9 DEC 2020 · As 2020, the year like no other draws to a close we are pleased to bring you our next episode. It's been a while in coming, but we think well worth the wait. Our guests for this episode are Drs Jonathan Field and Thomas Lotus. Dr Jonathan Field Jonathan is very well known in the U.K. and Europe. He graduated in 1987 from AECC. After time in private practice, he has moved to developing and delivering MSK services for the UK NHS. As part of this, he has spent time as a specialist within an integrated hospital triage service and running a community physical therapy service for a population of 250000 using predominantly chiropractic care. He gained a PhD in 2017 in the use of PROM/PREM to enhance chiropractors care and runs the free to use Care Response ePROM service. With many publications looking at various aspects of chiropractic care he now holds a Chiropractic Research Council funded research fellowship at the medical school of the University of Southampton. Jonathan is a trustee of the Royal College of Chiropractors and chairs its Specialist Pain Faculty and was awarded the British Chiropractic Association Chiropractor of the year award in 2019. Dr Thomas Lotus Tom received a Doctor of Chiropractic degree in 2003 from National University of Health Sciences in Chicago, USA. He teaches at National's Lincoln School of Post-Professional Education courses around the country and internationally covering classification, non-surgical orthopaedics, rehabilitation, biomechanics and pain. He holds fellowship status as a board-certified chiropractic orthopaedist (DACO) and sits on the Board of Directors. Tom is part of the small percent of chiropractors in the world who are fully credentialed in McKenzie Therapy: Mechanical Diagnosis & Therapy and was a 2013 keynote speaker at their symposium for the North Americas. He's published book chapters on therapeutic exercise and McKenzie MDT. He was in active private practice for over 15 years in downtown Chicago, and is currently affiliated with the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Rush University Medical Center (RUMC) which is currently ranked No. 5 in Orthopedics by U.S. News & World Report (2020-2021). Join us for this episode where hosts Dave Newell and Stephen Perle cover a wide range of topics with our guests and also present their regular segments, including Stephen's piece on the recently published Chiropractic & Manual Therapies articles and Dave's Context Corner. Show Notes for this episode are available at; https://www.dropbox.com/s/d5opp9o0g7mj9ti/Show%20Notes%20-%20Ep%2022.pdf?dl=0. All episodes of the icarechirocast series are available via: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/icarechirocast/id1345104836 Spreaker (iOS & Android app): https://www.spreaker.com/show/icarechirocast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6Ycwc3wVvkcaxDCJDnkC5B?si=SmYOfqSIR5m2qVwWf_1uCQ

7 MAY 2020 · We are back and delighted to announce the release of our next episode of the icarechirocast podcast. Our guests for this episode are Drs Ian Coulter and Carlo Ammendolia, both of whom have a long and distinguished history and track record in chiropractic research and are two highly influential people in the world of chiropractic. Dr Coulter is a senior health policy researcher at the RAND Corporation. He is a professor emeritus at UCLA and a research professor at the Southern California University of Health Sciences. Ian has more than 40 years of experience conducting both qualitative and quantitative research on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and integrative medicine (IM) and has published over 200 articles and books. He holds a B.A. and M.A. Honours in sociology from the University of Canterbury and a PhD in sociology from the London School of Economics & Political Science. He also received an honorary doctorate in humanities from the Southern California University of Health Sciences; was a Pew Fellow at the RAND/UCLA Center for Health Policy Study from which he received a certificate in health policy analysis; and has a diploma in educational management from the Institute of Educational Management, Harvard University. His chiropractic credentials are that he is a past President of CMCC, in Toronto. Dr Carlo Ammendolia is the Director of the Spine Clinic and the Spinal Stenosis Program at the Rebecca MacDonald Centre for Arthritis and Autoimmune Diseases at Mount Sinai Hospital. He received his MSc degree in Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research and his PhD in Clinical Evaluative Sciences from the University of Toronto. Dr Ammendolia is an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, the Department of Surgery and the Institute of Medical Sciences at the University of Toronto. In 2012 and 2017, Dr Ammendolia was the recipient of the Professorship in Spine Award from the Department of Surgery in the Faculty of Medicine.  Dr Ammendolia has been in clinical practice for over 37 years and now combines clinical practice, research and teaching in the areas of non-operative treatment of mechanical, degenerative and inflammatory spinal disorders with a special interest in degenerative spinal stenosis.  Join us for this episode where Dave Newell and Stephen Perle cover a wide range of topics with our guests and also present their regular segments, with Stephen's segment on the Chiropractic & Manual Therapies articles of interest and Dave's Context Corner. The podcasts can be found here; iOS or Android:  https://www.spreaker.com/show/icarechirocast iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/icarechirocast/id1345104836 **Now also available on Spotify here; https://open.spotify.com/show/6Ycwc3wVvkcaxDCJDnkC5B?si=SmYOfqSlR5m2qVwWF_1uCQ The show notes can be found here; https://www.dropbox.com/s/tbddr6fzmqfu7cz/Show%20Notes%20-%20Ep%2021.pd

