 1: Assessment and Management of Head Trauma and Concussion Laney Nelson, USA – 90 minutes Workshop 2: Instrument-Assisted Soft-Tissue Assessment and Treatment Stephen Perle and Tim Stark, USA – 90 minutes Workshop 3: Management of Lower Extremities Brian Nook, Australia – 90 minutes

15:30 – 16:00 NUTRITION BREAK16:00 – 18:00 Session 3 – Looking to the Future

Developments in Sports Chiropractic Education and Practice: Life University, USA and China Speakers: John Downes, USA and David Bellin, China – 20 minutes Developments in Sports Chiropractic Education and Practice: UQTR and Quebec Speakers: David Hayes and Caroline Poulin, Quebec, Canada – 20 minutes Three Research Presentations – 10 minutes

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FICS Teams in 2013: How to Prepare for and Succeed at the World Games and Other World Championships. Brian Nook, Australia – 20 minutes Questions and Discussion

Workshop Presenters – Bios

Laney Nelson DC, DACBSP, ICSSDAfter 25 years in clinical practice in Utah, where he was team chiropractor for the Utah Grizzly’s Professional Hockey Club, Salt Lake Sting and Salt Lake Buzz, Dr Nelson now serves as Director of Sports and Rehabilitation at Logan College of Chiropractic in St. Louis, Missouri. He teaches in the Logan Masters of Sport and Exercise Science

Program, oversees externships and on-field participation by students, and is currently directing strength and conditioning programs for four different university and college programs in the St. Louis area.

Stephen Perle DC, MS, CCSPDr Perle is a Professor of Clinical Sciences at the University Of Bridgeport College Of Chiropractic and has been a foremost international lecturer on management of soft-tissue injuries for the past 15 years. A 1983 graduate of the Texas Chiropractic College, Dr Perle also holds a master’s degree in exercise sciences (human performance) from the Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven. His certifications include Graston Technique and ART.

Tim Stark DC, ICSSD, DACBSP, MPhilDr Stark, currently on faculty at the National University of Health Sciences, Florida campus, also has a leading international reputation as a clinician and teacher in the field of management of soft-tissue injuries. He is certified in Graston Technique, Kinesiotaping and as a strength and conditioning specialist. He has served as a sports chiropractor at many international games, including the Atlanta and Sydney Olympics.

Brian Nook DC, ICSSD, DACBSP

Dr Brian Nook originally from Iowa and a 1983 graduate of Northwestern Health Sciences University, is currently Dean of the School of Chiropractic and Sports Science at Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia and is widely recognised as one of the world’s leading sports chiropractors. He has served at many international games including the Barcelona Olympics (1996) and the World Games in Germany (2005) and Taiwan (2009) where he led the FICS teams. While at the Durban University of Technology in the 1990s he served as team chiropractor for the Natal Sharks Rugby team (1997-1999).

WhatisanICSSD?Whyshouldyouenrolforthisqualification?The International Chiropractic Sport Science Diploma (ICSSD) is a postgraduate program of distance learning plus long weekend hands-on seminars taught by some of the top international lecturers in sports chiropractic.

TheICSSDproducesawell-roundedindividualwiththetheoreticalandpracticalqualificationstoworkatnationalandinternationalsportingevents.ItistheminimumrequiredqualificationtobepartofaFICSchiropracticdelegationatnationalorinternationalevents.

Ifyouhaveotherpostgraduatesportschiropracticqualifications(e.g.CCSP,DACBSP,FCCSS,Master’sdegree)youmayqualifyfor advanced standing – you will not be required to take the online distance learning course.

For more information visit www.fics-sport.org or contact Dr. Tim Stark, Chair, FICS Education Commission at [email protected].

Entry to the ICSSD is only available to graduates of accredited/recognized chiropractic educational institutions and programs.

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On behalf of everyone in the FICS family I want to acknowl-edge and thank three long-serving leaders who did not run for re-election – Past President Dr Roland Noirat of Switzerland, Dr Alex Steinbrenner of Germany and, Dr Gordon Lawson of Canada. They have each given FICS outstanding service over many years. Finally, although not now elected to repre-senttheregionsofthePacificandAfrica,DrGaeryBarberyof Australia and Dr Charmaine Korporaal of South Africa

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remain on the ExCo for the next two years in their respective executive positions of Vice –President and Secretary.

To all of you, thank you for your continuing support which is vital to our plans and success. To those travelling to Durban, safe travels, bon voyage, and I look forward to seeing you there.

attended a special session hosted by ESPN television anchor Linda Cohn where presenters and panelists included NFL stars Jerry Rice (San Francisco 49ers) and Mark Collins (New York Giants), Olympic skiing gold medalist Picabo Street and prominent sports chiropractors.

For the American Chiropractic Associations’ 50th anniver-sary celebrations in Washington, DC held March 7-10 the ACA invited the F4CP to present another sports chiropractic panel. This was chaired by FICS Secretary-General Dr Philip Santiago of New Jersey.

Keynote celebrity was John Booty, former NFL star with the New York Jets. Booty spoke of the fundamental importance

of chiropractic to both prevention of injuries and, where inju-ry occurred, quick recovery. Other panelists included Miami Dolphins’ chiropractor for the past 15 years Dr Spencer Bar-on, Dr Alan Sokoloff, chiropractor for the superbowl cham-pion Baltimore Ravens and Dr Jay Greenstein, chiropractor for the Washington Redskins cheerleaders.

To coincide with the ACA’s celebrations and conference Roll Call, the weekly Washington DC news read by all members of the Congress, featured a full back page advertisement of Jerry Rice promoting chiropractic.

Former New York Jets star John Booty with (from left) Dr Phil San-tiago, Dr Jay Greenstein and Dr Angela Salcedo.

In Las Vegas in January, Jerry Rice addresses Parker Seminar delegates watched by ESPN sports news anchor Linda Cohn.

Former NFL star Mark Collins explains the importance of chi-ropractic care to his career, with Jerry Rice listening.

Dr Alan Sokoloff, chiropractor for the Baltimore Ravens, answers ques-tions, with (from left) Jerry Rice, Dr Spencer Baron and Dr Jay Greenstein.

As used at both the Beijing Olympics and the London Olympics

Asusedinnumerouschiropracticofficeswww.litecure.com

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This FICS News features testimonials from a number of elite athletes on how the care given by sports chiropractors has been of fundamental importance to them and their careers.

NFL football players in America, in-cluding all-time great wide receiver Jerry Rice, make this point. Australian Melissa Hoar, double world champion in surf lifesaving and an Olympian in Skeleton, does the same – and is now a student at Palmer College West in California. See the testimony of several athletes in the interview with Dr Craig Buhler, chiropractor to the Utah Jazz in the National Basketball Association for 26 years.

