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