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For over 20 years until 2009 FICs was run by volunteers only, because it did not have the size and financial resources for staff support. These vol-unteers deserve high praise for their leadership and service – but FICS was

unable to grow and fulfill its potential.

In 2009 FICS formed a new partnership with the World Feder-ation of Chiropractic (WFC), sharing staff with the WFC at its Toronto offices. With this staff support FICS has seen continu-ing growth in its membership, financial base, network of vol-unteers, activities and impact in the sports chiropractic world.

Just one example is the recent addition of three new FICS commissions - for Research, Membership, and Olympian Scholarships. Established commissions, such as Games and Education and International Federations, have greatly ex-panded their activities. Many more individuals are gaining their ICSSPs in many countries, and serving on FICS teams at national and international games. FICS has new programs, such as its student scholarships and its Foundation.

FICS has now expanded to the point where it has need of its own independent staff, and on your behalf I am currently in meetings with the new WFC Secretary-General Dr Richard Brown to manage this transition. It is planned that both WFC and FICS staff will work from the Toronto office. The close relationship with the WFC, of mutual benefit, will continue. We look forward to holding the next FICS Assembly with the next WFC Congress in Washington DC in March 2017.

At this point I want to thank the WFC, and particularly its former Secretary-General David Chapman-Smith, for invalu-able support in recent years. David is continuing with his sup-port of FICS as General Counsel.

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Student Scholarships Notice 9Sec-General’s Update 10ICCSP Graduates 11Around the World 12Canada, Israel, Italy, UK and USA

FICS Foundation Report 1Ten Top Women 2ExCo and Commissions 6Future events - Games, ICCSP 7Pan American Games 8

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FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALEDE CHIROPRATIQUE DU SPORT

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President’s MessageSheila Wilson, DC, ICCSP

FICS Foundation Supports Athletes with Disabilities

John Danchik DC, FICC, FACC, Chair, FICS Foundation

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www.fics-sport.org

As was announced in the FICS News last year, FICS is establishing a FICS Foundation, a charitable foundation to raise funds inside and outside the

profession to support philanthropic projects for the benefit of athletes and to improve global sports performance.

The Foundation is now incorporated with legal and charitable status in the State of Massachusetts, first donations have been received, and structured fundraising through the FICS web-site and otherwise is about to commence. Expect an email on this soon.

I am excited to announce the first projects being supported by the Foundation, confident you will be supportive of these decisions made by the Board of Directors at meetings during the past 3 months:

• All projects funded and supported by the Foundationduring the first year commencing October shall be forathletes with disabilities. These will then be assessedwith a view to continued funding.

• Projects shall be in both the developing and developedworld, and at both the elite and community levels.

• First projects in the developing world will be in the Phil-ippines (for 3 para powerlifters seeking selection for theRio Paralympics – see details below) and the Congo(community level support for mentally and physically

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USA vs Canada wheelchair rugby at the Para Pan American Games in Toronto in September

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A sad note is the loss this month to cancer of a FICS leader and dear colleague Dr Richard Gakner of Israel, who served as FICS News Editor since January 2014. Richard, although seriously ill, was with us at the Athens Assembly in May. When I sent condolences to his family on behalf of FICS I mentioned his final comment to me there – “being with my sports chiropractic friends is the best medicine I have had in a long time.” Farewell Richard. (See the notice under Israel on page 12)

Finally, grateful thanks to members of the ExCo and each of you for your ongoing support for FICS, sports chiropractic and the athletes we serve. Let’s all dedicate ourselves to even better service and results in the months ahead.

Sheila Wilson

I also want to extend a warm welcome to Dr Richard Brown who began as WFC Secretary-General in Toronto on July 1. Richard, formerly of the UK, has qualifications in chiroprac-tic and law, and is a former president of the British Chiro-practic Association. Sports chiropractic was a significant part of his practice in Stroud, Gloucestershire, and he was one of those who provided chiropractic services in the host medical team at the London Olympics in 2012.

Other developments during a busy northern summer have included successful provision of chiropractic services at the Pan and Parapan American Games in Toronto in July/August, thanks to our Canadian members, and progress at the FICS Foundation where the Board has decided that initial fundrais-ing and project support will be for athletes with disabilities. Specific projects have been identified and look for details in this FICS News. We also have a first version of a new FICS video, soon to be unveiled.

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This is the fifth of 5 issues of the FICS News in which we feature leading women sports chiropractors

Rikke Udby Craven DC ICCSP – DenmarkNominated by René Fejer

After graduation Dr Rikke Udby Cra-ven (Los Angeles Chiropractic Col-lege, 1992) first practiced in Anaheim, California, but she then returned to her native Denmark in 1994 and has since practiced in Hobro where she has developed an international repu-tation as a leading sports chiropractor and sports chiropractic administrator.

Main team sports have been cycling and football. For cycling Rikke has been team chiropractor for several teams, has served as President of the Hobro Elite Cycling Club in 2005-12, and was Head Organizer of the Danish Road Racing Championships in 2008, 2010 and 2011. In football she is currently team chiropractor for the Hobro IK Football Premier League team (soccer).

Her many individual elite sports patients include Fie Erich-sen, Silver Medal winner in the women’s single sculls rowing at the 2012 London Olympics, a patient since 1996. “With someone like Fie,” says Dr Craven, “ I am working on fine tuning a body already in top shape. I find this fascinating and professionally challenging. As she improves, I have to im-prove my skills as well to be able to help her in maximizing her performance.”