Thank you to those who sent news from their countries for this issue of the FICS News, including Dr Marcelo Botelho

FroM the edItor MustaFa agaoglu, dC

(Brazil) and Dr Richard Gakner (Israel—on preparations for the Maccabi Games). When did you last send news about sports chiropractic in your country to the FICS News? Why not do this now for the next issue? Send to Christina Davis at [email protected].

Congratulations to the newly elected members of the FICS Council, introduced in Dr Phil Santiago’s report. I look for-ward to meeting you and many others at our Assembly and Symposium in Durban, South Africa next month. I want to add my voice to others in thanking Foot Levelers for spon-sorship of these meetings, and my alma mater Life Univer-sity for sponsorship of the original research competition and awards.

Safe travels, and see you in Durban.

Future events

ICSSD Hands-on Module (Lower Extremity)

May 31 - June 2, 2013London, UK

ICSSD Hands-on Module (Upper Extremity)TBA October, 2013

Lausanne, Switzerland

FICS General Assembly of Members and Symposium

April 10, 2013Durban, South Africa

ICSSD Hands-on Module (Lower Extremity)

TBA September, 2013Queenstown, New Zealand

ICSSD Hands-on Module (Advanced Standing for CCSPs)

September 27-29, 2013New York, USA, ACA SC Symposium

ICSSD Hands-on Module (Upper Extremity)

TBA July, 2014Port Douglas, Australia

Danny Adams – UKStephanie Freeman – CanadaThomas Lauvsnes – Norway

Fernando T. Pompermayer – BrazilPhilip T. Santiago – USA

Kristina Waters – Australia

CongratulatIons to these reCent graduates FroM the ICssd prograM

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FICs exeCutIve CounCIl - 2013

Dale RichardsonAustralia

Member at large

Gaery BarberyAustralia

Sheila WilsonUSA

North America

Communications Commission (COMCo)Philippe Roulet, Chair – SwitzerlandMustafa Agaoglu, ExCo – TurkeyGaery Barbery, ExCo – AustraliaYolanda Camacho Kortman – Costa RicaMartin Camara – PhilippinesPhilippe Fleuriau – FranceAnnette Joergensen – DenmarkSaul Luengas – MexicoJulie Scarano – USAEducation Commission (EDUCo)Tim Stark, Co-Chair – AustraliaRikke Craven, Co-Chair – Denmark

presIdent vICe presIdent

Charmaine Korporaal

South Africa

seCretary

[email protected]

Glen HarrisCanada

North America

harris2004@ rogers.com

IndySportsDoc@ iquest.net

Carla HowUnited Kingdom

Europe

carlahow@scotia chiropractic.co.uk

Marcelo BotelhoBrazil

Latin America

ChIeF oF FInanCes

quiropraxia@ hotmail.com

Ståle HaugeNorwayEurope

[email protected]

Philip T. SantiagoUSA

Secretary-General

[email protected]

[email protected]

John DownesUSA

Member at large

[email protected]

Philippe RouletSwitzerland

Member at large

[email protected]

progolf_drdale@ life.edu

Mustafa AgaogluTurkeyEastern

Mediterraneanspearo35@ yahoo.com

Bradley SandlerSouth Africa

Africa

drbsandler@ gmail.com

Kazutoshi IsaJapanAsia

[email protected]

Peter GarbuttAustraliaPacific

healthcare@ enhance.com.au

John Downes, ExCo – USARuss Ebbets – USAEd Feinberg – USARene Fejer – Denmark Scott Howitt – CanadaKevin Jardine – CanadaArnaud Lardon – FranceLaney Nelson – USABrian Nook, ExCo – AustraliaDik Skippings – United KingdomKen Thomas – USAEthics Commission (ETHCo)Carla How, Co-Chair, ExCO – United KingdomSusan Bromley, Co-Chair – USARoland Noirat, ExCO – SwitzerlandTodd Reiter – USAFinance Commission (FINCo)Peter Garbutt, Chair – AustraliaMarcelo Botelho, Chief of Finances – BrazilHowie Fidler – USAJay Greenstein – USAGames Commission (GAMCo)Tim Ray Chair – USAMarcelo Botelho, ExCO – BrazilTom Greenway – United KingdomCharmaine Korporaal, ExCO – South Africa

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FICS Headquarters:MSI Maison du Sport InternationalAvenue de Rhodanie 54CH – 1007 Lausanne VD SwitzerlandTel: +41 (21) 601 0858 Fax: +41 (21) 601 7923Roland Noirat, DC – Past [email protected]

Administrative Office:c/o World Federation of Chiropractic1246 Yonge Street, Suite 203Toronto, ON M4T 1W5 CanadaTel: 1 416 484 9091 Fax: 1 416 484 9665Christina Davis – Executive [email protected]

adMInIstratIon

Philip SantiagoSecretary General

Christina DavisExecutive Secretary

Khalid SalimAdministrator Coordinator

David Chapman-SmithGeneral Counsel

Gregory Oke – New ZealandGeorge Oxinos – CyprusAngela Salcedo – USAGreg Uchacz – CanadaRobert Wasserman, ExCO – SingaporeSheila Wilson, ExCO – USAInternational Federations Commission (IFCo)Brian Nook, Chair – AustraliaRoland Noirat, ExCO – SwitzerlandDale Richardson – AustraliaAngela Salcedo – USAAlex Steinbrenner, ExCO – GermanyRobert Wasserman, ExCO – SingaporeResearch Commission (RESCo)Stephen Perle, Chair – USAAngelo Battiston – United KingdomEduardo Bracher – BrazilMelainie Cameron – AustraliaJay Greenstein – USACharmaine Korporaal, ExCo – South AfricaCraig Liebenson – USACraig Morris – USAHenry Pollard – AustraliaThomas Souza – USAWorld Olympians Scholarship Program Commission (WOSPCo) Angela Salcedo, Chair – USAMartin Camara – PhilippinesGregory Doerr – USAJay Greenstein – USA

Tom Hyde – USAKevin Jardine – CanadaStephen Press – USATodd Reiter – USADale Richarsdon – AustraliaGreg Uchacz – Canada

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Dr Craig Buhler, a 1978 graduate of Western States Chiropractic College, Portland, Oregon and member of the ACA Sports Council, the FICS mem-ber for the USA, practices in Kaysville, Utah and has worked with athletes in

the NBA, NFL, PGA, the Stanford swim team, and many world champions. From 1969-72 he attended the University of Utah on an athletic scholarship with honors in track and field.For all of his 26 year tenure as team chiropractor for the Utah Jazz the team had the lowest “player missed games due to injury rate” (61 per year) of any NBA team (league aver-age 141).Dr Buhler travelled with five of his patients to the 2010 Van-couver Winter Games where two of them won medals, bronze and gold, even though they had sustained serious injuries in prior months. He and some of his patients, including NBA star John Stockton, are featured in the new documentary Doctored.Dr Buhler gave this interview to FICS at the American Chi-ropractic Association’s recent legislative conference in Wash-ington, DC which he was attending as the ACA delegate for Utah.

