28 February, 2021
News
A new mobile app promises to be the solution to chiropractic job searches.
ChiroPair is the first and only chiro-specific app to find and post jobs. It will be free for candidates seeking jobs, will charge employers a monthly fee for posting jobs, and is set to launch in April of this year.
Events
The World Federation of Chiropractic has announced their Biennial Congress will be held virtually in 2021.
The event will be held in partnership with Parker Seminars to provide virtual presentation facilities which promise "a unique user experience." The theme is Chiropractic For a New Normal, and will be held September 23-25.
WFC ANNOUNCES VIRTUAL CONGRESS 2021
The first ever CARLoquium is set to be held this week.
This virtual conference for the chiropractic community will feature keynote speakers and live poster sessions held in a virtual world, much like Second Life. Abstract submissions are now closed but there may still be time to register as an observer.
Research
A study in JAMA reveals that acute low back pain patients exposed to guideline discordant care are more likely to become chronic.
Of the 5,233 patients with acute low back pain, one third became chronic at 6 months. These patients were more than 2-times more likely to transition to chronic pain if exposed to 3 nonconcordant processes of care within the first 21 days. Other characteristics associated with transition to chronic low back pain included obesity, severe disability at baseline, and depression or anxiety.
Risk Factors Associated With Transition From Acute to Chronic Low Back Pain in US Patients Seeking Primary Care h/t Greg Kawchuk
The global summit on the efficacy and effectiveness of spinal manipulative therapy found "no evidence of an effect of SMT for the management of non-musculoskeletal disorders including infantile colic, childhood asthma, hypertension, primary dysmenorrhea, and migraine."
World Spine Care and the Global Spine Care Initiative released a paper describing the development of their Guides for Managing Back and Neck Pain During the Time of COVID-19.
The paper written by a team of 29 participants from 10 countries on 4 continents, describes an open, progressive, iterative approach to creating the free guides which promise to empower patients and clinicians to manage uncomplicated spinal pain and may reduce overutilization when direct access to a spine care clinician is unavailable.