”I can’t say which sport I like to work with the best,” contin-ues Dr Craven. “I think being part of a team where everyone,

both the athletes and the people around the team, is expected to deliver his/her best at all times, is one thing that I particu-larly enjoy. Working with the football team, football being a contact sport, the focus is not only on performance enhance-ment but also on injury treatment, prevention and rehab. Over the years working with athletes in both contact- and non-con-tact sport, I feel, I have grown into an ‘all-round’ chiroprac-tor.” Everyone who knows Rikke agrees.

For FICS, after completing her ICCSP in 2000 Dr Craven served on the FICS Executive Council from 2002-08 and during this time was Chef de Mission for the FICS team at the Athens Olympics in 2004 and a member of the FICS team at the 2005 World Games in Germany. From 2003 she has served on the FICS Education Commission, since 2008 as Chair and Co Chair.

”I enjoy the grassroots work in sports chiropractic. It is im-portant to me to spread the knowledge of our profession.

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Dr Udby Craven with Fie Erichsen, Olympic silver medalist (photo on left) and Mads Hvilsom from Hobro FC in the Danish Premier League (photo by Dannie Rosenkrantz).

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challenged athletes as recommended and supervised by Sister Brigitte Yengo DC, MD, Past President and Board Member, Special Olympics Congo)

• First projects in the developed world will be for wheel-chair rugby and para powerlifting athletes, including compli-mentary chiropractic health care in their communities.

Philippines Project. This is in partnership with the national Paralympic governing body in the Philippines, Philspada, and will be managed by FICS Foundation Board member Dr Martin Camara, a Palmer West graduate who practices in Manila, capital city of the Philippines and also serves as a member of the medical commission of the Philippines Olym-pic Committee.

The three chosen para powerlifting athletes being given support, two women and one man, have considerable inter-national experience already but require funding and other support as they seek to qualify for Rio. There is little other funding available to them in the Philippines. They are Ade-line Ancheta and Achelle Guion (see photos), and Augustin Kiton, a silver medalist at the 7th ASEAN Games last year.

The FICS Foundation will provide a monthly training sti-pend, funding to attend qualifying competitions, and volun-teer complimentary chiropractic care commencing October. There may also be coaching assistance, as approved by their current coaches.

Congo Project. This project, to be managed by Sister Yengo on behalf of Special Olympics Congo from her children’s orphanage near the capital of the Republic of Congo, Braz-zaville, is to provide community-based assistance to both mentally and physically challenged youth athletes, with an opening grant of US$5,000.

This support is for various needs, including clothing and equipment , costs of training and competing in games events organized under the authority of Special Olympics Congo, and chiropractic screening and services under the Special Olympics Healthy Athletes program.

Para Powerlifting. This is one of two sports targeted for support in the developed world. There are several reasons for this. First, there is much less other funding for these ath-letes, compared with more popular and visible sports such as wheelchair basketball and rugby, which provide significant funding from their much stronger international federations. Second, FICS already has an established relationship with the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF), governing body for able-bodied athletes.

Next, para powerlifting is strong in many countries in Eu-rope and around the world with established chiropractic professions, and is now growing in North America. Finally, the Foundation has expert advice from sports chiropractors

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Sister Brigitte Yengo

Youth in their Special Olympics Congo vests at athletic events in the Congo.

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well-connected to para powerlifting, including Dr David Par-ish of Logan University who was a coach for the US team at the recent Para Pan American Games.

The Foundation’s plans include both funding and chiroprac-tic health care support, with final details currently being de-cided and level of involvement dependent upon fundraising success.

Wheelchair Rugby. Wheelchair rugby, begun in Canada in the 1970s as murderball then in the USA as quad rugby, is defined as a sport incorporating elements of rugby, hockey, basketball, and volleyball, played by competitors who have a physical disability that requires the use of a wheelchair. It is dramatic, increasingly popular, and top-ranked nations inter-nationally at present are Australia, Canada and the USA – all with strong chiropractic professions.

Elite wheelchair rugby athletes have strong funding and healthcare support at national and international events. The Foundation’s plan is to offer a network of complimentary, expert, sports chiropractic care, as an additional part of each individual athlete’s sports medicine team and care, in the community where he or she lives.

“I just love the choices being made by the Foundation’s Board,” said FICS President Dr Sheila Wilson, who sits on the Board ex officio as president. “Helping athletes with dis-abilities is exactly the right focus for the chiropractic profes-sion, including those highly likely to need chiropractic sup-port such as wheelchair bound athletes in a high contact sport such as wheelchair rugby.”

I hope you are as excited as I am with these developments. They promise to be of great value to many athletes with disa-bilities, and will also provide the Foundation with a valuable record of service when it approaches major, independent do-nors and considers crowd-funding opportunities in the future.

If you are a sports chiropractor working in the fields of para powerlifting or wheelchair rugby in your country, and have ideas or contacts that may help the Foundation please write to me care of FICS Executive Secretary Christina Davis at cdavis@fics-sport.org. When you receive a request for a one time or monthly giving donation, please respond and support the Foundation as best you can.

FICS Foundation Board of Directors. Chair is Dr John Dan-chik, a sports chiropractor from Boston and Tufts University Medical School who is a former pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. Its members are: John Danchik, Chair; Martin Camara (Philippines); Laura Carabello (USA); David Chapman-Smith (Canada); Peter Dixon (UK); Kent Greenawalt (USA); Gordon Lawson (Canada); Joe Pelino (Canada); Phil San-tiago (USA); Sheila Wilson (FICS President, USA).

