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Primal Pictures 3D anatomy software – an invaluable addition to your chiropractic practice.
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(London, England) An absolutely incredible database of the anatomy of the human body, including the Spine in 3D.
A highly detailed, comprehensive anatomy resource and image library .
Educate your patients to the benefits of chiropractic care and improve patient-chiropractor consultations.
You can use it to show your patients exactly where their problem is by removing away layers of muscles to show them
exactly what is wrong.
Add a new dimension to your presentations and lectures.
You can also use the CD and its large database of images, dissections and video clips to visually enhance your
presentations.
“WOW that is awesome. I need time to play with it, but it will really help me in my teaching and lectures.
Class act I must say. Outstanding job. I'd be happy to give a solid testimony for you.”
Thomas C. Donahue DC, MS, CCSP, CDE1, CICE, CIFCME, DABFP
Chiropractic Sports Medicine
I have previewed your software program and think it is a tremendous tool that all should have.
Michael Barry, DC, DACBR
We have negotiated a special discount for its members for the Interactive Spine Cd-Rom Chiropractic Edition (Usually $299)
Special price of $199
This is available by phoning Toll free to 800 716 2475 and quoting Chirocredit4 or online at www.primalpictures.com type
in chirocredit4 in the discount box.
Here is a sample of what the program looks like. Click anywhere on the image to go to the primal website:
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Article Abstract: Lost productive time and cost due
to common pain conditions in the US workforce |
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Common pain conditions appear to have an adverse effect on work, but no comprehensive estimates exist on the amount of productive time lost in the US workforce due to pain. The authors measured lost productive time (absence and reduced performance due to common pain conditions) during a 2-week period. Participants were a random sample of 28902 working adults in the United States. The main outcome measure was lost productive time due to common pain conditions (arthritis, back, headache, and other musculoskeletal) expressed in hours per worker per week and calculated in US dollars.
Thirteen percent of the total workforce experienced a loss in productive time during a 2-week period due to a common pain condition. Headache was the most common (5.4%) pain condition resulting in lost productive time. It was followed by back pain (3.2%), arthritis pain (2.0%), and other mosculoskeletal pain. (2.0%). Lost productive time from common pain conditions among active workers costs an estimated $61.2 billion per year. The majority (76.6%) of the lost productive time was explained by reduced performance while at work and not work absence.
Source: Stewart WF, Ricci JA, Chee E, Morganstein D, Lipton R
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 290 (18): 2443-2454 NOV 12 2003
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| Online CE spotlight: Functional Capacity Evaluation 101 |
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(ChiroWire) Here is an except of what you will learn by taking FCE 101, an online continuing education course on
www.chirocredit.com authored by Ted Arkfeld, DC, DABFE:
Functional Capacity Evaluations (FCE’s) can be traced back to the 1920’s. Occupational therapists developed the concepts and work programs in order to rehabilitate returning World War 1 veterans. In its infancy, the field concentrated on social and vocational models, but gradually the direction moved to medical applications. Work hardening, conditioning and rehabilitation became the focus, and with them brought the modern day Functional Capacity Evaluation, or commonly known as the FCE.
Throughout the years, FCE’s have undergone many facelifts in both terminology and applications. Various terms such as, Work Capacity Evaluation (WCE), Physical Capacity Evaluation (PCE), and Work Ability Assessment (WAA) have all been utilized. The FCE has had many applications ranging from Isokinetic tests, to onsite and clinical job simulation tasks. No matter what the terminology or methodology, the FCE is currently the most objective tool the practicing Chiropractor has to determine a person’s fitness for duty, return to work status, and determination of physical activities of daily living.
How do you currently ascertain when a patient is ready to resume work status? How do you know when they are capable of resuming their normal activities of daily living? With FCE’s you can measure a patient’s ability to perform work performance, while minimizing the risks of a re-injury. Would you like to know their physical performance parameters in lifting weights, grasping objects, and the performance of work tasks? Again, FCE’s are the answer.
Please visit www.chirocredit.com where you can register for free and take your first hour of online continuing education
for free.
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