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At Erchonia we are delighted to work

with FICS as we recognize the sig-

nificant impact the organization has made in bringing sports chiropractors all over the world together. Under the

one voice of FICS they continue to educate groups such as the IOC and major international sports federations about the benefits of chiropractic care.

We support the effort being made to bring together the best possible care for athletes of all ages and abilities, and are pleased we can offer the tools that allow those with the passion for sport to compete at peak performance.

Erchonia made history in becom-

ing the first Low Level Laser in the world to gain an FDA 510(k) market clearance, and continues its ongoing research to support the efficacy of this proven, drug-free, non-invasive ap-

proach to better healthcare.

In the words of Dr. Jeff Spencer, prominent American sports chiroprac-

tor to elite cyclists and others:

“The secret to my success in creating sports champions is a tool kit of techniques and modalities that allows me to swiftly and decisively administer chiropractic care to optimize heal-ing and proactively keep athletes performing at their best.

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Thank you once more to FICS’ four Presenting Sponsors for 2010 Erchonia Medical, Foot Levelers, Logan College of Chiropractic and

Standard Process. Special thanks to Charlie Shanks and Erchonia Medi-

cal - sponsor of this issue of the FICS News.

The Executive Council held its annual meeting in London on May 11-12 and Dr. Philip Santiago was confirmed as FICS Secretary-General. Welcome Phil, we are most fortunate to have your services. See the interview with Dr. Santiago in

this FICS News.

The Council Meeting, generously sponsored by Life Uni-

versity, was full of new business, exciting and most encour-aging. FICS has excellent new momentum. Dr. Santiago re-

ports on highlights elsewhere in this FICS News, but I want to focus on the report to Council on the SportAccord Meet-ing, held in Dubai April 26-30 and attended by a FICS del-egation of Dr. Alex Steinbrenner, Dr. Brian Nook and me.

SportAccord, previously known as the General Assembly of International Sports Federations or GAISF, is the organi-zation representing all international federations for individ-

ual sports – such as football (FIFA), track and field, skiing and over 100 other sports federations including dragon boat racing and tug-of-war.

The SportAccord international convention is a 5-day gath-

ering of about 1,500 leading representatives from internation-

al sports. It is created and owned by SportAccord, the Associ-ation of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) and the Association of International Olympic Winter Federa-

tions (AIOWF). The convention encompasses the General Assemblies of over 100 international sports federations.

The convention receives the full support of the IOC and you will easily see why this event is important to FICS in

Contents

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This issue of fiCs News is proudly spoNsored by

Froehlich Honoured 6

FICS Student Scholarships 8

Santiago Interview 8

Around the World 12

From the Editor 3

ExCo and Commissions 4

Future Events 5

Secretary-General Update 6

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cleared it’s the ultimate modality for sports conditions on and off the playing field”.

I’ve used it on World, Olympic, Tour de France and Na-

tional champions in the heat of battle and it’s made the difference.

Dr. Jeffrey Spencer, formerly an Olympic cyclist, received

his masters in physical education from the University of

Southern California and his doctor of chiropractic de-

gree from Cleveland Chiropractic College in Los Angeles.

Spencer, who was the ICA’s sports

chiropractor of the year in 2004, was

Lance Armstrong’s personal chiro-

practor and doctor for the US Postal

Service and Discovery Chanel pro-

fessional cycling teams that won an

unprecedented 8 Tours de France.

He has taught postgraduate sports

rehabilitation courses and frequently

lectures on cold laser technology.

terms of increasing the profile of sports chiropractic and ne-

gotiating for teams of chiropractors at international games events. FICS is an associate member of SportAccord with voting rights at the Assembly – it cannot be a full member as it does not represent a sport.

Our reception in Dubai was outstanding. Arrangements were made for a FICS team at the Tug-of-War World Cham-

pionships being held September 15-18, 2010 in Pretoria, South Africa. SportAccord President Hein Verbruggen per-sonally supported FICS and chiropractic participation at the first SportAccord Combat Games to be held August 28-Sep-

tember 5, 2010 in Beijing and showcasing 13 Olympic and non-Olympic marshal arts and combat sports.

In fact FICS has elected to pass on these games – the origi-nal contract with the organizing committee did not provide for chiropractic services and the timeline is too short to re-

solve legal and professional requirements in China – but we will certainly be there for the next Combat Games.

Arrangements were made with Jens Holm, CEO Masters Games for FICS teams at the European Masters Games to be held in Lignano, Italy 2011 and the World Masters Games in Torino, Italy in 2013. These are but a few examples of the many contacts made. Over a period of years FICS has now built a very good and effective profile at SportAccord.

