Generally Speaking
The TCA Tour of Texas, TCA’s grass-roots initiative to reach out to doctors of chiropractic across the state, will roll into Lubbock this weekend during the 2016 Mid-Winter Conference. The reception will take place from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, in the Horizon Ballroom at the Overton Hotel & Conference Center (2322 Mac Davis Lane, Lubbock, TX 79401). TCA's legislative team will discuss key issues facing the chiropractic profession in Texas. Find out what your state association is doing for you. If you aren't registered for the Mid-Winter Conference and wish to attend the TCA Tour of Texas reception, email info@chirotexas.org. You also may register for Mid-Winter on-site.
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Concussion has become a public health crisis in America. Four to six million people suffer concussions, are often mismanaged and have a very long road to recovery. On Saturday, March 5, TCA hosts a sports chiropractic workshop. DCs are some of the best trained practitioners to deal with this injury. Learn how and why to become the local expert by doing the proper physical exam. Find out what you need to know from sports chiropractor Kelly Ryder, DC, ART, CCSP. Ranked as one of the country’s top experts on concussions, Dr. Ryder has consulted with 13 NFL teams and currently works with more than 500 pro athletes. Time is running out so register now.
Visit http://www.chirotexas.org/sports-chiropractic to view the full article online.
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The Texas Chiropractic Association’s Annual Convention, Chiro Texpo, will take place June 10-12 at the Arlington Convention Center. Doctors of Chiropractors from Texas and surrounding states will converge to Learn, Connect and Grow at the state’s premier wellness conference and exposition – TCA Chiro Texpo ’16. Register online now.
Visit http://www.chirotexas.org/chirotexpo to view the full article online.
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Calendar of Events
Feb. 26-28, 2016 – LUBBOCK, TX, TCA Mid-Winter Conference, Overton Hotel & Conference Center Feb. 27-28, 2016 – DALLAS, TX, Personal Injury – Collum March 3-4, 2016 – BEDFORD, TX, ICD-10 Diagnosis Coding – Kirsch March 5-6, 2016 – ROUND ROCK, TX, ICD10 Diagnosis Coding – Kirsch March 5-6, 2016 – AUSTIN, TX, Becoming Musculoskeletal Specialist – Jangle/NES March 5-6, 2016 – HOUSTON, TX, Personal Injury – Collum March 12-13, 2016 – SAN ANTONIO, TX, Personal Injury – Collum March 19-20, 2016 – DALLAS, TX, Personal Injury – Collum March 19-20, 2016 – BEDFORD / DFW, TX, Myofascial Release Seminar – Amy Kirsch, DC March 19-20, 2016 – DALLAS, TX, Clinical Acupuncture Orthopedics – Mark L. Hanson, DC March 25-26, 206 – SAN ANTONIO, TX, PI Secrets: Understanding Colossus and Defending Minor Impact Soft Tissue Injuries – John Schmidt, DC
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National
President Obama revealed his eighth and final White House budget sketching out plans for spending priorities in fiscal year 2017. These include a $6.98 billion request for the CDC. Almost exactly one-quarter of the president’s $4.1-trillion proposal for the entire government is destined for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Approximately $82.8 billion is marked as discretionary funding for the Department of Health and Human Services, and $33.1 billion to support biomedical research at the National Institutes of Health, and $5.1 billion for the FDA.
Visit http://www.chirotexas.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2109:obama-releases-fy-2017-budget&catid=29:federal-regulation-news&Itemid=176 to view the full article online.
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Chiropractic News
Chronic back pain‘s prevalence and impact have spawned a rapidly expanding range of tests and treatments. Some of these have become widely used for indications that are not well validated, leading to marketing abuses. Recent studies document a 629% increase in Medicare expenditures for epidural steroid injections; a 423% increase in expenditures for opioids for back pain; a 307% increase in the number of lumbar magnetic resonance images among Medicare beneficiaries; and a 220% increase in spinal fusion surgery rates.
Visit http://www.chirotexas.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2088:chronic-back-pain-stats&catid=23:news-information&Itemid=178 to view the full article online.
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A piece of legislation In Wisconsin would create a Primary Spine Care Practitioner (PSCP). It would allow doctors of chiropractic who choose to take extensive education in pharmacology and pharmacotherapy and 500 hours of clinical training to be dually licensed as Doctors of Chiropractic by the Chiropractic Examining Board and as Primary Spine Care Practitioners by the Medical Examining Board. Dual licensure is becoming more common, comparable to how some chiropractors are dually licensed as Doctors of Chiropractic and Physician Assistants, Advanced Practice Nurses or Pharmacists. Only doctors of chiropractic who complete the additional PSCP education would be allowed to obtain PSCP licensure and the ability to council their patients on over the counter medications and prescribe pharmaceuticals. A PSCP may more proactively and conservatively manage over the counter and prescription medications reducing the risk of addiction and may provide the PSCP the opportunity to reduce the medication load of some patients.
Visit http://www.chirotexas.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2139:wisconsin-chiropractic--massage--and-primary-spine-care-practitioners&catid=36:clinical-chiropractic&Itemid=179 to view the full article online.
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