Anthony Galzarano, DC

Crash dynamics, how whiplash injuries occur including a review of the scientific literature. Factors affecting outcome and length of care as well as likelihood of permanent disability and pain.

Diagnostic testing for evaluation and documentation of neck, back, brain, TMJ, and other injuries. Making referrals to other specialists.

Treatment of whiplash injuries including the neck, back, TMJ, and other areas.

Writing a powerful, admissible narrative report to fully document injuries and disability resulting from MVA.

Medico-Legal considerations, such as testimony in court and depositions, qualifying as an expert witness, and issues of admissibility.

Interpretation of images in relation to pathophysiology of the spine.

Studies are from peer-reviewed journals, reflecting the variety of conditions that present for evaluation and treatment in the chiropractic office.

Current scientific evidence substantiating the effectiveness of chiropractic to patients, attorneys, in narrative reports, depositions and court testimony.

Basic triage protocols and transport procedures, on-site protocols for all situations. Medical-legal issues as well as documentation requirements in a fast-paced treatment arena.

Details of the Medicare law as it pertains to the practice of chiropractic, including proper coding and documentation.

Basics in diagnostic and procedure coding for proper reporting of patients’ conditions and treatment and includes ethics and legal issues in doctor/patient interactions.

A comprehensive program on instructing patients on the health and aging consequences of posture, including complete in office and at home exercise protocols.

Review of Session 1 materials and protocols, and Instruction on advanced exercises, presentation techniques, and competency testing.

Idiopathic scoliosis, functional scoliosis, scoliosis as a secondary condition, prognosis, statistics, etiology of scoliosis, physical exam for the scoliosis patient.

Non-surgical treatment of scoliosis, including elastic tension bracing, respiratory retraining, myofacial release, muscle spindle activation, reflexive activation, and neurological rehabilitation.

Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of injuries caused by improper swing mechanics. Strengthening and stretching exercises for prevention and rehabilitation.

Low-tech methods of physical rehabilitation in the chiropractic office, including equipment and techniques.

Mechanisms of aging, science of anti-aging medicine, personal and societal considerations.

Teaches exercise as an anti-aging tool with an emphasis on sarcopenia and balance.

Discusses nutrition and supplementation as anti-aging factors.

Establishing a logical treatment plan for chiropractic patients. Instruction includes static equilibrium spinal model from the literature and definition of abnormal posture and segmental spinal coupling patterns.

Postural and functional exercises for the cervical spine to correct the alignment, restore normal motion, and strengthen the cervical and upper thoracic spine tissues. Instruction on case management using structural rehabilitation methods.

Spinal manipulative therapy and structural correction of sagittal lumbar lordosis. Includes postural and functional exercises for the lumbar spine, case management, and survey of research material supporting the utilization and efficacy of structural rehabilitation treatment methods.

Palpation of motion unit fixations in the cervical spine in order to find the underlying biomechanical cause of painful conditions of the cervical and thoracic spine. Instruction includes anatomy, techniques, practical, and hands-on training.

Discusses the palpation of motion unit fixations in the lumbar spine in order to pinpoint the underlying biomechanical cause of painful conditions of the lumbar spine. Instruction includes anatomy, techniques, practical, and hands-on training.

Palpation of biomechanical problems in the upper and lower extremities. Instruction includes anatomy, techniques, practical, and hands-on training.

Hands-on instruction in manipulative techniques to restore normal biomechanical function using motion palpation to determine the specific direction of thrust and to assess the effectiveness of the adjustment.

Patient management using motion palpation analysis and manipulative therapy. All aspects of practice systematized for efficiency and effectiveness.

Proper patient set-up and techniques of x-ray examination. Involves The Gonstead method of analysis and marking x-rays.

Examination and instruction on low force, high amplitude lumbar side posture technique as taught and practiced by Dr. Clarence Gonstead at the Gonstead Clinic.

Examination and instruction on adjusting the thoracic spine using knee-chest and Hi-Lo tables as taught and practiced by Dr. Clarence Gonstead at the Gonstead Clinic.

Magnetic fields, T1 and T2 relaxations, nuclear spins, phase encoding, spin echo, T1 and T2 contrast, magnetic properties of metals and the historical perspective of the creation of NMR and MRI.

MRI interpretation of bulged, herniated, protruded, extruded sequestered and fragmented disc pathologies in etiology and neurological sequellae in relationship to the spinal cord and spinal nerve roots.

MRI interpretation of bone, intradural, extradural, cord and neural sleeve lesions. Tuberculosis, drop lesions, metasasis, ependymoma, schwanoma and numerous other spinal related tumors and lesions.

MRI interpretation sequencing of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine inclusive of T1, T2, STIR and 3D gradient studies to ensure the accurate diagnosis of the region visualized.

The clinical application of the results of space occupying lesions. Disc and tumor pathologies and the clinical indications of manual and adjustive therapies in the patient with spinal nerve root and spinal cord insult as sequellae.

Normal anatomy of axial and sagittal views utilizing T1, T2, 3D Gradient and STIR sequences of imaging. Standardized and desired protocols in views and sequencing of MRI examination to create an accurate diagnosis in MRI.

Training in the “bulletproof” management of personal injury cases both in documentation and treatment.

Examination and instruction on low force, high amplitude cervical adjusting as taught and practiced by Dr. Clarence Gonstead at the Gonstead Clinic.