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I simply find it silly that not every elite sport team has a chi-ropractor as part of their medical team.”

“Needless to say, when everything comes together, whether it is as an Olympic medal, a National championship or another season in the best Danish football league, it is the absolute highlight - and knowing that you have been a part in the suc-cess makes all the hours away from home worth it.”

Sheila Wilson DC ICCSPNominated by Dr Richard Gakner and Dr Karlie Steiner-Bailey

Dr Wilson (Cleveland College, Kansas City, 1995) practices at her Georgetown Chiropractic Clinic in Indianapolis, Indiana where she is Team Chiropractor for the Indiana In-vaders Track and Field Team and has a predominantly sports chiropractic practice.

She has worked at the US track and field annual national championships,

and the US Olympic Trials for track and field, since 1999, and numerous international games served include the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics (2002), the Central American and Caribbean Games (2003), the World Games (2005, 2009 and 2013) and the Pan American Games (2011).

Sheila, a past president of the American Chiropractic As-sociation Sports Council and winner of the ACASC Sports Chiropractor of the Year Award, is best known to sports chi-ropractors worldwide as the FICS President for the past 5 years, currently serving a second 4-year term from 2014-17. She has been a mentor and inspiration to many, including in particular women chiropractors. Here are excerpts from a recent interview with ACASC Treasurer Dr Karlie Steiner-Bailey , who asked Dr Wilson about “ her road to becoming a top female doc in the field of sports chiropractic.”

How did you decide/know that you wanted to be involved in sports chiropractic?I knew I wanted to be a chiropractor from the time I was 16 years old. At Cleveland Chiropractic we had a small sports council where I became introduced to sports chiropractic but it wasn’t until I started the CCSP program 2 years out of school that I really realized sports chiropractic could be my focus and specialty. I grew up playing sports so it was a natu-ral fit combining two things I was passionate about.

Who were your role models in the profession?My Dad (Ron Wilson, DC), Tom Hyde, Robin Hunter, Phil Santiago and Sherri LaShomb.

What is your greatest accomplishment? I have had the opportunity to work with a lot of amazing peo-ple, travel and work events all over the world. When I was asked to run for the office of FICS President, the final point in making my decision was that I would be the first female

President. I hope in some way I have opened that door for many more women to follow.

What has been your biggest hurdle/challenge? Balancing work and home has been my biggest challenge. I have to make a strong daily effort to not let work completely take over!

How were you first received as a female in the profession? I have always found being a female sports chiropractor as a positive in my favor. I’ve gotten opportunities because more women were needed to work at particular events and with certain sports. I’ve never felt I was treated differently or passed over for being a woman

What’s your best piece of advice for a young/new female chiropractor?Work hard, be the best at what you do and be yourself.

What would you still like to accomplish as a female in the profession?I am in my second term as FICS President and I still have a few goals and projects to finish there. After that I’m not sure other than to continue working as a sports chiropractor mentoring others in the same way that the women before me paved the way for me.

For a more extended interview with Dr Wilson see the De-cember 2009 FICS News at www.fics-sport.org

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At the US Track & Field Nationals this past June.

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Education Commission (CoEDU)Rene Fejer, Chair – DenmarkAna Paula Facchinato – BrazilScott Howitt – CanadaKazutoshi Isa – JapanCharmaine Korporaal – South AfricaArnaud Lardon – FranceBrian Nook – AustraliaHenry Pollard – AustraliaRichard Skippings – Great BritainTim Stark – USAEthics Commission (CoETH)Carla How, Chair, ExCo – United Kingdom

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FICS Headquarters:MSI Maison du Sport InternationalAvenue de Rhodanie 54CH – 1007 Lausanne VD Switzerland

Administrative Office:c/o World Federation of Chiropractic1246 Yonge Street, Suite 203Toronto, ON M4T 1W5 CanadaTel: 1 416 484 9091 Fax: 1 416 484 9665Christina Davis – Executive Secretarycdavis@fics-sport.org

admInIsTraTIon

Philip SantiagoSecretary General

Christina DavisExecutive Secretary

Khalid SalimAdministrator Coordinator

David Chapman-SmithGeneral Counsel

Membership Commission (CoMEM)Martin Isaksson, Chair – SwedenNathan Akmens – AustraliaEd Feinberg – USATjaart Van der Merwe – AustraliaMateusz Nowacki – PolandAleisha Serrano – Puerto RicoResearch Commission (CoRES)Stephen Perle, Chair – USAAngelo Battiston – United KingdomGuy Gosselin – EnglandCharmaine Korporaal – South AfricaHenry Pollard – AustraliaAlexander Ruhe – Germany

Olympians Scholarship Program Commission (CoWOSP)Angela Salcedo, Chair – USAMartin Camara – PhilippinesGregory Doerr – USAJay Greenstein – USATom Hyde – USAKevin Jardine – CanadaStephen Press – USATodd Reiter – USADale Richarsdon, ExCo – AustraliaGreg Uchacz – Canada

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The 2015 Pan American and Parapan American Games, the largest multisport event ever held in Canada and the third larg-est games in the world after the Summer Olympics and Asian Games, were held in Toronto during August and September.

