Online Continuing Education Courses

Chiropractic and Rheumatology - The Perfect Marriage

• Define Rheumatology and Chiropractic and list similarities
• Critique some of the downfalls in today’s treatment protocol of the Rheumatic patient and explain why Chiropractors should be aware of this patient population
• Discuss Integrative Medicine and outline some of the important options for holistic treatment
• Discuss other health concerns facing the Rheumatic Patient
• List the steps used in evaluating the Rheumatic Patient
• Identify some of the tools used for diagnosis and treatment of the Rheumatic Patient
• Analyze the patient’s symptoms and test values and compare for differential diagnose
• Evaluate laboratory tests and values used to diagnose Rheumatic diseases and syndromes
• Select the best imaging techniques for specific Rheumatic diseases and soft tissue syndromes
• Identify some of the diseases specific issues in a few of the Rheumatic diseases and syndromes discussed
• Recognize the symptoms, diagnosis protocols and treatments of some of the more prevalent arthritic diseases and syndromes