Speaking of games events, congratulations to the British Chiropractic Sports Council, the FICS member for the UK, on securing the inclusion of chiropractic services at the polyclin-

ic for the 2012 London Summer Olympics and Paralympics. At our Council meeting Dr. Carla How, BCSC President, and Dr. Tom Greenway, who will coordinate chiropractic services for London, reported on detailed preparations.

We were joined for dinner by Lynn Booth, PT, the British physiotherapist who leads the Physical Rehabilitation Work Group for the London Organizing Committee (LOCOG) and is working with Dr. Greenway and others in coordination of

all therapy services.

So the integration of chiropractic services within sports medicine teams at elite events is expanding. On behalf of everyone on the FICS Executive Council, thank you for the fine individual work being done by so many of you, and your

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This FICS News features an interview introducing you to the new FICS Sec-

retary-General, Dr. Philip Santiago of Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey and New York Chiropractic College.

Dr. Santiago, a friend and colleague for many years, is extremely modest about his accomplishments. He has been a leading fi gure in sports chiro-

practic during the past 30 years and brings great ability and experience to FICS. Welcome Phil!

See the article submitted by Dr. Coralie Pellissier of Italy, and the interview with Dr. Steve Flint of Chile. These dem-onstrate the huge opportunities open to young doctors of chi-ropractic for practice and service in the fi eld of sports chiro-practic today. Congratulations to each of them.

Do you have a story to share? Has there been a develop-ment in your country the sports chiropractic world should know about? If so send news for our next issue by September 15. Email me at thyde444@bellsouth.net with a copy to FICS Executive Secretary Sandra Brown at sbrown@fics-sport.org.

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FICs exeCutIve CounCIl - 2010

Roland NoiratSwitzerland

Europe

Robert WassermanSingapore

Asia

Brian NookAustralia

Mustafa Agaoglu

Turkey

Eastern

Mediterranean

Alex SteinbrennerGermanyEurope

John Downes

USA

North America

Marcelo BotelhoBrazil

Latin America

Gaery BarberyAustralia

Pacific

Sheila Wilson

USA

North America

Carla HowUnited KingdomMember at large

Charmaine

KoporaalSouth Africa

Africa

Gordon LawsonCanada

Member at large

Commission of Communication (CoCOM)Philippe Roulet, Chair—SwitzerlandMustafa Agaoglu, ExCO—TurkeyGaery Barbery, ExCO—AustraliaYolanda Camacho Kortman—Costa RicaMartin Camara—PhilippinesPhilippe Fleuriau—FranceAnnette Joergensen—DenmarkSaul Luengas—MexicoCommission of Education (CoEDU)Tim Stark, Chair—AustraliaRikke Craven, Co-Chair—DenmarkJohn Downes, ExCO—USARuss Ebbets—USAEd Feinberg—USAScott Howitt—CanadaArnaud Lardon—FranceLaney Nelson—USABrian Nook, ExCO—AustraliaDik Skippings—United KingdomKen Thomas—USACommission of Ethics (CoETH)Carla How, Co Chair, ExCO—United KingdomSusan Bromley, Co-Chair—USARoland Noirat, ExCO—Switzerland

presIdentvICe

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InterIM exeCutIve

InterIM exeCutIve

charmak@dut.ac.za

maxlawson@

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chiropractic.co.uk

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spine@tpg.com.au

info@chiropraktik- wolfsburg.de

jdownes@life.edu

b.nook@

murdoch.edu.au

spearo35@

yahoo.com

Rnoirat@

fics-online.org

raw@pacific.net.sg

Commission of Finance (CoFIN)Christopher Wegelin, Chair—SwitzerlandHowie Fidler—USASherri LaShomb, Chief of Finances—USAFabrizio Mancini—USACommission of Games(CoGAM)Tim Ray , Chair—USAMarcelo Botelho, ExCO—BrazilTom Greenway—United KingdomCharmaine Korporaal, ExCO—South AfricaGregory Oke—New ZealandGeorge Oxinos—CyprusAlex Steinbrenner, ExCO—GermanyRobert Wassermann, ExCO—SingaporeSheila Wilson, ExCO—USACommission of International Sports

Federations (CoIFS)Brian Nook, Chair—AustraliaAngela Salcedo—USARoland Noirat, ExCO—SwitzerlandAlex Steinbrenner, ExCO—GermanyCommission of Research (CoRES)Henry Pollard, Chair—AustraliaEduardo Bracher—BrazilJay Greenstein—USACraig Liebenson—USACraig Morris—USAThomas Souza—USA

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Future events

ICSSD Hands-on Module

(Upper Extremity)

July 23-25, 2010Melbourne, Australia

ICSSD Hands-on Module

(Lower Extremity)