There were 140 chiropractors among the 1,850 medical ser-vices volunteers providing support to athletes, coaches and officials at the polyclinic and the 31 competition venues. Forty one countries sent over 11,000 athletes, competing in 825 events in 68 disciplines in 51 sports. They were cheered on by over 250,000 fans.

The Royal College of Chiropractic Sports Sciences (Cana-da), FICS member for Canada, and its Past President Dr Glen Harris, successfully undertook the huge task of recruiting and organizing the host services chiropractic team of 140, who were assigned to the polyclinics and many individual sports venues for each of the Pan and Parapan games.

Other nations brought their own sports chiropractors. “It was an honor for me to serve again as a member of the sports medicine staff for the Brazilian Team” said Dr Plinio de Bar-ros Baretto of Rio de Janeiro who has been with his national team for past Pan American and Olympic Games.

“As always it was a pleasure to meet chiropractors working for other teams, in the polyclinic and at the different venues. I provided around 100 treatments for athletes and administra-tive personnel during the Games, which were excellently or-ganized with everything first class quality.” Brazil came third in medals after Canada and the USA.

Dr Bill Moreau, the sports chiropractic specialist who now serves as Managing Director of Sports Medicine Services for the US Olympic Committee, agrees that these were excep-tionally well-organized games. “The Toronto host organizing committee did a great job preparing for these Games.”

“ In addition to providing for the medical care of Team USA”, says Moreau,” it was also great to continue our friendships with DCs from around the world that we saw at Games.” Chi-ropractic members of the US staff were:

Pan American Games Bill Moreau DC DACBSP - CMO Team USACeleste Gabai DC ATC CCSP, Sports Medicine Physician Team USA

Dustin Nabhan DC DACBSP - Sports Medicine Physician Team USA Kevin Pierce DC DACBSP - Sports Medicine Physician Team USA, MCO USA ArcheryJeremy Summers DC DACBSP, CMO USA Fencing Raluca Duma DC DACBSP, USA FencingJason Reynolds DC DACBSP, USA Men’s Field Hockey Kevin Rindal DC CCSP USA SwimmingSherri LaShomb DC ATC, USA Taekwondo Pat Prikkel DC CCSP, USA Track and Field

Parapan American GamesBrett Guimard DC DACBSPJulia Johnson DC ATC DACBSP

Another American sports chiropractor at the Parapan Games in Toronto, credentialed not as a health care provider but as a coach with the US Para Powerlifting Team, was Dr David Parish, Director of Logan University’s Sports and Rehabili-tation Center. He met with Canadian volunteer Dr Gordon Lawson at the venue for para powerlifting and wheelchair rugby as they cheered on the US and Canadian wheelchair rugby teams. In a closely contested final Canada won the gold, the USA silver.

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Plinio Barreto with Canadian chiropractors at the polyclinic, and US team chiropractors (from left) Dustin Nabhan, Bill Moreau and Kevin Pierce.

Gordon Lawson and David Parish at the wheelchair rugby

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Notice of 2015 FICS Student Scholarships

FICS, the international organization representing the specialty of sports chiropractic, is pleased to announce four US$1,000 sponsorships for chiropractic students generously donated by Foot Levelers (www.footlevelers.com), Life University (www.life.edu), Logan College of Chiropractic (www.logan.edu), and Standard Process (www.standardprocess.com). These schol-arships are open to chiropractic students worldwide.

RequirementsEnrolled fulltime at an accredited/recognized chiropractic school, graduating in or after 2014.

1. Submission of:

(a) 500-750 word essay concerning the importance of sports chiropractic services to athletes in training and competition, and to the future growth of the chiropractic profession.

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

(c) 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).

(d) Letter from faculty member teaching sports chiropractic and/or related subjects confirming good character and aca-demic standard and recommending award.

Deadline for Applications October 31, 2015. Successful applicants notified by November 30, 2015.

Winners in 2010:Jo Adriaenssen, Institut Franco-Européen de Chiropratique (IFEC), France. Nicholas Curry, Logan College of Chiropractic, USA. Raluca Duma – University of Bridgeport, College of Chiropractic, USA. Catherine Hughes – Anglo-European College of Chiropractic, UK.

Winners in 2011:Reyhaneh Baha, Southern California University of Health Sciences, USA. Beau Baird, Logan College, USA. Derek Page, Macquarie University, Australia. Sharon Sackey, Anglo-European College of Chiropractic, UK.

Winners in 2012:Kelsey Dobesh, Logan College of Chiropractic, USA. Casey Eisenbach, Southern California University of Health Sciences, USA. Kristian Frantzen, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Canada. Andrew Hunt, National University of Health Sciences, USA. Kayleigh Knudson, Palmer College of Chiropractic West, USA.

Winners in 2013:Roopali Hall, University of Bridgeport College of Chiropractic, USA. Kelley Humphries, Texas Chiropractic College, USA. Bronwyn Hunt, New Zealand College of Chiropractic, New Zealand. Chelsea Warnecke, Logan University, USA.

Winners in 2014:Dillon Cuppusamy, Durban University of Technology, South Africa. Alyssa Fischbach, Northwestern University of Health Sciences, USA. Nicholas Le Lievre, Macquarie University, Australia. Eric Olson, Texas Chiropractic College, USA.

How to Apply? Use the Application Form available at Education/Student Scholarships at www.fics-sport.org and return it to Christina Davis, FICS Executive Secretary at cdavis@fics-sport.org or at fax: 1-416-484-9665.