What is your personal background in sports?Track-and-fieldwasmymaininterest.IhighjumpedatHighSchool and then went on to earn a scholarship as a walk on and competed in the 400 meter and mile relay at the Univer-sity of Utah.

What brought you to chiropractic care and why did you choose to be a chiropractor?While running at the University of Utah I was constantly bothered with pain in my left foot but no one could seem to figureitoutorhelp.Iusedeverythingthetrainerhadtoofferbut nothing seemed to help. I just trained through the pain until my third year when the pain became so severe I could no longer run and lost my scholarship. An orthopedic surgeon onexaminingmyfootcouldnotfindanythingwrongbutsug-gested that if I wanted to continue to run he could operate and put screws and wires in to stabilize the joint. This seemed insane to me at the time.

Two years after leaving the University a friend referred me at a time when my old track injury to my left foot was so painful itwasdifficulttowalk.Ihadalsobeensufferingfromseveremigraine headaches for much of my life and no one could helpme.MyfirsttreatmentwasdramaticbecausewhenIgotoffthetreatmenttablethefootpainIhadexperiencedforfiveyears was gone. I realized there was more to chiropractic than I had heard from my medical doctor – I innately knew that chiropractic was the profession I could use to help athletes avoid the frustrations I had experienced.

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What were the best and worst things about your experience in chiropractic college?The best was the amazing things I learned about the human body. The worst thing was the negative attitude of many of the faculty towards the foundation of the philosophy of chiro-practic, our innate healing powers. This foundation was seen asunscientificandsothefullpowerofchiropracticwasmar-ginalized. It was only some years later that I discovered and understood the importance of these philosophical concepts.

Where and how did you start in practice?After graduation I opened my clinic in Salt Lake City, Utah aftergettinganSBAloan.Ileasedanofficerightnextdoorto a chiropractor who had been in practice for many years. I discovered the more chiropractors there were in a building the better they all did.

How did you help the Utah Jazz to such an impressive injury-free record? Explain your fundamental approach to practice.In addition to standard chiroprac-tic I used a system I call Advanced Muscle Integration Technique or AMIT. The AMIT system intre-grates seventeen different disci-plines. This technique involve range of motion analysis and the precision testing of 720 muscles for neuro-proprioceptive function. This allows for the determination of positions of instability and pre-disposition to injury. By predicting where an injury could occur and by reactivating the proprioceptive integrity of the muscle throughaseriesoftherapeuticreflexpoints,notonlyarein-juries prevented, performance improves dramatically.

A basketball player whose ankle stabilizer muscles are pro-prioceptively inhibited is more likely to sprain that ankle. If the internal hip rotators are not performing properly the athlete is going to be more prone to problems with the knee caps and vulnerable to knee injuries. I don’t treat symptoms, Ifindthecauseandthenit’samatterofapplyingthedifferenttherapies that I use to make the corrections.

The players came to trust that if they did get hurt they would be on the court within minutes or by the next day. The re-sultsareveryfast.Inthemovie“Doctored”JohnStocktonisshown spraining his left ankle during a play-off game. He had to be helped off the court in severe pain. The medical staff evaluated him and ruled out fracture and then I went to work onhimandhewasbackonthecourtinfifteenminutesandwe won the game.

Dr Buhler with 7 ft 4 in NBA star Mark Eaton.

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How did you develop your muscle testing system?While attending chiropractic college I had the opportunity to work and study with the late Dr Alan Beardall during the de-velopment of what became known as Clinical Kinesiology. I expanded his muscle work by looking at the interrelation-ships between muscle function, range of motion, restrictions and the causes of pain. My further studies included a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Utah, School of Med-icine with a focus on motor physiology. I had the amazing opportunity to work with some of the best athletes and teams in the world which allowed me to test and challenge my ideas on bodies stressed at maximal levels. It allowed me to see what worked and what didn’t. I continued to study many other bodies of work which gave me more tools to test. As I integrated these tools the result became the AMIT method.

HowdidyoufirststartworkingfortheUtahJazz?When the New Orleans Jazz franchise was moved to Salt Lake in 1979 head trainer Don Sparks was interviewing for a number of team physicians including a chiropractor. He came in to interview me and described the problem he had with his ankle for a number of years. I evaluated and treated the ankle and when he stood up on it the pain was gone. The next day he brought in the Jazz star forward Adrian Dantley, who had some problems since his college days that had never re-sponded to the regular physical therapy modalities and medi-calapproach.Iwasabletodefineandcorrecttheseproblems.Sparksthenbeganreferringotherplayerstomyoffice.

Results were good and he next asked me to call Kirk Josefek, DCwhohadbeenworkingwith theBostonCeltics tofindout the arrangement the team had made with him. Dr. Josefek was the first chiropractor to workwith an NBA team. Hewas in the locker room before every home game, was given season tickets, and was paid for each game he worked. Don Sparks approached the Jazz management with the idea and I was in – but minus the pay.

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For many years I had to maintain incredible diplomacy to keep myself out of trouble with the other physicians on staff. Few teams in the NBA had chiropractors on staff at that time, but as time passed other teams called the Jazz to ask how they utilized a chiropractor on their medical staff. This opened the door for other chiropractors to work with professional teams.

I worked with the Jazz after clinic hours on a part time basis. The1997-98 seasonwas thefirstone that Iworkedexclu-sively for the Jazz fulltime. The season involved attendance before, during, and after all home games and meeting the team during long east coast road trips. During the playoffs I attended the team on all their road games. Most of my work involved maximizing function, although there was of course the treatment of injuries. Every player was evaluated before every game using motion palpation and muscle testing. If in-dicated they were adjusted. Spinal adjustments are the key and core of everything I do, but it is the combination with clinical kinesiology that brings best results.