October 14-17, 2010Lausanne, Switzerland

ICSSD Hands-on Module

(lower Extremity)

2011Sydney, Australia

FICS Headquarters:

MSI Maison du Sport International

Avenue de Rhodanie 54CH – 1007_Lausanne VD SwitzerlandTel: +41 (21) 601 0858 Fax: +41 (21) 601 7923Roland Noirat, DC—PresidentRNoirat@fics-online.org

Administrative Office:

c/o World Federation of Chiropractic

1246 Yonge Street, Suite 203Toronto, ON M4T 1W5 CanadaTel: 1 416 484 9091 Fax: 1 416 484 9665Sandra Brown —Executive Secretarysbrown@fics-sport.org

adMInIstratIon

Philip Santiago

Secretary General

Sandra Brown

Executive Secretary

Khalid Salim

Administrator Coordinator

David Chapman-Smith

General Counsel

Information and registration at www.fics-sport.org or contact Khalid Salim at ksalim@wfc.org

When did you last visit www.fics-sport.org? Go there now for:

◊ Membership information and applications◊ ICSSD seminars and other meetings◊ Sponsorship benefits and opportunities◊ This and past issues of the FICS News◊ FICS statutes, history, and much more

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It was a privilege to be confirmed as FICS Secretary-General at the Annual Meeting of the FICS Executive Council held on

May 12 at the Hilton London Metropole Hotel, London, UK at the same time as the European Chiropractors’ Union An-

nual Convention. The FICS Council Meeting was generously

sponsored by Life University. Here are highlights:

Regional Reports. Under new FICS Statutes approved in 2008 and available at www.fics-sport.org the FICS Execu-

tive Council or ExCo now has representatives elected by 7 world regions. Regional reports were received from Africa (Dr. Charmaine Korporaal), Asia (Dr. Robert Wasserman), Eastern Mediterranean (Dr. Mustafa Agaoglu), Europe (Dr. Roland Noirat), Latin America (Dr. Marcelo Botelho), North America (Dr. Sheila Wilson) and the Pacific (Dr. Gaery Barbery).

London Summer Olympics 2012. There was also a host

country report from the British Chiropractic Sports Council given by its President, Dr. Carla How and Dr. Tom Greenway, Team Chiropractor for the Chelsea Football Club and now the chiropractic representative working for the Organizing Committee for the London Summer Olympic Games 2012 (LOCOG).

Dr. Greenway, who is on the Physical Rehabilitation Work Group for LOCOG, confirmed that chiropractic services will be included in the main polyclinic for both the Olympics and Paralympics in 2012. Detailed preparations are already under way and team of at least 20 chiropractors will be available for all athletes at both these events.

New Online ICSSD. There will be a meeting of the FICS Education Commission in Portland, Oregon July 23-24 at the time of the ACA Sports Council Annual Meeting to finalize curriculum for the new online ICSSD course. Dr. Tim Stark, Chair, was congratulated on his outstanding work. The online course should be active by September 30.

In line with the decision that most members of the Edu-

cation Commission should have academic qualifications and be affiliated with colleges/universities, new members of the Commission are Dr. Russ Ebetts (New York Chiropractic College) and Dr. Laney Nelson (Logon College). Welcome Russ and Laney.

Administration and Finance. New sponsorship income of $55,000 during the past 6 months has stabilized FICS’ fi-

nancial situation to the point where it can now enter another 3-year agreement for staff support with the World Federation of Chiropractic. However this year there will be a deficit and increased income from memberships, sponsorships and the ICSSD program are necessary to balance the budget in 2011.

As a result there will be an increase in individual member-ship fees from US$50 to US$75 next year. In countries with

sports councils that are FICS members the increase will be to US$ 125 – to encourage DCs to join and support their na-

tional sports council.

update FroM the seCretary-generalby phIllIp santIago,

Ron FRoehlich Receives olympic oRdeR

Ron Froehlich receives the Olympic Order from IOC President

Jacques Rogge.

Ron Froehlich of Birmingham, Alabama, President, In-

ternational World Games Association was honoured for his 48 years as a sports administrator by receiving the Olympic Order at a ceremony in Lausanne, Switzerland on Olympic Day June 23, 2010.

The presentation was made by IOC President, Jacques Rogge in the presence of the IOC Executive Board at the IOC Headquarters. Froehlich, accompanied by family and friends, was asked what has motivated him during almost 5 decades of service, in recent years as IWGA President, and simply replied that “everything I do is for the athletes……..they take center stage”.

