This course is an overview and introduction to research from the past two decades regarding chiropractic subluxations. Dr. Haavik explains how a chiropractic adjustment works from a neurophysiological perspective. She will also discuss what we know so far about what happens in your brain when a chiropractor adjusts your spine.
Module 1 Outline
- Introduction to patient-focused, evidence-informed chiropractic care
- The three pillars of evidence-based practice
- How to communicate chiropractic with the public
- QUIZ
Module 2 Outline
- What science is and does
- How to view an individual research study as one small piece of a larger puzzle picture
- The MOPI model of the subluxation and the lack of research evidence supporting this model
- QUIZ
Module 3 Outline
- Introduction to the bio-neuro-plasticity model
- What neuroplasticity is adn how it can be a positve and negative thing for us
- How the brain creates its own inner reality
- How the brain creates maps about various experiences
QUIZ
Module 4 Outline
- What can happen when the brain gets conflicting sensory information
- Definition of a chiropractic subluxation according to the neuroplasticity model
- Closer look at how the brain creates its own virtual reality
- QUIZ
Module 5 Outline
- How emotional stress and injury to the spine can affect small muscles closest to the spine and skull
- How emotional stress and injury to the spine can affect the brain
- How even mild recurring spinal ache pain and tension
QUIZ
Module 6 Outline
- Neurophysiological effects of the adjustment
- Scientific evidence of the neurophysiological effects of a high-velocity, low-amplitude thrust at the spine
- Motor control
- Scientific evidence about the motor control changes following spinal manipulation
- QUIZ
Module 7 Outline
- Brain changes following chiropracttic adjustments
- How to explain the effects of an adjustment to the public
- Using the dark corridor analogy to explain the effects of adjusting a subluxation
- The complexity of how the brain controls spinal movement
- QUIZ
Module 8 Outline
- The effects of stress and traumatic experiences on the brain and health
- Types of stress
- Ill effects of long-term stress on the body
- How traumatic experiences can change the brain from that day onwards and the importance
- QUIZ
Module 9 Outline
- Overview over maladaptive and positive adaptive neuroplastic changes
- Why the explanation you tell your patients and the public about chiropractic care matters
- The different roles of the prefrontal cortex
- QUIZ
Module 10 Outline
- Impact of negative stress on the brain and body
- Discussion of physical, psychological, and social stressors
- Maladaptive neuroplasticity model
- QUIZ
Module 11 Outline
- Chiropractic subluxation as one of many stressors leading to changes in CNS
- Rersearch review of article on neuroplasticity education and patient outcomes
- Prefrontal cortex and executive functions of the brain
- Neuroplasticity model and chiropractic
- QUIZ
Speaker(s)/Author(s)
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Heidi Haavik, B.Sc., Ph.D. |
Each module contains a video presentation and a short quiz. You must view the video prior to taking the quiz.
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