Tell us about your patients who won medals at the Vancouver Olympics?The gold medalist was Australian snowboarder Torah Bright. Eight weeks before the Olympics she suffered a concussion and dislocated her jaw when she hit the edge of the halfpipe at the X-Games. Two weeks after this mishap she came to me complaining of headaches and lack of balance. I began treat-ment and she passed neurological tests and returned to train-ing a week later. However three weeks later she sustained a second concussion in another accident and again was unable to stand one on leg with eyes closed and keep her balance. I implemented daily treatments until the day of her event – and she won the gold medal in the women’s halfpipe. (Bright, who has been treated by Dr Buhler since 2006 said this of Dr Buhler’s work in an interview by Dick Harmon published in the Deseret News following the Olympics: “I can’t live without it. After my initial course of treatments with many

Dr Buhler with Utah Jazz legend John Stockton.

Dr Buhler with US downhill skiing star Picabo Street (left) and Foun-dation for Chiropractic Progress leader Dr Carol Ann Malizia after the Parker Las Vegas seminar in January this year.

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and varied corrections made over time I felt and continue to feel more energetic, train with more capacity, and injuries that have bothered me have disappeared.

My competition results have been better than ever. And my body feels better than ever. I’m just one of many elite athletes that have been helped and maintained by Dr Buhler and his program.”).

The other patient who medaled was Shannon Bahrke who won the bronze medal in women’s moguls. She approached me a year before the Olympics because of knee pain aggra-vated by training after she had rehabbed a cruciate ligament repair. Shannon, who gave me permission to discuss her case in interviews at the time, was soon able to return to competi-tion, made the 2010 team and won her medal in an event that places maximum stresses on the knees.

How can others learn about your AMIT approach to muscle testing and athletic injuries?My website www.amitmethod.com has information about the technique, testimonials, videos, and a schedule of seminars. I am in the process of producing DVD training materials with a release date sometime this northern summer. I am also soon releasing a wireless muscle testing device for quantifying muscle function, which will assist in training doctors to be more accurate in their muscle testing skills.

I believe the AMIT method is the most effective approach to assessing and correcting muscle function yet developed. Tim Ferriss, who spent ten years evaluating different systems around the world, lists AMIT as the top system for reversing apparently permanent injuries in his book The 4 Hour Body. His endorsement means a lot to me.

Whoisinyourclinicalteam–inyouroffice,andyourestablished referral network?InmyofficeIhaveanassociatedoctorandaphysicalthera-pist. I am in the process of bringing in an ER physician to

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perform PRP and Prolozone injections to accelerate healing and regeneration of tissues following surgery. I work with a great team of orthopedic physicians who specialize in differ-ent parts of the body and have a high degree of technical skill for reconstructive surgery. Once they have performed their correction, we begin treatments to accelerate the rehabilita-tion process.

What advice do you have for a new graduate wanting to specialize in sports chiropractic?Intern with a doctor who has a history of working with an athletic team, it is the best way to learn practical and effec-tive ways of correcting common athletic injuries. Stay hum-ble or the doors of opportunity that are opened to you will be slammed in your face. Learn as many techniques as you can because the more tools you have the better your results will be.

Anyfinalcommentoradvice?The field of sports chiropractic is rapidly opening up as aresult of the efforts many of us have made through the years. Athletes are demanding their teams offer chiropractic be-causeitworks.Ifachiropractorfindsanopportunitytogetinvolved with a team, approach the trainer or coach by ask-ing if you can spend time learning more about what they do to treat and take care of players. Few trainers or coaches will refuse a person interested in learning from them.

This allows you to establish a relationship. The relationship will lead to opportunities to talk about other options you have learnedforthetreatmentofspecificinjuries.Eventually,youwill get the opportunity to show what you can do and then the necessary level of trust will be created.

Founded in 1935, Logan College of Chiropractic/University Programs is located inChesterfield,Missouri,asuburbofSt.Louis.Logan ispleased to offer the advantage of low tuition combined with world renowned faculty and a state-of-the-art educational and learning environment.

The Higher Learning Commission of North Central has approved two Master of Science degrees: Sports Science and Rehabilitation and Logan’s new Nutrition and Human Performance. These two graduate degrees complement not only the practice of chiropractic, but the Doctor of Chiropractic program as well, offering students the opportunity to participate in multidisciplinary clinical settings with professional, collegiate and high school sports teams, hospital dietary programs and rehabilitation centers.

In addition, the state-of-the-art BIOFREEZE ® Sports and Rehabilitation Centers conveniently located both on the Logan campus and inournewsatelliteclinic,(Southfield)inSouthSt.LouisCounty,arespecificallydesignedtotreatathleticinjuries.Dr.LaneyNelsoninternationally known sports chiropractor, continues to direct Logan interns in all aspects of rehabilitation and human performance.

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New ExCo Members - WelcomeThe FICS Executive Council elections completed in January the 4-year term for 2013 – 2016, returned four new members – and it is my privilege and honor to introduce them.

Bradley Sandler MTech Chiro, ICSSD, new representative for the African Region and a 2006 graduate of the School of Chiropractic at the University of Johannesburg, is in pri-vate practice at the Bryanston Chiropractic and Sports Injury Clinic in Bryanston, South Africa.

Dr Sandler serves on the executive of ChiroSport South Africa and is a mem-ber of the South African Sports Medi-cine Association. He was a member of the FICS team at the World Games in Taiwan in 2009. He has worked with many sports teams, and at events at the national and international levels, and has played rugby at club and interna-tional levels.

Peter Garbutt MChiro, MSports Sc, ICSSD, a 1996 graduate of Macquarie University who practices in Canberra, Australia, is the new representative for the PacificRegion.

Dr Garbutt is currently Chairman of Sports Chiropractic Australia, the FICS member council for Australia and Presi-dent of the Australian Capital Territory branch of Sports Medicine Australia.

He currently serves as Chair of the FICS Finance Commission. His exten-sive background in sports chiropractic includes leading the sports chiropractic team for the 7th World Masters Games held in Sydney in October 2009 where 67 chiropractors supported by 114 stu-dents served over 28,000 participants from 95 different countries.

Ståle Hauge DC, ICSSD of Sandefjord, Norway, representing the European Region, is a 1986 graduate of the An-glo-European College of Chiropractic in theUK.HefoundedthefirstNorwegianNational Chiropractic Sports Council in 2004. He practices in a multi-discipli-nary clinic with a main focus on sports medicine and occupational health.

Dr Hauge served on the FICS team for the World Games in Duisburg, Germany

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in 2005 and was one of the chiropractors serving in the poly-clinics at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He has been an instructor at several FICS ICSSD courses in Europe and co-instructor with Dr Craig Liebenson on numerous courses on Functional Assessment and Rehabilitation.

The fourth new ExCo member, representing the North American Region is Glen Harris DC, FRCCSS(C), and the Immediate Past President of the Royal College of Chiroprac-tic Sports Sciences (Canada).

