Logan College of Chiropractic recently received a cash contribution in the amount of $10,000 from Foot Levelers, Inc., to fund student scholarships. The announcement of the contribution was made at Logan's homecoming June 17-18, 1993. The donation will be added to Logan's existing Foot Levelers Scholarship Fund.
In a special presentation, Melissa Strong, college liaison representative for Foot Levelers, presented the check to George Goodman, DC, president of Logan. "A college's greatest assets are the students who attend and graduate," said Ms. Strong. "We are proud of the quality of students graduating from Logan, and we at Foot Levelers feel there is no better investment than supporting the chiropractors of the future."
Commenting on the gift to Logan, Kent S. Greenawalt, president of Foot Levelers, Inc., said, "There are many facets to creating a college environment that attracts and keeps high achievers in the profession. One is the financial security to allow a student to devote his or her full attention to studies. Through our scholarship program, Foot Levelers tries to provide assistance and thereby help the college and the accomplishing students."
At the homecoming, the 1993 Foot Levelers Scholarship Award was presented to Ms. Kelly Peterson, a sixth trimester Logan student.
Edel Diaz, DC, CCSP, a clinician at National College of Chiropractic (NCC), and NCC alumni Frank DiIorio and Steve Segal were the primary care physicians for the Women's Pro Volleyball Association (WPVA) during the first stop of the tour in San Juan, Puerto Rico in April. The doctors treated most of the 32 athletes, including the winners of the tournament, Karolyn Kirby and Liz Masakayan. This is only the second time that chiropractic sports physicians have participated in a sporting event as primary care doctors in Puerto Rico, and it was the first time it was promoted by the local newspapers and TV. The final game was broadcast worldwide on ESPN.
Dr. Diaz, originally from Puerto Rico, held discussions with the medical director of the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee about the possibility of including a chiropractic physician as part of the Puerto Rican Medical Team for the Pan Am Games in 1995 and the Olympics in Atlanta in 1996.
Northwestern College of Chiropractic (NWCC) recently hosted a visit from Minnesota Congressman Jim Ramstad, who represents the district where the college is located. Student leaders from the Student American Chiropractic Association (SACA) were involved in coordinating the visit. Rep. Ramstad was given a tour of the campus labs, classrooms, research area, and patient care clinic by Dr. John F. Allenburg, NWCC president, along with Dr. Kuusisto and student leaders.
"The purpose of this visit was to further inform an important member of Congress about the scope of chiropractic care, and to provide a better understanding of the education of a doctor of chiropractic by seeing it first hand on our campus," said Dr. Kuusisto, dean of student affairs.
After his tour, Rep. Ramstad spoke to more than 100 students, faculty, and staff and fielded several questions from the audience. In support of the chiropractic profession in conjunction with national health care, the Congressman said, "The bottom line is that patients should have freedom of choice in choosing their health care. And that means that the new health care system should not exclude chiropractic care."
Rep. Ramstad served three terms in the Minnesota State Senate, and was assistant minority leader being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1990. He was reelected in 1992 for a second two-year term.
During the 1993 National Taekwondo Championship Tournament in St. Paul, Minnesota May 27-29, chiropractors proved to be an integral part of the medical team. Tim Wakefield, DC, heading up the tournament's medical team which included 25 chiropractors, three MDs, and one nurse. The event featured over 1000 competitors representing almost every state in the U.S. Both Northwestern College of Chiropractic and the Minnesota State Chiropractic Board lent their support and cooperation to allow DCs from other states to practice within Minnesota. As opposed to 500 cases sent to the emergency room in 1992, only 10 were sent in 1993. New to the annual tournament was a the treatment area providing competitors with the opportunity to receive treatment before, between, and after rounds of competition. For more information on future championships contact Dr. Wakefield at 500 Birch Street, P.O. Box 189, Park Falls, WI 54552, tele: (715) 762-2950.
Many relevant diagnostic signs are not performed deliberately by the examiner or by the patient at the examiner’s direction. They are observed as the patient reacts to their condition. Fortin’s finger sign, Minor’s sign, and Vanzetti’s sign are three examples of this principle.
On Feb. 1, 2024, two more legislators – John R. Carter (R-Texas) and Robert “Bob” Good (R-Va.) – co-sponsored the Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2023, bringing the co-sponsor total to 155, two more than the total achieved over the entire two-year congressional cycle in which identical legislation last appeared (2021-22).
While working at the Lovelace Medical Center in Albuquerque, N.M., one of the primary care physicians stated that imaging every patient prior to receiving chiropractic was not medically necessary. It was at that point I reconsidered the need for the imaging of every patient to avoid malpractice.