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ICCSP – Japan, Australia and USAAs I write in late September I have just returned from four days in Tokyo, my first time ever in Japan, where Dr Tim Stark and I lectured in the final classes of the ICCSP course for the Japanese jointly developed by FICS and its mem-

ber council in Japan, the Japanese Federation of Chiropractic Sportive (JFOCS). We were most impressed with the stu-dents, who will now proceed to examinations.

My thanks to JFOCS, its President Dr Naoki Orihashi, and Dr Kaz Isa, FICS ExCo member for Asia, for your great hospital-ity. With the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on the horizon it was excit-ing to be with Japan’s present and future sports chiropractors, and experiencing the wonderful culture and food of Japan.

FICS has just had one of its largest and most successful IC-CSP modules ever – 93 registrants attended the Gold Coast Lower Extremities Seminar held in Queensland from August 14-16 where the outstanding faculty of speakers was Drs Rick Ames, Nat Frostick, Brett Jarosz, Brian Nook and Henry Pol-lard. Congratulations to Dr Pete Garbutt, Dr Deb Nook and all involved in the planning and administration of this event.

In the USA there are now two alternative ways, other than the traditional online plus modules course, for obtaining the ICCSP. For some time those with a CCSP have been able to convert this to an ICCSP with minimal difficulty. Now, those who have completed an appropriate college-based course of study for a CCSP can elect to take examinations directly for an ICCSP. First such examinations are being held in Pennsylvania and Puerto Rico in October and November.

For more information on these US options, and on the ICCSP generally – including the names and contact information for those holding ICCSP qualifications worldwide – visit www.fics-sport.org.

Student Scholarships – October 31 deadlineSee the notice of four US$1,000-00 student scholarships competition elsewhere in this FICS News and at the web-site . The deadline for applications is October 31, with results given by November 30. Act now.

AdministrationThe Executive Officers continue to meet monthly by telecon-ference, and on September 2 there was a meeting of the full Executive Council. Matters discussed then included:

• Finances – Chief of Finances Dr Brad Sandler reported FICS is operating on budget

• Roles and responsibilities – Dr Dale Richardson, who is leading a project for better definition of responsibili-ties of all officers and staff, reported good progress

• Commissions – President Dr Sheila Wilson reported improved function of the FICS Commissions during the past year, during which she has hosted quarterly meet-ings of all Commission Chairs

• FICS Foundation – David Chapman-Smith summa-rized positive developments in the new FICS Founda-tion, including projects to support athletes with disabili-ties. See more on this on page 1.

• Future Staffing – Dr Wilson and I are traveling to Toron-to on November 20 to meet with the World Federation of Chiropractic on future FICS staffing requirements. Cur-rently FICS shares time with WFC staff members. This has worked well for some years, but FICS has grown and now has need of at least one dedicated fulltime staff member. This was discussed by the ExCo at its meeting in Athens in May. There will be more news on this soon.

FICS Promotional MaterialsA main FICS project for the Communications Commission, me and others in recent months has been the development of additional promotional materials for FICS. We have an attrac-tive fold-out pamphlet, but need much more and are producing:

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2. Video. A short, high-quality video that introduces FICS and its activities. Much of the footage, now complete, was shot at the CSIT Games in Italy in June. This is in final production, and there will be versions that your NCSC can adapt and use for its own promotional purposes.

3. Power Point Presentation. We now have all needed in-formation, and are condensing the presentation to about 40 final slides.

All of these projects will be complete during the northern fall/autumn, with information then posted at the website and in the December FICS News.

Rugby World CupThe 2015 Rugby World Cup is currently underway in Eng-land and Wales, and opened with the Japanese beating South Africa in the biggest upset in the history of the sport I am told. With the Executive having members from South Africa and Australia, and its meetings attended by David Chapman-Smith originally from New Zealand, all major rugby nations, a surprising amount of time and energy is spent on rugby.

I follow the other shaped ball myself. However, may the best man/team win. Looking at the nations playing, and the FICS membership, those with a stake in this cup seem to be Aus-tralia, Canada, England, France, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa, Wales and the USA.

Nash D. Anderson – UKJoshua Basham – Australia

Jacques Bezuidenhout – South AfricaRodrigo Sanchez Bissone – Chile

Emilio Kardaris – AustraliaGary C. Larkin – USA

Simon Lawson – South Africa

Elizabeth Moos – USAJoshua Nelson – Australia

John O’Malley – New ZealandBobby Pritchett – USA

Gary J. Smith – AustraliaGerold Stadelmaier – Germany

CongraTulaTIons To ThEsE rECEnT graduaTEs from ThE ICCsp program

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CanadaSimmons is Champion CurlerThe sport of curling, little known in most countries, played on ice and first devel-oped in Scotland, similar in many ways

to lawn bowling, is now a national pastime and one of the most popular sports in Canada.

Congratulations are due to Moose Jaw chiropractor Dr Pat Simmons, a 1999 graduate of the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC), who led his Team Canada to the Bronze medal at the 2015 World Curling Championships held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in April.

Simmons, who has been curling since 1982, also represented the teams from Kamloops (2014) and Calgary (2015) that won the Canadian national championships, the Brier Cup, the last two years.

“Winning the Brier is a dream of any male Canadian curler – doing it twice in back to back years was a fantastic feeling,” says Simmons. “Having an opportunity to represent your country and proudly wear the maple leaf at a world cham-pionship is an honour to say the least. Although our goal is always to win gold, we had a very good week and are proud of our bronze medal.”