A 1997 graduate of the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Dr Harris received his chiropractic sports science fellowship in 2002 and is an Assistant Clinical Professor at

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Durban AssemblyI am currently preparing my Secretary-General’s report for the Durban Assembly – and it is so rewarding to review the huge progress of the past year and exciting plans for 2013. Some highlights include:

• Full unity achieved in international sports chiropractic, with all established national sports chiropractic councils as FICS members and working together for common goals.

• FICS members or teams attending national and interna-tional games in all world regions, most notably last year at the London Olympics, most notably this year at the World Games in Cali, Colombia. As examples of individual efforts by ExCo members, Dr Marcelo Botelho of Brazil has recently served at the World Judo Team Championships in Salvador, Brazil and Dr Dale Richardson of Australia continues on the PGA Tour with several of the world’s top 20 golfers. FICS is preparing teams for World DanceSport Championships in Taiwan and TWIF European Championships in tug-of-war in the Netherlands both in September.

• Continued outstanding work by so many volunteers. No one does more for FICS than Dr Sheila Wilson, President, and Dr Tim Stark, Co-Chair, FICS Education Commission. Tim is strongly supported by Dr Rikke Craven, the other Co-Chair of the Education Commission, who is to be honored for her continuing and many years of service to FICS at the Durban Assembly.

CMCC. Currently he practices at CMCC’s South Riverdale Chiropractic Clinic and at the Multi-disciplinary Achieva Health in Toronto.

I know you will join me in welcoming these experienced and outstanding leaders to the FICS ExCo. Dr Charmaine Kor-poraal of South Africa, formerly representing Africa, and Dr GaeryBarberyofAustralia,formerlyrepresentingthePacific,continue on the ExCo in their respective Executive positions of Secretary and Vice-President. The three individuals being recommended by the ExCo to the Assembly as Members at Large are Dr John Downes and Dr Dale Richardson, mem-bers of the last ExCo, and Dr Philippe Roulet of Switzerland, Chair of the FICS Communications Commission.

Brian Nook moves to APCEIn February Dr Brian Nook, Chair of the FICS International Federations Com-mission and until last December, Dean, School of Chiropractic and Sports Sci-ence, Murdoch University in Perth, took up the position of Head of College at the Australian College of Physical Educa-tion (ACPE ) in Sydney.

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Communications Commission (ComCo)Philippe Roulet DC, Chair

Responsible for FICS having effective communication within FICS, within the chiropractic profession and externally with stakeholders in the sports world.Main achievements for 2012 were the continued high quality of the FICS News, published quarterly, and getting our FICS internal communications website COM-

FICS at www.fics-sport.org up and running. A special thank you to Christina Davis and Dr Julie Scarano who are assisting in the roll out of the website.

Priorities for this website in 2013 are deciding on both access and action levels for our various categories of members, and then marketing the website to everyone in our organization. We need to have everyone in FICS using the website and having it at top-of-mind every time they have a meeting, every time they write a report, publish guidelines etc. Only then will the COMFICSwebsitedeliveritsfullpotentialbenefitstoFICS.

All necessary decisions should be made by the time of the ExCo Meeting and Assembly in Durban in April.

Commission Members:Given on pages 7 and 8 of this FICS News.

Education Commission (EDUCo)Tim Stark, DC and Rikke Craven, DC, Chairs

Responsible for educational programs pro-vided by FICS, liaising with FICS members and others concerning their programs, and assisting in the development of minimum international standards for sports chiro-practic education programs to define and assist the future of the specialty of sports chiropractic.Hands-on ICSSD seminars offered during 2012 were:

• February Israel• July New Zealand• September Denmark• October Switzerland

Additionally a full ICSSD program was offered in Brazil in partnership with New York Chiropractic College (NYCC).

Our calendar for 2013 includes seminars in France (full program), the UK (May), USA (September – at the time of the ACA Sports Council Symposium and offering advanced standingtothosealreadyholdingaCCSPqualification),NewZealand (September), and Switzerland (October).

Participation in the didactic online part of the ICSSD pro-gram (eLS) continues to grow:

FICs CoMMIssIon reportsthese are edIted, suMMary versIons oF CoMMIssIon reports reCeIved In January For the year to deCeMBer 31, 2012.

Year Total Participation eLS Completions (past/current students) (current year)2011 - 52012 52 112013 78 3 – January 31

Spanish testing on the eLS;2011 32012 8A 10-hour advanced standing program for those already holding the US-based Certified Chiropractic Sports Physi-cian(CCSP)qualificationwasdevelopedbytheEduCoandapproved by the ExCo and will be launched in September 2013. A further goal, now to be achieved in 2013, is develop-ment of additional learning content for the eLS program, giv-ing sports chiropractors with an ICSSD further post-graduate learning opportunities.

We wish to thank the members of the EduCo and all the FICS staff, especially Khalid Salim who handles all registrations for ICSSD seminars, for their support during the year.


Ethics Commission (ETHCo)Carla How DC (UK), Susan Bromley DC (USA), Co-Chairs

Responsible for matters relative to ethics including the FICS Code of Ethics and FICS Code of Ethics at Games.FICS carries out the principles of good governance, but they need to be set down and applied in a rigorous and transparent way. As reported last year the ETHCo is working through the extensive task of providing appropriate governance docu-mentation – acceptable within FICS and to others working with our organization.

Main governance documents produced in 2012 related to the Executive Council (re-sponsibilities and ethical standards) and the President (key roles and responsibilities).


Finance Commission (FINCo)Peter Garbutt DC, Chair – from July 2012Christopher Wegelin DC, Chair – to July 2012Responsible for directing and monitoring all aspects of FICS Finances.

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July 2012 saw the resignation of Dr Chris Wegelin as Chair, as well as Dr Sherri LaShomb as a general member. As the incoming chair, I would like to thank Chris and Sherri for their substantial con-tributions and to Chris for his help with hand-over.

The two largest sources of income for FICS are the sponsorship program and the ICSSD program. Both programs are under active review by the FINCo. On sponsor-ship, a review paper has been tabled for discussion at the next FICS ExCo meeting. It is felt that, whilst we currently have a group of generous and committed sponsors, it is worth estab-lishing more and improved ways of servicing these sponsors and in doing so, developing a strong platform to attract more. Sports chiropractic through FICS is a strong brand and lever-aged correctly should provide great sponsorship value and benefittobothFICSanditsfinancialcontributors.

With respect to the ICSSD program, the FINCo is reviewing operationalandfinancialaspectsonly.Thisistimelygivenadeficitinthe2012financialyearlargelyduetoashortfallinincome from the ICSSD courses from that budgeted. It is ex-pectedthatthereviewwillresultinclearerprocessesandfi-nancial outcomes in relation to the ICSSD hands-on courses.