17 NOV 2019 · It's been a while since we've released an episode, but there has been a good reason for that. Dave and Stephen have been travelling the world attending many meetings and conferences. From this, they have gained a great insight into how the profession is tracking in various parts of the globe, and what is on the horizon. There is an undeniable vibe that the chiropractic profession is changing; for the better, we would argue. The focus on evidence-based, person-centred and integrated care is growing and gaining broad support from the WFC to the various professional bodies and educational institutions. Listen to their perspective on this exciting evolution. We hope you enjoy this special episode of the icarechirocast podcast, which also, of course, contains Dave Newell's Context Corner and Stephen Perle's CMT paper reviews. The episode's show notes can be found here; https://www.dropbox.com/s/2wlahsy7llc47j9/Show%20Notes%20Ep%2020.pdf?dl=0

17 JUL 2019 · Welcome to Part 2 of our interview with Dr Pete Garbutt and Dr Tom Greenway Sports chiropractic is unquestionably the leader when it comes to special interest groups within chiropractic. The role sports chiropractors play from the highest level at the Olympic Games to treating recreational weekend warriors sees sports chiropractic now as an integral part of the healthcare team. It has been a long journey which is now bearing fruit for the profession. Our two guests this episode have played no small part in the great strides made by sports chiropractic over the last decade and beyond. We are delighted to sit down with Dr Pete Garbutt and Dr Tom Greenway to discuss the road travelled and the opportunities on the horizon for sports chiropractic. Dr Pete Garbutt is currently President of the profession's peak sports body the International Federation of Sports Chiropractic (FICS) and holds two postgraduate qualifications in sports chiropractic, a master of chiropractic sports science, Macquarie University (2000) and ICCSP (2006). In 2015 Pete became the first chiropractor to be admitted as a fellow of the Australian Sports Medicine Federation and has been the face and voice of Sports Chiropractic in Australia before making his mark internationally. Dr Tom Greenway has been involved at the elite sports level since 1995 and has worked with the British Olympic Association, Chelsea and Queens Park Rangers Football clubs and was the Lead Chiropractor for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in London in 2012. We are delighted to have both Pete and Tom as our guests. Also we have our usual feature of Dr Stephen Perle reviewing the latest papers from the Chiropractic & Manual Therapies journal, and if you missed Part 1 you can also listen to Dave Newell's segment called Context Corner, where Dave reviews a recently published paper that is of significance to those involved in the management of MSK conditions. We hope you enjoy this episode. The show notes can be found here; https://www.dropbox.com/s/091wpv6jrbws4mf/Show%20Notes%20-%20Ep%2018%20%26%2019.pdf?dl=0

