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Question
What are the therapeutic modalities you use? Where would I, the personal trainer, fit into the chiropractor’s rehabilitation practice?
Phil,
Prior to leaving my practice to enroll in medical school, I used moist heat, ultrasound, and intermittent mechanical traction on patients for whom those modalities were indicated.
The rehabilitation component of my practice involved instructing patients in specific self-care exercise protocols relative to their condition (for example, for disc herniations) to augment their in-office care.
When a patient desired specific or supervised advice regarding exercise, I would generally refer them to a personal trainer.
An in-office personal trainer/chiropractor relationship would be subject to the specific state laws governing scope-of-practice relationships. Depending on the state in which each professional practices, this may not be possible.
I hope that this answers your question.
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Expertise
I can answer questions about musculoskeletal-based, evidence-based chiropractic practice.
Experience
13 years of chiropractic practice; currently practicing in an integrative medicine clinic.
Organizations
West Hartford Group, a think-tank that has put forth a model of chiropractic care that is consistent with that of the World Federation of Chiropractic and the Chiropractic Strategic Planning Conference. This model is of the chiropractic physician as the spinal health care expert within the health care system, i.e. society’s non-surgical spine specialist.
Publications
Chiropractic Products magazine
Education/Credentials
Bachelor of Arts, Fordham University, 1991. Doctor of Chiropractic, New York Chiropractic College, 1997.
Awards and Honors
Fordham University: Scripps Howard Journalism Award. New York Chiropractic College: Clinic Award. University of Sint Eustatius School of Medicine: University Award for participation as student president of the Integrative Medicine Program.
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