Goals for 2013 include working with the ExCo to put in place recommendations concerning sponsorship and the ICSSD programs, and close management of revenue and expenses to deliver a budget surplus.


Games Commission (GAMCo)Tim Ray DC, Chair

Responsible for promoting the use of chiro-practic healthcare services by participants at FICS sanctioned games at the national, international, World Olympic levels.During 2012 there was participation of FICS teams at games events organized by international federations for Ju-Jitsu (European Challenge Cup, October 2012,

Bucharest), Karate (21st World Senior Challenge, November 2012, Paris), and Tug-Of-War (European and World Cham-pionships, February 2012, Perth, Scotland and September 2012, Appenzell, Switzerland). Contracts were prepared for events in 2013 including the European Outdoor Tug-Of-War Championships (Assen, Netherlands, September 19-22) and the WDSF DanceSport Games, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Septem-ber 14-21). These games opportunities, for which Interna-tional Federations typically request 1-3 doctors per venue, arenotifiedatthewebsiteandtolocalandregionalNCSCs.Sports chiropractors can participate if they hold an ICSSD and are FICS members. Applications are received from me at the email address given at www.fics-online.org/portal.

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Multi-sport, multi-national games such as the World Games, second only to the Olympics in size, are more complex. Much work has been devoted to preparation for the World Games to be held in Cali, Colombia, July 25 – Aug 4, 2013. FICS received 45 applications from 18 countries for the Games and will have a team of approximately 35.

There is a blinded selection process (as to name, race, na-tionality, gender, origin of education and professional asso-ciation) and main criteria are level of post-graduate sports chiropractic education, ongoing on-field experience at thelocal, national and international levels, and participation in related volunteer activities. The IWGA is now reviewing and approving the proposed team, which will then be announced.


Research Commission (RESCo)Stephen Perle, DC, Chair

Responsible for promoting research and the evidence basis for sports chiropractic.To promote much needed sports chiroprac-tic research a principal focus of the RESCo during 2012 was preparation for the FICS Symposium to be held in Durban, South Africa on April 10 – including the original research competition and presentations.

Preparations included establishing funding for prizes, gener-ously provided by Life University ($10,000), arrangements for publication of winning papers in the online journal Chiro-practic and Manual Therapies, developing a call for abstracts and then judging the submissions received. The six original research submissions chosen for platform presentation are:

• The Immediate Effect of Sham Laser and Three Dif-ferent Spinal Manipulative Protocols on Kicking Speed in Soccer PlayersKyle Deutschmann, South Africa

• A Survey of Mental Hardiness and Mental Toughness in Professional Male football PlayersRainer Wieser, Haymo Thiel, UK

• The Effects of Instrument-Assisted Soft-Tissue Mo-bilization (IASTM) and Sham Microcurrent Therapy (MT) on Hamstring Flexibility When Performed on the Plantar Fascia of Healthy Subjects: A Pilot StudyGlen M. Harris, Sana Tahir, Avesh Rakkar, Michelle Kang, Canada

• Hand-held Dynamometry Correlation With the Gold Standard Isokinetic Dynamometry: A Systematic ReviewTim Stark, USA, Bruce Walker, Australia, Jacqueline K. Phillips, Australia, Rene Fejer, Denmark

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• The Combined Effect of Creatine and Sodium Bicar-bonate Supplimentation on Blood Lactate and An-aerobic Power in Young Taekwondo PlayersMohsen Kazemi, Canada, Seyed Ablollah Hashemvarzi, Iran, Zia Fallah Mohammadi, Iran

• The Role of and Relationship between Hamstring and Quadriceps Muscle Myofascial Trigger Points in Patients with Patellofemoral Pain SyndromeLouise Smith, Brian Kruger, Charmaine Maria Korpo-raal, South Africa

I wish to acknowledge and thank the members of the RESCo fortheirsupportinourdevelopmentofFICS’firsttrueorigi-nal research competition. We have much more to do but this has been an excellent start.


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WOSP Commission (WOSPCo)Angela Salcedo, DC, Chair

Responsible for promoting good relation-ships with current and past Olympians, partly through implementing the Olympi-ans Scholarship Program (OSP).The World Olympians Scholarship Pro-gram Commission, formerly the World Olympians Association Commission, did not renew its MOU with the WOA in

2012 and is currently focusing on its scholarship program. Under this program participating chiropractic educational in-stitutions offer scholarships to eligible Olympians to study chiropractic.

The WOSP Commission is currently preparing OSP bro-chures/marketing materials and featured material on current scholars that will be placed at the FICS website and in the FICS News.


ICSSD – Head Injury UpdateThe documents given below are available to all, not just those enrolled in the ICSSD program.The FICS Education Commission has just updated the eLS (electronic Learning System) with current docu-ments on the topic of Head Injury in Sport. At your con-venience, please download these documents;

2012 Zurich International Consensus on Concussion,SCAT 3,Child SCAT 3,Concussion Recognition Tool (CRT).

Follow these instructions for easy access:

1. Click on this link; http://education.fics-sport.org/login/index.php

2. Register if you have not already done so to gain ac-cess to the home page.

3. Log in

4. Under the “Main Menu” click on “DownloadDocuments”

5. Clickon“HeadInjuriesinSport”

6. Download the 4 documents

7. Read the 4 documents and continue being the best Int’l Sports Chiropractor you can be!

8. Share the CRT with your coaches, team administra-tors, etc.

All the best in Sports and Health,

Tim Stark, Co Chair, FICS Education Commission

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AustraliaAn Olympian at Palmer WestMelissa Hoar, who represented Australia in Skeleton at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, is now an 8th quarter chi-

ropractic student at Palmer College, West Campus under the World Olympic Scholarship Program, run by the FICS WOSP Commission chaired by Dr Angela Salcedo.An outstanding all-around ath-lete, Melissa was a two-time world champion in surf lifesaving, is a past member of the Australian Universi-ties Women’s Soccer team, and was a silver medalist at the National Track and Field Championships as a high school athlete. Here is an edited ar-ticle Melissa has submitted to the FICS News.As an athlete I have had exposure to all kinds of treatments for injury and injury prevention. I have had surgeries, injec-tions, prescription medications, NSAIDS, and all forms of physical medicine, including but not limited to chiropractic care, taping, physiotherapy, ultrasound, laser and light thera-py, instrument assisted manual therapy, and soft-tissue treat-ments of all kinds.

In all my experience with these treatment methods the one that has had the greatest impact on me as an athlete has been chiropractic care. This began in 2007 when I suffered a Grade 3 tear through my hamstring, and, typical of an athlete, rushed my rehabilitation and returned to competition too soon. I de-veloped a worsening tendon injury at my hamstring origin.

