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Convention
“Bruce Walker offered a rather direct, but justifiable, commentary on the benefit of chiropractic education within the matrix of a country’s orthodox tertiary education system, rather than without. There is no doubt that several independent chiropractic education initiatives have produced an excellent product, but there is also no doubt that a tertiary education within a conventionally contrived education system will prevent the development of chiropractic education in wholly unsuitable thrall to cult perspectives, as has far too often happened, mostly in North America.” Australia
“Pathologies of the shoulder girdle have been always my nemesis! I even have my
own personal bitter experience from when I injured my right shoulder 20 years ago and
it has never been the same again. I chose to attend the workshop of Emeritus Professor Olivier Jean Michel Gagey, MD, PhD. All I can say is that I was both impressed and amazed with all the up-to-date and extremely valuable knowledge that he has provided us with,
with regard to identifying the real underlying problems and their solution.”
Greece
“Gagey taught us that the painful cuff is most often due to the subdeltoid bursa, and the shoulder does not need the supraspinatus for full elevation; the deltoid muscle can provide
it alone. The medial deltoid is fibrous tissue. A supraspinatus tear is not a catastrophe. If there is no pain on testing the medial and anterior deltoid, then the problem is not the shoulder. Gagey provided us with ways to diagnose shoulder conditions and instability, and gave us good examples of rehabilitation exercises.
“I would also like to mention Keith Charlton, a chiropractor from Brisbane, who gave his first ever lecture, which was full
of Australian humour, anecdotes and his research escapades.”
UK
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