Source: CMCC, Primary Contact, Spring 2015

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IsraelRichard Gakner DC, ICCSP – In MemoriamDr Richard Gakner of Netanya, Israel, Editor of the FICS News and a much-admired colleague and friend to many, passed away on September 2 after a prolonged and brave fight with cancer. We extend our condolences to his wife Dafna and family.

Richard (Logan, 1992) was raised in the USA and, after graduation, practiced there for 12 years treating many profes-

sional boxers out of the Sugar Ray Robinson Gym in his very successful sports chiropractic practice.

In 2004 he moved to Israel where he founded the Israeli Sports Chiropractic Society, led chiropractic teams to the Maccabi World Games (2005, 2009, 2013), brought ICCSP training to Israel and worked tirelessly to develop sports chiropractic and the profession. Until his last days he was vigorously lead-ing efforts to establish a first school of chiropractic in Israel.

Dr Gakner, you were an inspiring leader and great advocate for the profession. Thank you. Your mission for a chiroprac-tic school in Israel will be fulfilled, and you will live on there and in our memories

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ItalyTwo members of the Italian Chiropractic Sports Council (ICSC) recently provided chiropractic care at international rowing events in Italy and France. Here are sum-

maries of their experiences, submitted by Dr Gino Campanelli.

World Rowing Cup - Italy19-21 June 2015

The World Rowing Cup took place in the splendid frame-work of Varese, Italy, where countless boats populated the waters of Lake Varese for three days of competition. Many national teams participated in this event, ranging from the host country Italians all the way to Canadians and Cubans.

This was a sports show at its best, full of color and smiles, dis-playing just how well the union of rowing and chiropractic can work together. In recent years rowing has provided numerous collaborations between members of the ICSC and local and national rowing teams, demonstrating how much world-class athetes appreciate and benefit from chiropractic services.

Benedetto LaRocca, DC, PT worked with the Argentinian Na-tional Rowing Team, interacting with coaches and athletic trainers. Dr LaRocca had the privilege to treat rowers ranging from juniors to seasoned veterans.

This was the first time that many of the athletes had access to chi-ropractic and it was beautiful to witness the enthusiasm in their

eyes following their first treatments. Other rowers happily came in for care after having already experienced quality ser-vices at the 2012 London Summer Olympic Games.

The chiropractors on staff were positioned in the main medi-cal facility in direct contact not only with athletes but also with the other health professionals present. After the compe-tition, Argentina’s national team returned to their home coun-try to begin training for their next big challenge….the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

World Rowing Championships – France30 August – 06 September, 2015

The World Rowing Championships took place during the first week of September at Lake Aiguebelette, France. This was a very important event because it served as the main qualifica-tion event for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro 2016.

Renaud Xavier Dejean DC, ICSSP is chiropractor for the Hellenic Rowing Federation and its Greek National Team. Since 2009, he has provided care at many international row-ing events and, in addition to the Greek team, has worked with the Lithuanian Rowing Federation as well as athletes coming from Algeria, Italy and Japan.

Doctors of chiropractic are not really new to the rowing scene in Europe and Italy. For example, at the 2012 London Olym-pic Games two other esteemed Italian colleagues, Joshua Luster, DC and Anthony McDougall, DC, provided care for the Italian National Rowing Team.

Dr. Dejean’s treatments at the Championships included clas-sic full-spine adjustments and stretching of all major muscle groups involved in the act of rowing - including quadriceps, TFL, iliopsoas, serratus anterior and latissimus dorsi.

Chiropractic treatments were greatly appreciated by the ath-letes because they facilitated a faster recovery from work-outs and injury, and improved function to express their best potential. The results were good for the Greek team: 1 silver medal and 2 boats directly qualified for the Rio 2016 Olym-pic Games.

See you in Rio!

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UKEuropean Tug Of War Championships 2015 – Belfast, Northern IrelandAnother successful 4 days of looking af-

ter the tug of war (TOW) athletes, at the European Champion-ships held in Belfast, Northern Ireland from September 3-6.

Chiropractors Rob Scott (UK), Paul Cheung (UK) and Mar-tin Isaksson (Sweden) enjoyed the customary TWIF hospi-tability and we are now routinely introduced at the coaches’ briefing. The organising committee ran a very well-organ-ised, smooth show – although the transport was a bit dodgy initially – and despite what may look like organised chaos, on the field, actually things turned out to be a well-planned, orchestrated competition. Four days of intense competition resulted in some injuries.

Fortunately TOW is not as traumatic as some sports so the athletes are mostly suffering from muscle and joint problems in a number of specific areas - ribs, low-back and knee. So plenty of soft-tissue work, taping and adjusting.

Despite trying to explain that prevention is better than wait-ing until you are injured it was noticeable that the influx of work was always after a particular weight competition. The Friday was, as always, the busiest day but we basically were on the go the whole time. In the end we had delivered 204 treatments to 134 individuals.

There is still a good deal of education needed – too many people call us “physios” and it was suggested that a banner announcing the chiropractors’ tent would be an advantage. I was interviewed by TWIF for their magazine so hopefully that will help. I shall also reiterate my previous request that we all have a uniform shirt clearly stating what we are. That will help with clarity and education.