This injury became so bad I could hardly walk. I could not sit, climb stairs, walk up hills, tie my shoes, or even dress with-out experiencing pain. I had an MRI and was told I would never recover without a full tendon reconstruction.

I chose to delay the surgery, and, as a last effort to avoid it, saw a chiropractor.

Slowly but surely my pain began to subside to a point where I was able to jog, then to sprint and lift weights, and then to

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BrazilThis is an exciting time for sports and sports chiropractic in Brazil, with the FIFA Soccer World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Summer Olympics being held in Rio de Janeiro.

As in several other countries Brazil’s sports chiropractic or-ganization has recently moved to become part of the Brazil-ian Chiropractors’ Association and is now known as Asso-ciação de Quiropraxia Esportiva (ABQ Sport). This has been done to comply with Brazilian regulations and laws.

Members of ABQ Sport are active in many parts of the country with various teams and events. Dr Stephanie Steigleder pro-vides weekly care to 15 members of the senior team of the ten-nis club in her home town of Novo Hamburgo and works at ten-nis competitions in her home state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS). In Porto Alegre, capital of RS, Dr Ruschelli Pereira serves at re-gional and international events for sailing, a very popular sport

reach full recovery. I have just come back from a full season of competition, pain free, and with full mobility through my hamstring, in a sport that places more strain on backs and hamstrings than just about any other - skeleton. This requires you to sprint, bent forward pushing a sled.

I chose chiropractic school because of my experience with chiropractic and the principle behind chiropractic care - to work with manual and natural methods with the body and its innate healing mechanisms. However this would not have been possible for me without the Olympian Scholarship Pro-gram and I am extremely grateful for that. I am encouraging fellow Olympians to utilize this program and this amazing educational opportunity.

Training and studying is a full time and challenging schedule as I take time to train and compete for the upcoming 2014 Win-ter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The class I began school with is now entering its 11th quarter; I am entering the 8th quarter. However I am pursuing my dreams in sport and chiropractic and I am passionate about both. When I graduate I would like to give back to athletes and sports teams so that they discover the amazing potential of regular chiropractic treatment.

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inBrazil.HerfirsteventfortheInternationalSailingFederationwas the ISAF Nations Cup in Porto Alegre in 2009.

In the north of Brazil in Salvador last October Dr Marcelo Botelho served at the World Judo Team Championships fea-turing elite judokas from throughout the world. The martial arts, and judo in particular, are also very popular in Brazil which took 3rd place in the championships. Winner for the firsttimewastheRussianFederation.

Dr Marcelo Botelho at the World Judo Team Championships in Sal-vador, Brazil last October.

Dr Ruschelli Pereira.

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CanadaThe Royal College of Chiropractic Sports Sciences (Canada) (RCCSS) newsletter for members titled The Sport Report is published four times annually.

The article below is reprinted from the Winter 2013 issue.

ICE JAM 2013HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA

The inaugural Ice Jam Major Midge Hockey Tournament was held January 9 - 13, 2013 at the BMO Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The RCCSS(C) and the chiropractic profession were well represented as the Organizing Committee had en-listed the assistance of Dr. Brian Seaman to serve as the Chair of Medical Services for the event.

Dr. Seaman’s past experience in-cludes four (4) Winter Olympic Games as well as being the Chair of Medical Services for the 2011 Canada Winter Games. Joining Dr. Seaman on the Medical Committee were Dr. Tina Atkinson (Chief Medi-cal Officer) and Laura Lundquist(Chief Therapist). Host Medical Team volunteers from the area in-cluded physicians (2), chiropractors (5), physiotherapists (4), dentists (2) and massage therapists (4). In addition to Dr. Seaman and Dr. Eric Helson, there were three residents: Dr. Chuck Dauphinee, Dr. Matt Cochran and Dr. Warren Hefford.

As part of the planning, the Host Medical Committee ascer-tained if a ‘trainer’ would be accompanying each team and if so,whatwere thequalificationsof each individual.Thisassisted Host Medical Services in determining coverage for each game. All 18 of the participating teams were advised of the protocols of the tournament as established by the Host Medical Committee.

These included the current concussion guidelines (Zurich 2008). Given the importance of properly assessing for con-cussions, each team was provided with a laminated SCAT2 concussion card as part of their registration package.

A medical assessment area was set up for the tournament. In total there were 35 players who were assessed and/or treated in the medical area for a total of 44 visits. The summary of the injuries is as follows:

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• Lacerations (requiring sutures) – Five (5) players re-quiring seven (7) visits.

• Abrasions – Three (3).

• Concussions – Four (4) of the seven (7) individuals evaluatedhadconcussionsconfirmed.Oneoftheseindividu-als, who was rendered unconscious as a result of an on-ice hit (12/01/13), was immobilized on a spine board and trans-ported to the QEII Emergency Department (HI Site) via EHS.

• Contusions (bruising) – Six (6). Two (2) of these play-ers were also sent for x-rays to rule out fractures (hand and foot); in both instances x-rays were negative.

• Ligamentous sprains/muscular strains –Thirteen (13).

• “Stinger” – One.

Feedback from the teams, players and parents has been very positive with respect to the manner in which Host Medical Services were established for the inaugural East Coast Ice Jam. These comments included a quote from Geoff Newton, Chair of the Organizing Committee:

“Dr. Seaman and his staff are world class as Dr. Seaman himself worked the Vancouver Olympics so I am very lucky to have his involvement at the tournament. I look forward to next year and hope to provide the same level of service!”

IsraelFrom July 17 -30, 2013 the 19th Macca-bi Games, an event held every four years and known as the Jewish Olympics, will be staged in Israel. This will be the larg-

est of the Games to date with organizers estimating up to 8,000 participants from more than 50 countries.

For the third time (2005, 2009, 2013) the Israeli Chiropractic Sports Council (ICSC), led by Drs Richard Gakner and Gilon Gobrin, are coor-dinators of the chiropractic services which will be an integral part of the overall medical team. The Maccabi Games directorship is fully support-iveandthisisthefirstGameswherefinancialsupporthasbeenallocatedfor chiropractic services.

There will be approximately 18 chi-ropractors working the Games, with more overseas participants than in the past. These include Brian Laiderman DC, MSc and Jeff Lewin DC, CCSP from the USA and Claudio Merkier DC, CCEP, ICSSD, Pg Cert (Sports) MCC from the UK. Others, newly arrived in Israel, are Rudy Aaron DC from France and Roy Sery DC, MBA, ICSSD from South Africa.