3 JUL 2019 · ​Sports chiropractic is unquestionably the leader when it comes to special interest groups within chiropractic. The role sports chiropractors play from the highest level at the Olympic Games to treating recreational weekend warriors sees sports chiropractic now as an integral part of the healthcare team. It has been a long journey which is now bearing fruit for the profession. Our two guests this episode have played no small part in the great strides made by sports chiropractic over the last decade and beyond. We are delighted to sit down with Dr Pete Garbutt and Dr Tom Greenway to discuss the road travelled and the opportunities on the horizon for sports chiropractic. Dr Pete Garbutt is currently President of the profession's peak sports body the International Federation of Sports Chiropractic (FICS) and holds two postgraduate qualifications in sports chiropractic, a master of chiropractic sports science, Macquarie University (2000) and ICCSP (2006). In 2015 Pete became the first chiropractor to be admitted as a fellow of the Australian Sports Medicine Federation and has been the face and voice of Sports Chiropractic in Australia before making his mark internationally. Dr Tom Greenway has been involved at the elite sports level since 1995 and has worked with the British Olympic Association, Chelsea and Queens Park Rangers Football clubs and was the Lead Chiropractor for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in London in 2012. We are delighted to have both Pete and Tom as our guests. We hope you enjoy this episode. The show notes can be found here; https://www.dropbox.com/s/091wpv6jrbws4mf/Show%20Notes%20-%20Ep%2018%20%26%2019.pdf?dl=0

29 MAY 2019 · Episode 17 Welcome back to Part 2 of our interview with Dr Lise Hestbaek and Dr Elise Hewitt. Paediatric chiropractic has been centre-stage around the world in recent months, and no more so than in Australia. Our guests this episode are two of the leading experts in paediatric chiropractic and manual therapy in the paediatric population - Dr Lise Hestbaek and Dr Elise Hewitt. Dr Hestbaek is an associate professor at the University of Southern Denmark and senior researcher at the Nordic Institute of Chiropractic and Clinical Biomechanics. Her research focuses on lifetime epidemiology of musculoskeletal pain, especially back pain, with a primary interest in children and adolescents. Presently she is involved in RCTs investigating the effect of chiropractic treatment for infantile colic, manipulative therapy for LBP in adolescents and manipulative therapy for chronic headache in children. Our other guest is Dr Elise Hewitt who is a board-certified pediatric chiropractor and one of the foremost authorities in the specialty of chiropractic paediatrics. Shas has spent her entire career advocating for the chiropractic care of children. She is a member of the prestigious NCMIC Speakers Bureau for which she covers all aspects of pediatric practice. Dr Hewitt served as President of the ACA Paediatrics Council for 10 years, currently serving as Immediate Past President. In addition to being Adjunct Faculty at UWS, she has taught at the post-graduate level for numerous chiropractic institutions and state/national associations throughout the U.S. and internationally. Join us for the second part of our discussion where Dave Newell and Stephen Perle discuss the current state of paediatric chiropractic, what the implications are for the profession with the current review in Australia and how our guests see the future of this important aspect of chiropractic practice. The podcasts can be found here; iOS or Android:  https://www.spreaker.com/show/icarechirocast iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/icarechirocast/id1345104836 **Now also available on Spotify here; https://open.spotify.com/show/6Ycwc3wVvkcaxDCJDnkC5B?si=SmYOfqSlR5m2qVwWF_1uCQ The show notes can be found here; https://www.dropbox.com/s/pocyiy98zkiaiok/Show%20Notes%20-%20Ep%2016%20%26%2017.pdf?dl=0

