Truly Inspiring” Autumn Conference It Was All About the Patient
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chiropractic-uk.co.uk Winter 2018/2019 • Volume 32 • Number 3 A helping hand for members of the British Chiropractic Association “Truly inspiring” Autumn Conference It was all about the patient MAPPING THE FEATURE NEWS NATION’S BACK PAIN 57% of Northern Irelanders currently Back pain barometer New BCA Board Haymo Thiel retires have back or neck pain, compared 40% to 40% of those in the South East Fewest number of sufferers Page 12 Page 14 57% Highest number of sufferers SCOTLAND FEATURE NEWS NORTH EAST NORTHERN IRELAND NORTH WEST YORKSHIRE & HUMBER BCA Press Office Graeme Wight: MIDLANDS EAST OF ENGLAND Page 20 WALES celebrating 50 years LONDON SOUTH EAST SOUTH WEST Page 18 Head to the BCA website for tips and advice for preventing and managing back and neck pain, or to find your local chiropractor: chiropractic-uk.co.uk. 01_Contact_Cover.indd 1 11/01/2019 11:01 PHOENIX HEALTHCARE ARE THE SOLE AGENT AND SUPPLIER OF METRON CHIROPRACTIC TABLES FOR THE UK AND IRELAND METRON CHIROPRACTIC TABLES ARE ONLY MANUFACTURED BY METRON BEWARE OF IMITATIONS These high quality, high specification, competitively priced Chiropractic couches are available by contacting us on our sales hotline or website. 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The McTimoney College of with additional placements at two new hospitals and LChiropractic (MCC) achieved ECCE accreditation for its five- looking to offer chiropractic services to local police forces. year extended programme and the University of Teeside has Unfortunately, we have lost two members of the BCA confirmed that it will be starting a new chiropractic degree family as well as a strong supporter of the profession. programme in 2019. For the first time in the UK potential Our thoughts are with the families at this difficult students have the choice of five universities, located all over time. Obituaries for Liz Edwards (WIOC 2002), Paul the country, to undertake their chiropractic training. Quiqley (WIOC 2011) and Norman Illingworth (who was One of the greatest risks for the chiropractic profession instrumental in helping pass the Chiropractor’s Act and the is that, due to the small size (and divided nature) of the setting up of the GCC) are in the News section. profession, it is considered almost irrelevant by the key As winter continues we have a timely piece from BCA decision makers. In order to achieve the cultural authority member, Simon Billings, reminding us of the importance of the profession deserves we need to increase the number of considering patients’ Vitamin D levels. Croner has also put chiropractors and the number of chiropractic programmes together some tips for dealing with stress in the workplace. taking place in multidisciplinary health faculties in The joint ECU and WFC Conference will be taking universities. The Society for Promoting Chiropractic place in Berlin from March 20th – 23rd. This is one of Education has a strategic plan for 2018-2020 of having the leading Chiropractic Conferences in the world and one new university start to offer a chiropractic degree has come to Europe just four times since 2000. With programme every year for three years; it appears to have this conference taking place in March there will not be a achieved this for 2018 and 2019. BCA Spring Conference in 2019. The BCA will instead be In this issue you will read the first college reports from hosting a special event for BCA members at the ECU/ LSBU and MCC. This issue also has Professor Haymo Thiel’s WFC Conference. It will be an exceptional conference last report as Principal of AECC University College. Haymo with leading speakers and an opportunity to meet with has had a profound influence on chiropractors and the many chiropractors from all over the world. Many BCA profession in Europe for nearly three decades through his members have already registered; please register as roles at AECC and his research activities including the BCA soon as you can as the conference is expected to supported study into side effects of cervical manipulation sell out! Be EPIC! www.epic2019.net in the UK. We welcome Professor Lesley Haigh as the new Principal. Lesley is a strong advocate of chiropractic and Rishi Loatey, Editor CONTENTS In this issue... President’s message 5 Reports 22, 23, 24, 26 Shelfie 38 European Chiropractor’s Union Features 6-11, 12-13, 20-21 Business & Finance 40-41, Chiropractic Research Council Autumn conference 2018 42-43 Royal College of Chiropractors Meet the Team Stress in the Workplace World Federation of Chiropractic The BCA Press Office Free business advice Colleges 28-33 News 14, 16-18 Diary 44-45 News from UK chiropractic colleges News from your Association, Classifieds 46-51 colleagues and the chiropractic Special Interest 34-35, 36-37 world in general Vitamin D Reflex 19 Acupuncture for Chronic Pain CONTACT Winter 2018/2019 • Volume 32 Issue 3 3 03_Editorial_Contents1p.indd 3 11/01/2019 12:29 YEARS OF DESIGN RX G RG RM For chiropractors, by chiropractors. 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It is so important for The editorial board reserves the right to reject or edit member of Europe’s largest chiropractic membership the chiropractic community, no matter where you contributions. organisation! Did you know that this year: live, to feel a strong connection to the culture and Contact is published by the British Chiropractic Association • 45,000 people searched for a chiropractor on the people of the Association. The heart of the BCA is and distributed free to all BCA BCA website its members, so let’s be a strong and synchronised Members, Associate Members, • The BCA created a massive 128 million heartbeat as we grow and enhance this Association Provisional Members, Student Members and recognised colleges impressions in the media (96.5% of all positive for all members, now and in the future. Print run: 1,750 – published chiropractic press!) 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