We enjoyed some interprofessional referrals from the Dutch, Swedes and South Africans and met many old friends who are now quite happy with what we provide. Finally we had one event that could have gone horribly wrong however the outcome was finally a happy one. The 1st aiders from St John’s Ambulance carried into our tent a young 22-year old with loss of feeling in both legs brought on whilst competing. The hapless lad should have been left where he was and sta-bilised rather than manhandled the whole length of a football pitch but Paul Cheung did an excellent job in assessing his lower back neurology.

After about one hour of regular checks he felt much better and walked to the toilet. We recommended he return to South Africa for further investigation rather than be stuck in hos-pital in Belfast. I am not sure how the decision to move him was reached but he really should have been left. Happily the outcome was favourable but we felt this matter should be raised.

We all enjoyed ourselves and are looking forward to being able to help out at Malmo in Sweden next year.

Respectfully submitted by Rob Scott

British Eventing – ScotlandEventing includes the three, separate, horse-riding disciplines of dressage, cross-country and show jumping. For chiropractors this is an interesting and challenging sport to work in. Treating both equine and human athletes presents unique challenges.

In addition there are the different demands of the three disci-plines, and the interactions between the horse and rider. Rid-ers typically get their horses checked before themselves, but

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(from left) Rob Scott, Martin Isaksson, Paul Cheung

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USACassie Stinson at Houston DashToday women’s professional soccer is a major, popular and rapidly growing sport in the USA, with Team USA win-ning the recent FIFA Women’s World Cup. For the past three seasons the Hou-ston Dynamos, one of the leading men’s franchises in the MLS, has been joined by the Houston Dash, its women’s team. Team chiropractor, just completing her second season, is 2009 Texas Chiroprac-tic College graduate and Houston chiro-practor Dr Cassie Stinson.

Dr Stinson was just completing her postgraduate sports chi-ropractic CCSP when she was approached by Dynamo team chiropractors Dr Jay Heintz and Dr Brian Sansalone because the newly formed Dash wanted a female chiropractor as part of the medical team, other members of which are a head ath-letic trainer, a non-operative orthopedist, an orthopedic sur-geon and a massage therapist.

“We have a great team, all with different roles but the same goal,” says Stinson, “to keep athletes healthy and to get them back on the field ASAP when injured.” Dr Stinson, a former college basketball player, has a BA in health and kinesiology from the University of Texas and certifications in kinesio-taping and Graston and from the National Exercise Trainers Association. About 60% of her practice is sports related, the balance family practice.

She does not travel with the Dash, given the commitments of her practice, but covers all home games providing treatment before, during and after games with a combination of adjust-ments, Graston technique and taping. Players also visit her Moody Health Center office during the week as needed.

are increasingly aware of the impact of their own fitness on their horses’ performance and are wanting chiropractic as-sessment and treatment themselves.

I finished a busy season working with Eventing at the Euro-pean Eventing Championships, held at Blair Castle in Scot-land from September 9-13. My services for the British team were much in demand. The team secured the Silver medal behind the impressive Germans for Gold, with the French taking Bronze.

Submitted by Dr Juliet Lock

World Masters Athletics Championships - Lyon, France.The World Masters Athletics (WMA) Championships took place in Lyon, France over 14 days from August 4 -18, with over 8,000 athletes from 98 nations taking part. Five chiro-practors from the UK - Fiona Jacobs, Juliet Lock, Meriel Da-vis, Stacey Rochelle and Vicky Brooks - supported the event, and were based at La Stade Balmont as part of the Champion-ships’ medical team.

Masters Athletics is for athletes over the age of 35. Their backgrounds vary as much their ages, ranging from musi-cians, teachers, bankers and doctors to former Olympians. Competition is intense and is organised by age groups of five year bands from 35 - 40 up to – wait for it - 95-99!

The chiropractic team was kept busy with a wide range of injuries from hamstring strains through to an Achilles tendon rupture. After the Championships a number of the athletes were going on to compete in Beijing so treatment was geared both to present need and to the longer term. Treatment con-sisted of pre, mid and post event adjustments, taping, nee-dling and other supportive care.

We are pleased to report that many world records were set. One came from the now famous Charles Eugster, aged 96 years, in the 200m sprint. There were four competitors in the race. Three settled into a crouched position, with Charles choosing a standing start. Reactions were quick as the gun went off, and Charles sprinted through the finish line the win-ner in 42.98 seconds. This was just 23.79 seconds behind Us-ain Bolt’s best time, proving that movement is one of the best medicines even at 96 years old!

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My private practice suffered tremendously due to my ab-sence. I continued to see my patients during home games from 7am until 12 noon, then would drive to the ballpark to arrive by 12:30pm and work until 11pm. Fortunately the head athletic trainer, Rick Griffin, allowed me this more flexible schedule in to minimally maintain my private practice.

My job was to provide chiropractic, acupuncture, and na-turopathic care, including soft-tissue work, for the players. I worked closely with the other trainers and the medical staff, which consisted of: Medical Director, Dr. Ed Khalfayan; Dr. Mitchel Storey, a primary care physician, Dr. Doug Nikatani, opthalamologist, Dr. Robert Hughes, dentist, Rick Griffin, head athletic trainer, Rob Nodine, assistant athletic trainer, Matt Toth, rehab coordinator, James Clifford, strengthening coach, Monica Van Winkle, nutritionist, and Yoshihiro Naka-zawa, acupuncturist/massage therapist.

