Chiropractic Webinar Whiplash Overview Part III Clinical Management

Course overview

Hour 1 Point out the probable mechanisms for direct injury to the lower back during motor vehicle collisions. Distinguish between radiculopathy, neuropathy, and sclerogenic referral of extremity pain. Hour 2 Define the parameters for cervical and lumber spine central canal stenosis. Utilize both the Torg/Pavlov and the ratio radiographic methods for assessing cervical spine central canal stenosis. Explain the critical relationship between central canal stenosis and hyperextension spinal injuries. Demonstrate a practical method for the clinical assessment of cervical spine central canal stenosis. Hour 3 Identify differences seen between a blow brain injury and an inertial brain injury. Define the pathoanatomic and patho-biochemistry of injury. Explore the relationship between cervical spine injury and TBI Hour 4 Discuss the concept of how the systemic inflammatory profile affects local injury. List 8 systemic inflammatory factors that should be considered and co-managed on whiplash-injured patients. Hour 5 Discuss the anatomy of the thoracic outlet. Demonstrate a management protocol for thoracic outlet syndrome. Define cervical angina. Demonstrate the single most important test to distinguish cervical angina. Hour 6 Draw the anatomical basis for cervicogenic headache. Integrate cervicogenic headache and the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). Define inertial injury and the TMJ articulation. Demonstrate a practical assessment and management of TMJ injury. Hour 7 Distinguish between a percipient witness and an expert witness. Explain what a subpoena is and what it means to the treating chiropractor. Explain what a deposition is for the treating chiropractor. Summarize the basic rules of a treating expert deposition. Summarize the mechanics of a personal injury trial from the perspective of the treating chiropractor. Hour 8 Demonstrate a typical soft tissue direct examination. Show the two most common drawings to support chiropractic care for soft tissue injuries.