FICS knows this to be true. Froehlich has been a great friend to FICS and the chiropractic profession because of his unswerving dedication to the best interests of athletes. It was his personal intervention that assured that chiropractic services were available for the World Games in Taiwan last year. FICS will have another team at the World Games in Cali, Columbia in 2013. At the invitation of the IWGA Dr. Brian Nook travels to Cali to view facilities and work with the IWGA August 20-22. While there he plans meetings with two Colombian sports chiropractic leaders Dr. Gabriel Quinteiro and Dr. Aleisha Serrano

FICS congratulates Mr. Ron Froehlich on this richly deserved new honor.

For more information on the IWGA and the World Games visit www.worldgames-iwga.org.

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Election of Officers. A new ExCo was elected taking of-

fice from January 2009. The election of Executive Officers – President, 1st and 2nd Vice-Presidents, Secretary and Chief of Finances – was left until the second half of 2010. It was decided that election would now take place in August/Sep-

tember, with results notified in the September 30 FICS News.

Games. Ongoing negotiations for FICS teams at future games, including the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico in October 2011, were reviewed and there will be more news on that on the weeks and months ahead. Follow-

ing the success of the FICS team at the Tug of War Indoor Championships in Italy earlier in the year there will now be a FICS Team at the Tug of War World Championships in South Africa in October.

Research. Congratulations to Dr. Henry Pollard, Chair, FICS Research Commission and his co-author Dr. Wayne Hoskins on recent publication of their trial showing sig-

nificantly reduced hamstring injuries and other lower limb injuries when Australian Rules football players received chiropractic care in addition to other sports medicine care. This may be found online at www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2474/11/64. It was also reviewed in the May 2010 issue of The Chiropractic Report.

update FroM the seCretary-general ContInued...

Council members (left to right) Dr. Gordon Lawson, Canada, Dr.

Roland Noirat, Switzerland, Dr. Carla How, UK, and Dr. Marcelo

Botelho, Brazil.

Dr. Brian Nook, Australia, Dr. Sheila Wilson, USA, and Dr. Alex

Steinbrenner, Germany.

Dr. Charmaine Korporaal, South Africa and Dr. Peter Garbutt, Aus-

tralia, substituting for Dr. Gaery Barbery

Dr. Mustafa Agaoglu, Turkey and Dr. John Downes, USA.

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notICe oF FICs student sCholarshIps – July 2010

FICS is pleased to announce four US1,000 sponsorships for chiropractic students generously donated by Erchonia La-

ser Healthcare (www.erchonia.com), Foot Levelers (www.

footlevelers.com), Logan College of Chiropractic (www.

logan.edu) and Standard Process (www.standardprocess.com). These scholarships are open to chiropractic students worldwide, except the one sponsored by Logan College which is open to Logan students only.

Requirements.

1. Enrolled fulltime at an accredited/recognized chiroprac-

tic school, graduating in or after 2011.

2. Submission of:

c. 500-750 word essay concerning the importance of sports chiropractic services to athletes in training and competition, and to the future growth of the chi-ropractic profession.

d. A description of personal participation in fitness and sports activities (100-200 words).

IntervIew wIth dr phIlIp santIago

Last month Philip Santiago, DC, CCSP,

ACBSP of Lake Hiawatha, New Jer-

sey was confirmed as FICS Secretary-General – in other words as the CEO

responsible for overall administration

of the operations of FICS. In this inter-

view he answers questions on his background and goals.

Dr. Santiago, a 1978 graduate of New York Chiropractic

College, is a Hall of Fame member of the American Chiro-

practic Association Sports Council for his services to sports

chiropractic education, practice and administration in the

USA. He was team chiropractor for the US Olympic Team at

the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, and has served on the USOC

Sports Medicine Advisory Committee since 2001.

In community service Dr. Santiago has recently completed

a term as Chairman, Board of Governors, County College of

Morris, Randolph, New Jersey and in 2007 was awarded a

Life Time Achievement Award by the Boys Scouts of America.

from 1989 to 1991 but all my volunteer work since then has been in the US.

In the present era FICS has a hugely important role to ful-fill in advancing sports chiropractic education and practice, including integration within elite sports medicine teams at in-

ternational games. My family has grown up. I recently ended other volunteer commitments. Right now I have time for a new challenge.

I was approached by FICS and invited to assume the role of Secretary-General. When I saw the new unity, positive ener-gy and potential in FICS I got a green light from my wife and then said yes. I have just attended my first Executive Council meeting in London and met ExCo members – they’re a great bunch, this was very encouraging.

What got you into sports chiropractic?

Both my parents were DCs, graduates of Logan College, and I was always going to be a doctor of chiropractic. I was deeply involved in sports in my youth, and played profes-

sional soccer in the 1970s. I experienced the benefits of chi-ropractic care and sports chiropractic became my natural and preferred area of specialization.

