The door to industry: ACA conference is an overwhelming success

Article Abstract:

On April 7, 1990, a one-day conference sponsored by the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) was held concerning the advantages of using chiropractors as health consultants to industry. Chiropractic care and education have been proven to be beneficial to industry in various ways, especially through the money saved on health care costs and a decrease in lost productivity. Industries are using chiropractic more frequently in developing programs to prevent work-related injuries. Topics of discussion at this conference included worker's compensation cases returning to work as quickly as possible, and the expense to industry from cumulative trauma disorders, such a low back pain and carpal tunnel syndrome. Also, the symptoms and treatment of ''sedentary syndrome,'' which results from working practically motionless for long periods of time, were presented. Corporate speakers were on hand to discuss industry's perspective. Ron Gillespie from ConAgra Frozen Foods, and Kathy Drexel from Banquet Foods, Inc., cited the usefulness to industry of the chiropractor's superior knowledge of body mechanics, and the need for chiropractors to approach industry with prevention plans to help avoid soft tissue injuries that result from poor body motion. There are chiropractors who are currently serving as safety and health advisors to industry, primarily because of the recognition by industry that there is money to be saved through the understanding that the chiropractor brings. Since industry pays the health insurance premiums, they are in the position to influence the type of care that is covered by the benefit packages that they purchase. (Consumer Summary produced by Reliance Medical Information, Inc.)

Methods, Conferences, meetings and seminars, Economic aspects, Prevention, Physiological aspects, Occupational diseases, Occupational health services, Work, Work (Labor), Chiropractic, ConAgra Consumer Frozen Food Co., Banquet Foods Co.

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The benefits of chiropractic involvement

Article Abstract:

The advantages of community service and volunteerism have been extolled by US Presidents and religious leaders alike. It is easy to recognize that successful change and results come about through grassroots mobilization of effort. Doctors of chiropractic are heeding these messages and getting involved within their communities. The benefits to the people being served are obvious, but there are also many benefits to those who volunteer their time and energy. By becoming involved in the community in this way, the chiropractor becomes known and respected by those he comes in contact with, which is both good for him and his profession. This article includes 13 newspaper clippings about the participation of chiropractors in various areas of service, including donating money to victims of the California earthquake and Hurricane Hugo, collecting food and toys for the needy, and providing free chiropractic treatment to volunteers who worked hard during the tornado disaster in Kansas. Chiropractors are also providing free services to the elderly, raising money for the American Heart Association, and providing holiday festivities for battered women and children. (Consumer Summary produced by Reliance Medical Information, Inc.)

Social aspects, Public relations, Chiropractors

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