2020-03 “The Nutritional Causes of Musculoskeletal Pain” -- Presented by Dr. Michael McCall

Mike McCall, DC  -- PRESENTATION

NUTRITIONAL CAUSES OF MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN = 2 CE

How chiropractic can help digestive issues and how digestive issues cause recurrent chiropractic lesions

1. A brief history of how the focus of chiropractic has changed.
   1. Whole body Innate to specialized.
   2. The differences in patients today than the patients of the past. (Lauren Cordain)
   3. Chapman’s Reflexes. (Chapman’s)
2. What to examine for what digestion issue of the patient?
   1. Chiropractic, Anatomy, Chinese Medicine Spinal points. Chapman reflexes.
   2. Stomach: Occ, C1, C2, C5, T5, Cranials, L1
   3. Pancreas: T5, T6, C6, T12
   4. Liver: C1, T1, T10, T8,                                                     look up innervation to organs
   5. Gall Bladder: T4, T9
   6. Small Intestine: T8-9, S1
   7. ICV- C5, C3, L1, L3- Chapman reflexes
   8. LI: L4, L5
3.  How your patient’s diet affects your outcomes.
   1. The feed back mechanisms of the body.
   2. Nutrition affecting inflammation.
   3. Sugar’s affect on the chiropractic patient. Laxity, SI, chronic neck pain
   4. Wheat, chronic pain, burning pain and shoulder problems
   5. Chocolate/popcorn – disc
   6. Food allergies, intolerances and other stressors of food on the MSK system.
4. Recommended Diet-and why.
   1. Supplement recommendations.