You are volunteering for the position of FICS Secretary-

General – important but also challenging and very time

consuming. Why?

Sports chiropractic education and practice has been my passion in over 30 years of chiropractic practice. Twenty years ago I was Chair of the FICS Education Commission

e. A description of contributions to sports chiropractic at the college and/or otherwise – e.g. participation in the students sports chiropractic council activities; volunteer services at the college at sporting events and otherwise; published news articles or research; any other activities promoting sports chiropractic (100-200 words).

f. Letter from faculty member teaching sports chi-ropractic and/or related subjects confirming good character and academic standard and recommend-

ing award.

Deadline for Applications.

October 30, 2010. Successful applicants notified by No-

vember 30, 2010.

How to Apply?

Use Application Form available at General Information/Student Scholarships at www.fics-sport.org. All submissions must be online.

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What postgraduate qualifications were there when you graduated in 1978?

None, and this greatly influenced my career. I have been Chairman of the Department of Sports Medicine at NYCC since 1981, and was one of those who helped to establish the Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician (CCSP) qualification and then the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physi-cian’s Diplomate Program (DACBSP).

These, like FICS’ ICSSD program, have served their pur-pose but are only steps on the path to the full masters degree programs from accredited colleges and universities that are now being established.

What is the current and future status of the FICS

International Chiropractic Sports Sciences Diploma

(ICSSD)?

Right now the ICSSD is undergoing a major and needed update into a new curriculum in which online lectures, mate-

rials and evaluation will replace the CD lectures. There will still be, of course, the hands-on ICSSD modules that are a key component.

The plan is that the ICSSD qualification will then articu-

late, or be the first part of, a masters degree qualification from established universities/colleges. That is already the case with Murdoch University in Perth, Australia where the IC-

SSD fulfills the first third of a largely online masters degree in sports sciences.

How did you get to be chosen US Olympic Sports

Medicine Team chiropractor for the Barcelona Summer

Olympics in 1992?

I had the usual background and was then fortunate to be chosen. In the 1980s I had had an extensive sports chiroprac-

tic practice and had positions such as Ring Side Physician, New Jersey State-Wide Amateur Boxing Championships (1985-1986), Chief Physician, US Gymnastic Exposition Madison Square Gardens (1985-1986), Medical Staff Cherry Blossom Race City of Newark, New Jersey (1984-1989). This led to a medical staff appointment of the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs in 1990 and two years later appointment to the Olympic Team.

What is your most recent involvement with FICS?

Last year members of the Chilean Chiropractic Associa-

tion approached New York Chiropractic College for help in providing a postgraduate course and qualification in sports chiropractic. This was through my long-term friend and col-league Dr. Tom Hyde.

We made arrangements for an ICSSD course in Chile, de-

livered through NYCC and now part completed. This gave me new first-hand experience of the international need for the ICSSD, which will be delivered in both Brazil and Mexico in the next two years in preparation for events such as the Pan American Games in Guadalajara in October 2011 and the FIFA World Cup (2014) and the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (2016).

IntervIew wIth dr phIlIp santIago ContInued...

What are some of your main goals as FICS

Secretary-General?

The first is to build an organizational structure capable of doing the necessary work. After big changes in the past 3 years FICS now has revised statutes, representative leader-ship and excellent staff support. These things give new po-

tential. However FICS still needs a stronger financial base and few remaining unity problems need to be sorted out. Its committee or commission structure needs work. There is a plan for these changes and I am confident everything can be in place by the end of next year.

Second I want to see many more chiropractors internation-

ally advancing their sports chiropractic skills and qualifica-

tions through a much improved ICSSD program – either taking that full program or converting their CCSP or other qualifications as explained at the FICS website (go to Educa-

tion at www.fics-sport-org). Sport IFs are asking FICS for more teams of chiropractors – we need the capacity to meet these growing requests.

Third I want to see an end to the problem of egos and individualism in sports chiropractic. The FICS team at the World Games in Taiwan last year was overall a great success, but one member had to be disciplined and expelled for open breach of team protocols. Egos have held us back. Today there must be a premium on cooperation and professionalism – among sports chiropractors themselves and with the other members of the sports medicine team.

I want to make it clear to everyone that on my watch there is no scope for personal agendas. We must be team play-

ers focussed on the advancement of sports chiropractic and the athletes we serve. Advancement to leadership positions within the FICS commissions and Executive Council must be based on merit and service.

This is definitely the spirit I feel around me on the current Executive Council and staff – it is a privilege to be Secretary-General at this time.

Dr. Santiago with FICS President Dr. Roland Noirat (left) and Sec-

retary Dr. Alex Steinbrenner at the WFC Council meeting in London

in May.