It was great to work with such an elite group of practitioners to help achieve the optimal health of the players, and I de-veloped high respect for each member of this team. Goals of the medical team were ensuring quick recovery from injuries, preventing further injury, maximizing players’performance, monitoring concussions, injury assessment, taking in-house x-rays or Orthoscan or ordering CT or MRIs, providing im-mediate treatment, discontinuing play as necessary, prescrib-ing rehab exercise, and post-surgical rehab and prevention.

Working full-time with the Mariners was really an experience of a lifetime for me. I was warmly welcomed by the staff, and was amazed at how much the players entrusted their health and bodies to us. This experience allowed me to bring all of my alternative medicine skills together. I needed to work hard and earn the trust of the players those first few months. They needed to know that I was there for them every day.

Initially I was immersed in getting to know how this team worked and what each individual player liked and needed. The year was full of emotional ups and downs with each win and loss. I was learning how to digest and understand the at-tachment that occurred with winning and losing, the team’s passion for the game, and my own desire of treating the play-ers in the best possible way I could.

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Congratulations to Dr Stinson, an ACA mem-ber who is an advisor to the Sports Council at Texas College. It is great to see yet another pro team seeking out and benefiting from skilled sports chiropractic care.

Life as a Team Chiropractor for the Seattle MarinersMasahiro Takakura DC, ND, LAcDr Takakura, a Japanese and US citizen, practices as a chiropractic and naturopathic doctor in Seattle, Washington, where he is on faculty at Bastyr University. Here is an edited and reduced version of an article he wrote for the April/May issue of Plexus, journal of the Washington State Chiropractic Association, which may be found at www.chirohealth.org.In Japan baseball is one of the most popular sports in the country. In 2012, through contacts with athletic trainers that I made there, I had the opportunity to serve a two-week intern-ship with the Texas Rangers assisting their medical team.

It was difficult to leave my private practice for two full weeks, but it was an incredible learning experience. I had to be at the ballpark by 5 am until about 5pm each day. By the end of the two weeks I had gained so much respect for all the medi-cal team members, and following a meeting with the team’s medical director and team chiropractor I was invited to treat the Ranger’s team when they came to Seattle for games.

At the end of the 2012 season the Seattle Mariner’s organi-zation invited me to join their medical team fulltime for the 2013 season. I was worried whether to interrupt my private practice so much, but felt it was a rare opportunity and excit-ing path for my career. I signed on and traveled with the team attending all 162 games, plus the 2 months of spring training before the regular season.

Photo Credit: Trask Smith, Houston Dash.

On the big screen on Seattle Mariners Home Opening Day, 2013. Photo credit: Sofina Lin.

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I want to give special appreciation to my mentor, Rick Grif-fin, the head athletic trainer. He has been with the Mariners for over 30 years. and took me under his wing and taught me so much about the inner workings of the major league baseball. Rick shared with me the picture of Babe Ruth, one of the best players of the game, receiving treatment on a chi-ropractic table.

In 2014 I declined the offer to continue fulltime on the medi-cal staff, always traveling with the team, but remained with the Seattle Mariners as team chiropractor. I still feel part of the Mariners family. As with any family, if they call on me, I will be there in a heartbeat.

MMA – Fidler and his FightersFICS News caught up with Dr Howie Fidler (Cleveland College Kansas City, 1997), an ACA Sports Council mem-ber who practises in Minnetonka, Minnesota, at the Florida Chiropractic Association Convention in Orlando in August. He was at the DC Cure booth (www.dccurebyaerotel.com) and we asked him about his now extensive work with mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters.

You now have many top fighters, including 7 past and present world champions, as patients. How did this all begin?Things took off in 2013. I was at a fight with one patient, when another woman fighter asked me for help. In her fight her neck had been badly wrenched in a guillotine choke, re-sulting in much pain and little movement. Medical advice had been to go to ER. Within 30 minutes following my treat-ment she had full ROM and little pain. She sang my praises on Facebook and Twitter, and I was deluged by responses from other fighters.

How much of your practice is MMA?I am on the road for MMA about 30% of my time, and have 5 major events throughout the USA and Canada during Sep-tember-December, managing up to 6 or 7 fighters per event. For some I am contracted for training and a series of fights over a set period, for others it is just support at events. At

(from left): Rick Griffin, Seattle Mariners head athletic trainer, Dr. Masahiro Takakura and Jamie Reed, head athletic trainer/medical director for the Texas Rangers. Photo courtesy of Seattle Mariners.

Dr Fidler with patients Tonya “Triple Threat” Evinger, Invicta FC Bantamweight (135 lb) champ (above) and Jamie Moyle at the Kansas City Fights September 12

home 70% of my practice is sports-related, but with athletes from various sports.

In summary, what is your clinical approach.Everything is directed at improved functional performance and quickest recovery from injuries. Beyond manual joint and soft tissue treatments I have used plenty of technology over the years. For the past 18 months I have been using DC Cure, a portable PEMF (pulsed electromagnetic field) therapy and unit backed by good research showing effectiveness in reducing pain and inflammation, and increased cellular regen-eration and healing. For example, one of my world champion patients, Barb Honchak (Invicta FC 125 lbs), found that uti-lizing DC Cure twice daily for 30 minutes greatly reduced re-covery time from soreness and injuries from training, allow-ing her to train harder and at full capacity – so much that she has provided the manufacturers with a testimonial. Patients love that they can remain mobile while wearing the therapy.

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