Become proficient in the treatment of pain.

It’s time to break away from cookbook treatments

You will learn treatment protocols for:

• Headaches – By location, pain types and pattern
• Neck pain, Midback pain & Lowback pain –  when to use local treatments and when distal treatments maybe more effective
• Upper extremity conditions of the shoulder, elbow and wrist
• Lower extremity conditions of the hip, knee and ankle
• Hand and Feet conditions
• Auricular points related to Headache, Spinal Pain & Extremity conditions
• Mirror Techniques
• Master Tongs points
• Needle Techniques
• Cupping Methods

Ethics, Risk Management & Documentation/Coding

TBCE Board Hours (4 Total) – NEW IN 2014 – Register and just take the TBCE Hours

Class Schedule

Saturday – 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Ethics (1 Hours)

• What ethics mean to you?
• Chiropractic Ethics as defined by the TBCE Administrative Code
• Boundary issues in the Chiropractic practice
• Ethics and penalties associated with filing false documentation regarding services.
• What constitutes ethical billing practices.
• Characteristics of ethical behavior.
• Review the chiropractic oath as it applies to everyday chiropractic care.
• Doctor/Patient Relationships
• Release of records required by TBCE

Risk Management (1 Hour)

• The identification, investigation, analysis, and evaluation of risks
• Methods of correcting, reducing, or eliminating, identifiable risks.
• Discussion of the laws, policies and rules related to the profession of chiropractic.
• Introduction to risk management as it relates to health care staff members interaction with patient populations.
• Patient interaction and professional boundary issues, including physical contact between staff and patients during care.

Documentation & Coding (1 Hour)

• Rules for documentation of patient records
• Coding and Billing
• Retention of Records
• HIPAA regulations

Saturday – 1:00 PM to 5:30 PM

Introduction and Basic Theory

• Yin/Yang
• Eight Principles
• Qi/Blood/Body Fluids/Essence/Shen
• Six External Pathogens

Diseases/Symptoms of Headaches

• Etiology
• Diagnosis by Channels
• Diagnosis by pain
• Identification of patterns
• Treatment

Sunday – 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM & 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Review/Questions of Saturday material

• Low Back Disorders – Etiology/Pathology/Diagnosis/Differentiation & Treatment
• Neck Disorders – Etiology/Pathology/Diagnosis/Differentiation & Treatment
• Upper Extremity Disorders –  Etiology/Pathology/Diagnosis/Differentiation & Treatment
• Lower Extremity Disorders –  Etiology/Pathology/Diagnosis/Differentiation & Treatment

Discussion and demonstration & practice of various Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine techniques

Closing Questions and comments

16.5 Total Hours

License renewal credit by the
Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiner
through the TCA

Seminar Fee

Prepaid more that 10 days in advance of class date	$350.00	Save $55.00
Prepaid less than 10 days in advance of class date	$375.00	Save $25.00
At the Door	$395.00