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Dr. Steven Flint is a 1995 grad-

uate of Life University School

of Chiropractic who has prac-

ticed since 1999 in Chile,

where he quickly established a

reputation in sports chiroprac-

tic even though chiropractic was largely unknown in Chile at

that time. Practice is legal but unregulated.

In early June Dr. Flint visited his home town of New York

City – the following interview is based upon one conducted

by Fox Entertainment at that time.

First, Chile recently suffered a massive earthquake –

what was that like?

Luckily we were not hurt and had very minor damage in the apartment and at our two clinics in Santiago and Viña del Mar. All the books and files were on the floor. We had a few cracks in the dry wall here and there, that’s all. I have drop tables in the offices that weigh about 400 lbs (280 kilos). We found them about a foot (30 cm) from where they originally were!

The shaking started gently as a side to side rocking motion and then became more and more violent. It took about 20 seconds to reach its full severity and then remained violent (very shaky with giant lurches every few seconds) until the

quake stopped. It gave us sufficient time to get the kids, pull a couch away from a wall (“triangle of life”) and get behind it.

The duration of the shaking is what made the greatest im-

pression on me. It went on for 3 minutes, 9 seconds. It just kept going and getting stronger all the time. There were a few moments when it was severe enough to move me while I was laying on the floor. We were near a big picture window in the living room that has a view of the entire city of Viña del Mar. It was incredible to watch the lights of the city go off and the blue flashes of the transformers blowing out all around.

How did someone from Bayside, Queens, New York end

up in Chile?

It was an accidental thing. My wife is from Chile – there is the connection. After graduation I took various state boards, practiced in Georgia for 3 years, but while I was still decid-

ing on a final location my wife’s parents called from Chile saying that there was someone in town advertising as a chiro-

practor. It turned out that he was a chiropractor from Canada who wanted to sell his practice and return home. The rest is history.

What made you choose chiropractic as a profession?

I took the typical pre-medical courses as an undergrad but got a job in the toy industry right at graduation. What I thought would be a summer job turned out to be 13 year ca-

reer in the toy industry and later technical sales in computer

networks. During this time I was on a softball team with a chiropractor (Dr. Dave Ness) who became one of my clos-

est friends. He was extremely successful, was having a ball at work, and his patients were thrilled with their results. I did some research and decided to go to chiropractic school instead of medical school.

On arrival in Chile in 1999 you received quite a bit of

media attention. How, why?

Through good luck and by having successful results with my patients. The local newspapers were fascinated by “this American doctor” in Chile practicing a new profession and getting great results. It was news. I became a regular on a TV show due to a patient who is a media personality. He was starting a daily daytime variety show and invited me to dem-

onstrate chiropractic on the inaugural program. My one time visit turned into me being a weekly guest for a year.

Do you have continuing media involvement?

Yes, I’m currently doing a weekly sports medicine segment on a local cable show called 100% Rugby. My kids go to British schools which play rugby. When my kids first started in the schools I met with the coaches and players, and became the team doc.

Each school also has an adult rugby club that competes in a national league. It was through a few of these players that I was recommended to start working with the Chilean National team, the Condors - working with players, coaches, trainers and medical staff.

This blossomed into caring for many of the players on vari-ous teams, who became used to seeing me with my portable table on the field at the games and asked if I could attend them also.

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Dr Flint with patient Francisco Castro (right), Chilean national 110

meter hurdles champion. At left another patient who is age group

women’s junior national hurdles champion.

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I believe you work with the Chilean Davis Cup tennis

team, including Chile’s top tennis player who ranks

around number 10 in the world. How did that come

about?

Yes that’s true. He lived in the USA when he was around 12 to 13 and first experienced chiropractic care there. I came to Chile in 1999 when he was about 19. He heard about me, came in for care and actually won his first ATP tournament in Miami two weeks later. We’ve been friends ever since and he’s remained a patient all these years.

Is that what started your practice in sports chiropractic?

Well it certainly did jump start my work with the tennis world of Chile. It’s a small community. Good results with one athlete gets the attention of other coaches, athletes and train-

ers. It’s a small community. Top athletes are friends with the other elite athletes in their respective countries and interna-

tionally. They go to the same events, and share sponsors. One recommends another and it snowballs from there.

I was always interested in sports and sports medicine. I was a participant in school teams and still work out and play ball. My personal experience allowed me to appreciate the impact chiropractic care can have on keeping the athlete on the field and at his or her best.

You have served as head doctor, or neutral doctor, at

Davis Cup events in Chile. How did this come about?

