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Sponsored by the ICA Council on Fitness & Sports Health Science
Offered through Select Chiropractic College Continuing Education Programs

Become a Leader in Fitness, Exercise, and Chiropractic in your Community!
Become a Certified Sports and Fitness Chiropractor (C.S.F.C)!

Serve as an effective community advocate for chiropractic care with the latest information on techniques, resources, and strategies in the fields of fitness, sports and injury prevention.  Expand your practice with Confidence into the areas of exercise and sports through updated clinical knowledge and applied chiropractic principles in fitness, sports and rehabilitation with individual patients and community athletic programs.

This is a comprehensive Certification Program in Exercise, Fitness and Prevention for the Doctor of Chiropractic, providing the latest information, techniques, resources and strategies in the fields of fitness and sports health science. The seminars bring practical information from leaders in fitness, exercise, and sports with emphasis on chiropractic care in relation to the Vertebral Subluxation Complex. The curriculum for this first level of certification leads to qualification for examination to receive the designation of Certified Sports and Fitness Chiropractor (CSFC). The 9 weekends are also individually offered for relicensure.  The modules are designed so the program can be attended out of sequence over a three-year period and still qualify for the Certification Examination.   Students can attend and recieve credit towards Certification!  Attendees can start the program at different times of year!

Certification is open to all doctors of chiropractic. Membership in the ICA's Council on Fitness & Sports Health Science provides many membership benefits and discounts and is required for the Certification Examination, but is not required for attendance at seminars. Chiropractic students who have completed two academic years of chiropractic college may attend the first four modules with full credit towards completing certification requirements upon graduation.

1999 / 2000 Certification Program Calendar
Highlights & Dates of Seminar Modules

Basic Certification Level of Certified Sports & Fitness Chiropractor (C.S.F.C.)

West Coast (W) programs are presented at Cleveland College - LA Campus in
Los Angeles, CA

To Be Announced

I.   Intro. to Fitness, Wellness & Prevention Strategies in
    Chiropractic

Instructors:
Coralee Van Egmond, DC & Sylvain Guimond, MA (E); Jeanne Nichols, PhD (W)
Chiropractic Wellness and Prevention in Public Health; Legal Implications of Exercise advice; Practical Exercise Physiology for the Chiropractor
To Be Announced II.  Exercise and Fitness in the Chiropractic Practice
Instructors:
John Bucklar, DC &
Sylvain Guimond, MA (E); Jeanne Nichols, PhD (W)
Evaluating Fitness Stress and Needs of the Patient; Pre-Sports Evaluations/Examinations; Contraindications to Exercise Programs; Applying Fitness Assessments and Clinical Findings to Advice and Exercise Prescriptions; Prevention of Sports-Related Injuries
To Be Announced III.  Performance Biomechanics in Fitness, Sports and
       Exercise 
Instructors:
John Downes, DC &
Jeff Lander, PhD (E/W)
Anatomical Lever Systems & Movement in the Spine/Extremities; Evaluating Impact of Exercise on Spinal Structure; Ergonomics of Sports Activities; Myo-Kinesiopathology Components of the Subluxation Complex; Spinal Impact on Sports Technique and Performance
To Be Announced IV.  Training Strategies and Goals for Doctor and Patient
Instructors:
John Bucklar, DC &
Bill Pearl, Bodybuilding Champion (E/W)
Patient Health & Fitness Parameters in Practice; Strength & Aerobic Conditioning Strategies; Training; Training Safety & Technique
To Be Announced
V.  Chiropractic Leadership in Sports & Community
       Health Ed
Instructors:
Steven Collins, DC &
Coralee Van Egmond, DC (E/W)
Principles & Practice of Public & Patient Ed and Clinical & Media Communications; Clinical Coverage for Community Events
To Be Announced VI.   Athletic Performance Enhancement 
Instructors:
Thomas Deters, DC &
Coralee Van Egmond, DC (E);
Richard Vahl, DC (W)
Implications of the Subluxation Complex on Sports Performance; Training Programs, Procedures and Schedules for Performance Enhancement; Psychology of Sports Performance; Performance Nutrition; Substance Abuse in Sports and Training.
To Be Announced VII.  Role of Chiropractic in Exercise Needs in Women &
        Children
Instructors:
Patricia Felder, DC & Coralee Van Egmond, DC (E/W)
Training & Exercise Strategies, Clinical and Nutritional Concerns for Female Exercisers; Pre-Natal Concerns; Children's Exercise Issues
To Be Announced VIII.  Assessing & Addressing NMS Implications of Injuries
          on Athletics
John Downes, DC & Peter Gratale, DC (E/W) VSC & Athletic Pathophysiology; Mechanisms of Injury; Vertebrogenic Clinical Concerns; Sports-Specific/Patient-Specific Clinical Care
To Be Announced IX.  Practical Rehabilitation Strategies for the Chiropractic Office
John Bucklar, DC (E) &
Richard Vahl, DC (W)
Principles & Practice Rehab in Exercise; Clinical Application Chiropractic Care & Clinical Consideration in Athletic Patients
To Be Announced

X.  ICA Council on Fitness & Sports Health Science
     Synopsis/Review & Certification Examination

     Contact the ICA Office directly for registration and information on the
     examination

 
SEMINAR HOURS FOR CLEVELAND COLLEGE - LA SEMINARS: TUITION FOR ALL MODULES:
Saturday 12:30 - 6:30 PM:
Class Session

$250.00 - D.C. Preregistered Each Session
$245.00 - ICA AND Council Member
$100.00 - Student Preregistered

Registration Fee Must be recieved

Sunday 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM:
Class Session

The seminars at Cleveland College are restricted to doctors who have graduated from chiropractic degree programs and full time students currently enrolled in their last academic year in a chiropractic degree program.  To register, doctors must give license numbers and students must provide student identification.

To register for the West Coast, contact:

Cleveland College of Chiropractic (800) 969-2701

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