California Naturopathic Physician Continuing Education

• Discuss the anatomy of the tibialis posterior muscle
• Emphasize the importance of blood supply and the presence of watershed areas leading to tendon pathoanatomy
• Present the biomechanics associated with this muscles normal activity vs dysfunction
• Show clinical examples of posterior tibial tendon dysfunction
• Discuss orthotic intervention and exercises that are useful in remediation of posterior tibial tendon dysfunction

• Review the pertinent anatomy of the achilles tendon and adjacent structures
• Discuss watershed zones of microvascualrity and how they can be compromised 
• Discuss the mechanisms of how many achilles tendinopathies and pathologies occur
• Present some methods of treatment and remediation for achilles tendinopathies

• Identify the OIG regulations and oversight that apply to chiropractic and their teams
• Recognize the risk factors that regulators look for in an audit
• Apply the seven elements of a compliance program to your practice
• Develop an action list to begin implementing an OIG Compliance Program for your clinic

Hour 1

• Define Ethics
• Review various ethical issues recently reported on
• Identify ethics as related to the whistleblower
• Discuss Ethical standards specific to laws in various states

Hour 2

• Discuss Ethical standards specific to laws in various states (cont’d)
• Summarize awareness related to anti-discrimination
• Classify various aspects of professional boundaries and sexual misconduct

• Identify spinal cord, nerve root and nerve injuries of the lower extremity.
• Recognize signs and symptoms of nerve root impingement of the lumbar plexus
• Recognize signs and symptoms of of Entrapment Syndromes involving the lower extremities
• Apply Manual Methods and Modalities for treatment of lower extremity nerve compression/elongation and associated syndrome

• Design an effective nutrition treatment program for carpal tunnel syndrome
• Develop a nutritional treatment program for Multiple Sclerosis
• Investigate the role of nutrition and supplements in regards to the treatment of headaches
• Understand how nutrition and nutrition supplements can influence dementia
• Identify appropriate diet and supplement agents in the treatment of dementia

Hour 1

• Identify the societal cost of migraine in the US
• Describe the global burden of disease studies related to migraine
• Summarize the genetic components of migraine to help understand the various phenotypes
• Define migraine based on the ICHD-3 criteria
• Outline the 4 main phases of migraine

Hour 2

• Summarize the impact of brainstem nuclei in migraine
• Identify how autonomic dysfunction impacts migraine and vice versa
• Explain how autonomic changes leads to blood flow abnormalities in the facial blood flow of migraine patients
• Distinguish the 3 main theories of migraine from the new ‘brain-state’ theory of migraine

Hour 3

• Be able to identify common dietary stressors for migraine and how to eliminate them
• Discuss vitamin, herbal, and other supplemental remedies for migraine
• Explain how an increased allostatic load increase the probability of migraine
• Identify migraine patients that would benefit from hormonal testing

Hour 4

• Discover how to tailor neuromodulation techniques to each migraine patient
• Identify current literature evaluating the benefits of low level laser
• Discuss probable mechanisms of action for low level laser
• Summarize migraine pathophysiology and explain a comprehensive approach to reducing and eliminating migraine days