When I first came to Chile I wanted to meet the best of the medical community there so we could work on a complemen-

tary basis. I knew this would take time but went about trying to find the best general physicians, orthopedic surgeons, neu-

rosurgeons, oncologists, radiologists etc. in Chile by recom-

mendation and reputation. If needed I could recommend my patients with confidence. I would call them, introduce myself as an American doctor of chiropractic new in Chile and com-

pliment the professionalism of their work if I had seen it. We would make plans to meet and I built up very many good friendships and professional relationships that way.

Once we gained respect as colleagues, we’d discuss cases, diagnoses, treatments and patients that we have in common. We not only built up friendships we gained a professional trust in our abilities. Coincidentally one of these doctors is a top knee surgeon, and served as the Chilean Davis Cup team doctor. The Davis Cup competition was going to be held in Viña del Mar where I live. When the Davis Cup committee asked him to recommend a neutral doctor he thought of me, since I was from a neutral country (it was Chile against Ecua-

dor, and later Chile against Japan). We had worked together before, he had seen good results and was confident that I could be trusted to handle whatever situation occurred. What a compliment! It was his reputation on the line too!

Is your practice mainly sports chiropractic?

Actually no, I have a family practice and see patients of all ages with an emphasis on caring for the whole family. I visit newborns in the hospital up to the very aged.

I’m a private pilot and have been an aviation enthusiast my whole life and this has led to another part of my practice – treating the Chilean Air Force Flight Demonstration Team the Halcones who are the equivalent of the USAF Thunderbirds. They are a precision aerobatic team that travels the country and the world promoting aviation. They fly a highly aerobatic plane (Extra 300L) which is stressed to + or - 10 g’s and has a roll rate of 400 degrees per second. The best description for that is pure and simply violent! Regular chiropractic care is mandatory to keep these pilots flying.

I recently was at the FIDAE air show which is an inter-

national air show held in Chile every two years. We had a

big US military presence there. I had an opportunity to care for the US Air Force Wings of Blue parachute demonstration team as well as many of our other service men and women that were there. Our fighting men and women are really pro-

fessional athletes of the highest degree.

Do you use any special treatment approach?

I always believed even as a student that the more techniques you can become proficient at the more effective you can be as a health care provider. I use a mix of various techniques and I am constantly going to seminars and trying to keep up with the latest developments. You can always find something new to learn that will make you a better doctor.

Would you like to offer any advice to young doctors?

Sure. First thing, learn all you can and be a good listener. Listen, teach, be patient, work as a team. You can learn from everyone including your patients. Be humble. Be humble enough to admit that you don’t know something and ask. Give credit to others for their accomplishments and expertise.

You will likely work with orthopedic surgeons, physical therapists, and all types of health professionals especially if you are working with athletes. Everybody is an expert in their specialty and you need to respect that.

Be confident but non-threatening. In a multidisciplinary health team environment you are the expert in your field and no other health professional knows what you do. Everyone has to work together as a team and teach how chiropractic fits to complete a well rounded performance enhancement and injury management health program.

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CyprusDr. George Efstathiou, a graduate of the Sydney College of Chiropractic, Australia who has practiced in Nico-sia, Cyprus for the past 10 years, has a

respected and successful sports chiropractic practice in both Cyprus and Greece. In track and fi eld sports he had been the personal chiropractor for Greek Olympic Gold and Silver sprint medalists in 2000-2004.

For the past 2 years Dr. Efstathiou has been Omonoia Ni-cosia Football Club’s team chiropractor. Omonoia FC has

recently won the 2010 Cyprus soccer championship, and the Cyprus Chi-ropractic Sports Council and FICS would like to congratulate Dr. Efstath-

iou for his team’s successful year.

Omonoia FC will now take part in the European Champions League. Dr. Efstathiou is also a consultant advisor

for Apollon Limassol FC which won the Cyprus Cup 2010.

Dr. Efstathiou (back row center with cap) celebrates with Omonoia

FC players.

Dr. George Efstathiou

GermanyDuring the 2005 World Games in Du-isburg/Germany FICS members pro-vided chiropractic care to the various competing inline hockey and speed-

skating national teams. Their excellent performance, both in assessing and treating athletes and team offi cials and in work-ing with others in the sports medicine team, made a lasting impression.

Following this event the German national teams contact-ed the German Sports Chiropractic Council (DGSC) and requested chiropractic care for the upcoming national and international events. During the following seasons, DGSC chiropractors have worked closely with these teams, forming lasting connections with athletes, coaching staff, team physi-cians and other health professionals.

It also offered a great opportunity to introduce members of the sports chiropractic council to working at national and in-ternational level on the basis of the FICS fi eld manual. With their dedication they promoted FICS and our profession as a whole during the competitions.

We are pleased to announce that this July once again two of our members will be providing chiropractic care for the Ger-man athletes during the European and World Championships in Italy and the Czech Republic respectively. We will keep you updated on their experiences.

