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news BRIEFS Dr. Overland Presents Sports Chiropractic to NYCC Students by Jeb Albro, 5 th Trimester Keith Overland, D.C. (NYCC ’81), addressed an audience of NYCC students to discuss the topic of sports chiropractic. Dr. Overland is eminently qualified to present such a talk, as he has served as chiropractor to the U.S. Speed Skating team and is adjunct professor of sports chiropractic at the University of Bridgeport College of Chiropractic. In addition, Dr. Overland chairs the Dr. Keith Overland Connecticut Governor’s Committee on Physical Fitness, worked as chiropractor to the New York Mets baseball team and treated participants at the US Olympic Training Center. Although the expectation may have been that Dr. Overland would present success tips for sports chiropractors, his thrust was more general and offered valuable advice for all practitioners. Dr. Overland emphasized the importance of putting patients’ interests first. He questioned whether placing six-foot plastic replicas of spines in chiropractic office parking lots didn’t send the wrong public message. The vertebral anatomy that chiropractors find so exciting may leave the general public cold. Tasteless Yellow Page ads, or promotions intended to seduce patients with free chicken dinners, do very little to educate people about chiropractic’s true benefits. Tailor approaches and care to meet the needs and tastes of the individuals served. Doing so will cause the patient to feel less like a number and to become more favorably inclined toward chiropractic. Dr. Overland believes that, in personalizing chiropractic service for patients, it is important to suggest alternative therapies that could benefit the patient. D.C. graduates caught up in the scramble for patients often overlook the value of such outside referrals. Dr. Overland explained that when patients get better through the referral, they nonetheless regard the referring chiropractor as their doctor. Consequently, the patient is more likely to continue relying on the referring chiropractor and sending friends and family his or her way. Patients entrust their health care to those in whom they trust. Establishing a respected reputation is extremely important. Dr. Overland began practice with the knowledge that he was interested in sports chiropractic; he therefore volunteered to treat a local football team. He had established no reputation at that point, and therefore was careful not to confuse people with the many technical terms he had learned at school. He opted instead to listen to what players and coaches needed, and set out to fulfill those needs. Dr. Overland gave his business card to no one unless they asked for it. As he became accepted as an integral part of the team, the referrals began to pour in from the players. Dr. Overland found himself in the office as patients began coming to him for a change! Dr. Overland’s parting advice: Distinguish yourself. Provide service unlike any that is offered by any other doctor. The practitioner who does so need not be intimidated by powerful HMO’s. If you’re good at what you do, chiropractic success is practically assured. Dr. Narayan Vijayashankar NYCC’s “Dr. Vijay” Retires by Robert A. Walker, Ph.D. Head, Department of Anatomy Narayan Vijayashankar, M.D., known around NYCC as “Dr. Vijay,” retired at the end of the spring trimester after a long and distinguished career as an educator and researcher. Dr. Vijay trained in India to become a surgeon, later moving to the United States in the 1960’s. He worked as both researcher and instructor in anatomy at SUNY Buffalo, and thereafter served at the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYCOM). In the 1980’s Dr. Vijay left NYCOM to accept a full-time NYCC position in anatomy. He joined the group of faculty and staff who in 1991 transitioned from the old Long Island campus to the new one in Seneca Falls. Dr. Vijay spent the next ten years serving NYCC as the school’s senior-most anatomist and chief neuroanatomist, ultimately rising in rank to become NYCC’s first full professor. Dr. Vijay had also been Coordinator of Anatomy and served a term as Director of Preclinical Studies in the 1990s. His expertise included all areas of anatomy. Dr. Vijay remains highly regarded by his former colleagues and students, all of whom wish him a wonderful retirement back in India. 32
news BRIEFS Drs. Cartica and Nicchi Address Vertebrobasilar Artery Insufficiency by Jaclyn McDermott, 7 th Trimester Dr. Frank Cartica NYCC’s Dr. J. Donald Dishman Receives Federally Funded Research Grant NYCC researcher J. Donald Dishman, D.C., M.Sc., was recently notified he will be receiving a research grant from the National Institutes of Health. His proposal, “Spinal Manipulation and Motor Systems Physiology,” is a one-year grant investigating the effects of spinal manipulation on the activity of the cervical spine alpha motoneurons and cortex. The research will use transcranial Dr. J. DonaldDishman magnetic stimulation (TMS), a novel approach for studying the human motor system in which the motor cortex is stimulated and changes in motor excitability are directly measured from any skeletal muscle. TMS is a safe and painless technique not previously employed for the study of manipulation effects. Dr. Dishman and his NYCC co-investigators, Drs. Jeanmarie Burke and Paul Dougherty, together with Dr. Patrick Zhu of SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, plan to begin the project in 2002. This research extends the group’s previously published investigations. Currently, Dr. Dishman and his team of researchers receive funding from the Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research to perform similar physiology research involving lumbar spinal manipulation. NYCC Trustee Frank Cartica, D.C., and President Frank Nicchi, D.C., recently addressed a campus audience about vertebrobasilar artery insufficiency (VBAI), an extremely rare occurrence, following cervical spinal manipulation, as well as pathophysiology and associated legal aspects. Dr. Nicchi urged the audience never to re-manipulate the neck immediately after someone sustains a vertebrobasilar event following cervical manipulation. Dr. Cartica spoke to the reduction of all risks that lend themselves to the likelihood of stroke. He remarked that the very term “chiropractic adjustment” presumes consideration of the three components of the vertebral subluxation complex: 1) osseous malalignment 2) soft tissue structures and 3) temporal nature of the vertebral subluxation complex. Dr. Cartica repeatedly emphasized the importance of oxygenated blood flow to the brain. He also outlined precautions and office procedures that minimize patients’ risk of stroke following treatment. These included case histories, general physical exams, standing evaluations, neurological assessments, x-rays, lab exams, and prescreening maneuvers. It is always prudent to inquire into factors that affect the blood’s viscosity, including blood thinning agents such as NSAIDS, coumadin, vitamin E and aspirin, and to investigate blood thickening agents such as smoking, hormones, and other medications. Study Determines Incidence of Stroke Associated With Neck Adjustments Rare The Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research reports that the risk of stroke following neck adjustment (also known as cervical manipulation) is one in every 5.85 million adjustments, based upon an October 2001 study reported in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ). Other non-chiropractic treatments for headache, neck and back pain carry much higher risks of serious complications. The study supports recent research published in the CMAJ by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Studies, which found that the incidence of stroke associated with neck adjustments is so rare, it was not possible for the researchers to establish a meaningful rate of occurrence. The study identified 23 reported cases of stroke following neck adjustment, as diagnosed by the treating physician, over the ten-year period. This was compared to the estimated 134.5 million neck adjustments performed by chiropractors in Canada over the same time frame. NYCC Faculty Member Appointed to Board of Sports Physicians NYCC faculty member Dale J. Buchberger, D.C., DACBSP, was recently elected to serve as a board member for the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians (ACBSP). The board’s first meeting occurred during its Denver Sports Symposium, at which Dr. Buchberger was appointed chairperson for the board’s upcoming 2003 symposium slated for April 2003 in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Buchberger currently serves on ACBSP’s ethics and practical examinations committees. www.nycc.edu 33
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