Dr Laney Nelson (left) and Dr Richard Gakner at the Maccabi vil-lage in 2009.

(From left) An athlete with Dr Gakner, Dr Nelson and Dr Gilon Gobrin.

Dr Sara Mathov

Drs Gobrin and Gakner with signage.

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Dr Sara Mathov DC, DACBR, ATC from the Department of Exercise & Sports Science, University of Western States, Portland, Oregon will be leading a group of her Masters pro-gram interns who will gain outstanding practical experience as they provide support services for the chiropractic team.

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Submitted by: Richard Gakner DC, MSc, ICSSD.

TaiwanThe World DanceSport Federation has asked FICS to provide a team of sports chiropractors for the WDSF World Championships to be held in Kaohsi-

ung, Taiwan from September 14-21, 2013, when 800 athletes will compete in the various divisions – standard, latin, show dance, hip-hop, salsa, rock and roll, etc.

The FICS team will comprise 3–4 experienced sports chiroprac-tors and one will be Dr Hung-Chan Huang of Kaohsiung, bet-ter known to her FICS colleagues as Jackie. Dr Huang, a 1999 graduate of Palmer West, has maintained a successful private practice in Kaohsiung since 2000. She was a member of the FICS team that served the 2009 World Games in Kaohsiung.

Jackie, whose own main sport has been taekwondo, devotes muchofherpracticetosportschiropracticinanofficethathas a variety of adjusting tables and a good selection of rehab equipment, both high-tech and low-tech.

USASUPER BOWL XLVIIBiggest sporting event of the year in the USA is the Super Bowl. On Sunday, Feb-ruary 3 the Baltimore Ravens (team chi-

ropractor Dr Alan Sokoloff) defeated the San Francisco 49ers (team chiropractors Dr Jody Serra and Dr Nick Athens).Two weeks before the Ravens had beaten the New England Patriots (team chiropractor Dr Michael Miller) to get to

the Super Bowl. Reprinted below are two articles from com-munity online newspapers. First, a January 26 article titled Palmergradstacklesportschiropracticfield by Deborah Cir-celli for the Daytona Beach – Journal.When the New England Patriots lost their chance last weekend to go to the Super Bowl, Michael Miller was on the sidelines feeling the same disappointment as fellow team members. He’s not one of the coaches or football players. He’s the team’s chiropractor.

Dr. Miller, a graduate of Palmer College of Chiropractic, has been the chiropractic team physician for the Patriots for the past 30 years, working on about 30 to 40 Patriots players beforeeachgameandavailable for specific injuriesduringthe game. He has been to seven Super Bowls with the team and has three Super Bowl rings and four championship rings. “Youstarttofeellikeyouareapartofthefixturethere.Theteam is very tight knit. When you are with the team and they haverespectforyou,youareallone,”saidMiller,58,agrad-uate from Palmer’s Iowa campus.

Sports chiropractic care has become a growing part of the profession.MillersaidhewasthefirstchiropractorforaNa-tional Football League team 30 years ago and now every team in the NFL has at least one chiropractor on staff. Locally, doc-tors and student interns with the Palmer Chiropractic campus in Port Orange provide sports chiropractic care. This includes adjustments and other needs for athletes, including tennis players throughout the year at events with the USTA (United States Tennis Association) Florida in Daytona Beach; the Na-tional Collegiate Athletic Association; Daytona Cubs; and the LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association). Palmer’s local campus and its Sports Council provide sports-related health care at about 35 events from running to surfing andmoto-cross. Student interns and physicians provide chiropractic

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For Miller, most of his work is before the game in a separate room in the locker room. “Players get adjustments… they un-derstand the importance of a chiropractor and see how it allows themtoplaylonger.”Duringthegame,incidentsvaryfromhipjoint and cervical spine injuries to shoulder or low-back pain. A few months ago, he worked on three players within 10 minutes during the game for two low-back injuries and one knee injury.

For last weekend’s game, he treated about 30 players beforehand and during the game treated a wide receiver with an ankle injury that required an extremity adjustment. “We went into the AFC Championship game with the intent of winning it. Unfortunately, wewerenotabletoaccomplishtheteam’sgoal,”hesaidTuesday.

Next, here is a January 29 article titled Hunterdon chiroprac-tor heads to New Orleans to ready San Francisco 49ers for Super Bowl XLVII from the Hunterdon County Democrat.A Lebanon, New Jersey chiropractor heads to New Orleans Wednesday to treat the San Francisco 49ers this week ahead of Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday, Feb. 3.

Jody Serra has worked with the 49ers since the days of Joe Montana and Jerry Rice, regularly seeing players for pre-game treatments when they play the Jets, Giants or Eagles.

In 2011, he also treated 49ers players in Washington, D.C., before a Redskins game and ahead of the Thanksgiving Day game against the Ravens in Baltimore. In 2012, Serra traveled with the team to Phoenix for a Monday night game and to St. LouisforagamewiththeRams.HefinishedthepastseasonwithatriptoNewEnglandforafinaltune-upaheadofthegame against the Patriots.

“Most of the team’s starters get adjusted the day before a game,”Serrasaid,“typicallyattheplayer’shotel.”Profession-al athletes in many sports use chiropractic care to help them perform at their peak, according to Serra, whose clients include members of other NFL teams and Major League Baseball play-ers. He’s to treat players on the Golden State Warriors basket-ball team when they play the Knicks in New York next month.

“Theyrealizethebenefitsofhavingtheirbodiesbalancedbe-forecompeting,”Serrasaid.

When the 49ers are home in San Francisco, the players are treated by chiropractor Nick Athens, a colleague and friend of Serra’s from their days at Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa.

In 1990, Athens referred former 49ers running back Roger Craig to Serra when the 49ers were on the road. Craig became Serra’s first professional athlete client and Serra treated him in NewOrleans in 1990, ahead of Super Bowl XXIV against the Bron-cos.“The49ersbeattheBroncos55-10inablowout,”Serrasaid.

Serra and Athens will be working together in New Orleans this week. “They will have their home chiropractor as well as theirroadchiropractor,”Serrasaid.“I’mnotsayingthey’resuperstitious, but they like to keep their routine the same – especiallyifithasproducedwins.”

According to Serra, the 49ers have only lost two of the road games he’s worked in the past two years.

“I love to be involved with these guys and I’m always rooting fortheteamsItreat,”Serrasaid.

“I’llbetornwhenevertheyplaytheGiantsathome,”head-mitted.“OtherwiseI’ma49ersfan.”

San Francisco 49ers offensive lineman Anthony Davis with Dr Jody Serra.

Dr Miller with Patriot’s quarterback Tom Brady.