The 2008 Federation of International Roller Sports (FIRS) World Championships in Ratingen/Germany were just one example of the growing awareness of chiropractic in com-petitive sports and how several sceptical coaches and team physicians have lost their initial reservations. Although origi-nally only responsible for the German team, the DGSC mem-ber provided more than 100 treatments in less than a week for athletes and staff from six nations. Consequently, three teams requested contact details of their respective national sports chiropractic councils to arrange for future chiropractic care.

The 2005 FICS team set the initial spark - who will be called up next to keep the fi re going?

Submitted by Alexander Ruhe,

MChiro, ICSSD, PhD cand.

General Secretary

German Sports Chiropractic Council

(DGSC)

around the world In sports ChIropraCtIC

ItalyAt the recent FICS Council Meeting

in London Dr. Coralie Pellissier, a re-

cent graduate of the Anglo-European

College of Chiropractic in Bourne-

mouth, UK was invited to submit this article demonstrating

the opportunities open to motivated young sports chiroprac-

tors. Thank you Coralie.

My name is Coralie Pellissier and I am 27 years old. I graduated from AECC in 2008 and I earned my FICS IC-SSD (International Chiropractic Sport Science Diploma) in 2009. Before studying chiropractic, I was on the Italian Na-tional Snowboard Team. I have participated in many sports from a young age, including karate, go-kart and water sports. Among other things I have received a lifeguard diploma and scuba diving certifi cate. In addition to my passion for sports, I also love traveling.

As a result of all of these past experiences, the idea of becoming a sports chiropractor at an international level has become my biggest long-term goal. I see a good number of

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athletes in my private practice, but reached my personal peak so far when I was asked to take part in a week-long World Cup event held in Sestriere, Italy this past winter as chiro-practor for the Italian National Paralympic Ski Team.

This took place just before the Olympic Games in Van-couver. It was a great experience. I have to say that I really enjoyed it despite some very challenging moments. It is not always easy to deal with the bureaucracy that can be involved in big events.

I currently speak Italian, French and English (which is al-ways a bonus when traveling) and I love challenges.

While I was in my last year of college, I was one of the few chiropractic students selected to go to Costa Rica for a month-long volunteer program. At the time, I didn’t know what to expect from this opportunity. In retrospect, I now know that I learned a lot from the experience and from the native Costa Rican population. When one is involved in volunteer work, especially in a poor country, the energy and happiness that the local population transmits to you seems much more than what one can offer to them. Most of the time I laughed with them but I also cried; a mixture of incredible stories and a wonderful experience which I will never forget.

I am currently working in Genoa in Northern Italy with my father (also a chiropractor) and I try as hard as I can to encour-age the Italian population to bring their whole family to a chi-ropractor. I am a strong believer in the concept of “prevention” rather than the “cure” of health problems. To this end, I also write lots of articles in the Italian Pro-Chiropractic Magazine.

My most recent project is to attempt to revitalize the CICS (Italian Committee of Sports Chiropractic). I am quite aware that this will not be an easy task, however, if you do not try you will never know!! I hope to succeed in this new endeavour.

I wish you all a very good summer. I hope to see many of you at the 2011 European Master Games which will be held in Lignano, Italy! Please feel free to contact me at drcora@

hotmail.it.

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USAParker College’s Sherman and

Noblit-Pamer are winners at

Cowtown Marathon

Parker College of Chiropractic stu-dent Logan Sherman recently placed fi rst in the annual Cow-town Marathon which consisted of 20,000 runners this year. Sherman established himself as an elite leader of the pack early on in the 32nd annual 26.2-mile run through the streets of Fort Worth, Texas.

Kenyan Kiplimo Chemirmir, the odds-on favourite and veteran of marathon events, opened the race in an attempt to take command from the opening miles. But Sherman, a former standout track and cross country runner at Texas A&M who was running a marathon for just the second time in his life, refused to fade away.

Sherman fi nished the marathon in 2:31.58, a time heavily infl uenced by an extra mile run after the guide truck made a wrong turn. He was fi ve minutes in front of Chemirmir and 10 minutes ahead of the third place fi nisher, Daniel Lawton. With the victory Sherman has qualifi ed to compete in the Boston Marathon, the world’s oldest and most prestigious running event.

In a second victory Dr. Jenny Noblit–Pamer, 2005 Parker graduate, was fi rst in the 5k run associated with the marathon, which attracted more than 2,000 runners that accompanied the marathon. The Cowtown events included several addi-tional competitions such as a half-marathon, three-person re-lay marathon, adult 10k, and 5k for kids.

Source: Parker College

Logan Sherman wins Cowtown Marathon