15 MAY 2019 · Paediatric chiropractic has been centre-stage around the world in recent months, and no more so than in Australia. Our guests this episode are two of the leading experts in paediatric chiropractic and manual therapy in the paediatric population - Dr Lise Hestbaek and Dr Elise Hewitt. Dr Hestbaek is an associate professor at the ​University of Southern Denmark and senior researcher at the Nordic Institute of Chiropractic and Clinical Biomechanics. Her research focuses on lifetime epidemiology of musculoskeletal pain, especially back pain, with a primary interest in children and adolescents. Presently she is involved in RCTs investigating the effect of chiropractic treatment for infantile colic, manipulative therapy for LBP in adolescents and manipulative therapy for chronic headache in children. Our other guest is Dr Elise Hewitt who is a board-certified pediatric chiropractor and one of the foremost authorities in the specialty of chiropractic paediatrics. Shas has spent her entire career advocating for the chiropractic care of children. She is a member of the prestigious NCMIC Speakers Bureau for which she covers all aspects of pediatric practice. Dr Hewitt served as President of the ACA Pediatrics Council for 10 years, currently serving as Immediate Past President. In addition to being Adjunct Faculty at UWS, she has taught at the post-graduate level for numerous chiropractic institutions and state/national associations throughout the U.S. and internationally. Join us for this episode where Dave Newell and Stephen Perle discuss the current state of paediatric chiropractic, what the implications are for the profession with the current review in Australia and how our guests see the future of this important aspect of chiropractic practice. The show notes can be found here; https://www.dropbox.com/s/pocyiy98zkiaiok/Show%20Notes%20-%20Ep%2016%20%26%2017.pdf?dl=0 Keep an eye out for Part 2 of the interview in Episode 17 in a couple of weeks.

27 FEB 2019 · Welcome to Part 2 of our discussion with Professor André Bussières from Chiropractic Department at l’Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) and Adjunct Professor at the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy at McGill University who has led the Canadian Chiropractic Guideline Initiative and has been involved in the development of evidence-based diagnostic imaging practice guidelines for musculoskeletal complaints for chiropractors. He is joined by Dr Kenneth Young who is a Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Board of Radiology (DACBR) and a Senior Lecturer in Diagnostic Imaging at Murdoch University. He was recently awarded his PhD with the thesis title being Divergent Beam: A History of the Use of X-Rays in Chiropractic. Join our hosts Professors Stephen Perle and Dave Newell where we continue the discussion regarding role imaging, and especially plain-film x-ray use by chiropractors in light of the Choosing Wisely campaign that has been rolled across the world. The show notes can be found here; https://www.dropbox.com/s/ar3xhgppuqkywvp/Show%20Notes%20-%20Ep%2014%20%26%2015.pdf?dl=0

13 FEB 2019 · Welcome to the first episode for 2019. Over recent months there has been considerable controversy in social media and in discussions within the profession regarding the role imaging, and especially plain-film x-ray use by chiropractors in light of the Choosing Wisely campaign that has been rolled across the world. Our guests this episode are Professor André Bussières from Chiropractic Department at l’Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) and Adjunct Professor at the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy at McGill University who has led the Canadian Chiropractic Guideline Initiative and has been involved in the development of evidence-based diagnostic imaging practice guidelines for musculoskeletal complaints for chiropractors. He is joined by Dr. Kenneth Young who is a Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Board of Radiology (DACBR) and a Senior Lecturer in Diagnostic Imaging at Murdoch University. He was recently awarded his PhD with the thesis title being Divergent Beam: A History of the Use of X-Rays in Chiropractic. Who better to discuss the issue of imaging and other issues impacting upon the profession at this time? Join our hosts Professors Stephen Perle and Dave Newell for another great discussion. The show notes can be found here; https://www.dropbox.com/s/ar3xhgppuqkywvp/Show%20Notes%20-%20Ep%2014%20%26%2015.pdf?dl=0 Keep an eye out for Part 2 of the interview in Episode 15 in a couple of weeks.

19 DEC 2018 · Just in time for the Festive Season - Part 2 of our interview with Dr Julie Fritz and Dr Greg Kawchuk. We have the pleasure of the company of two of the leading researchers in musculoskeletal healthcare. They often collaborate on projects and highlight the benefits of interdisciplinary research. Together they also demonstrate the great strides that the chiropractic and physiotherapy/physical therapy professions can achieve via a collaborative approach. Join our hosts Stephen Perle and Dave Newell as they discuss the issues that affect both professions and how breaking down the professional barriers can benefit all, and especially those people experiencing musculoskeletal pain. The show notes can be found at https://www.dropbox.com/s/iivgnjmxtmqksbf/Show%20Notes%20-%20Ep%2012%20%26%2013.pdf?dl=0