Oct. 3, Trois-Rivieres, QC – Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières is proud to present “November is Scoliosis Month!” in collaboration with Dre. Louise Marcotte and Posturetek.

Intended for chiropractic students, but also welcoming other health care professionals, this series of activities will guide the attendees through the diagnosis, classification and treatment of scoliosis in order to move the patient, pediatric or adult, toward the best clinical outcome.

The event will unfold in two formats, namely platform presentations and hands-on workshops.  The presentations are: a review of the general features of scoliosis; and a review of literature and treatment options provided in orthopaedics, given by orthopaedic surgeons from Ste-Justine’s Hospital in Montréal.  Practical workshops will be focused on: scoliosis screening procedure and the use of the scoliometer; scoliosis-specific postural evaluation;  X-Ray procedure and marking; curve type-specific chiropractic adjusting.

The goal of this series is to make chiropractic students more comfortable with some basic notions of scoliosis and provide them with an easy, step-by-step best clinical practices guideline so they know what to do, where and when to refer their patient with scoliosis, pediatric or adult.

This will be the first installment of this state-of-the-art event, as it will be become available to all members of the chiropractic profession, as well as chiropractic colleges, from coast-to-coast. Chiropractors are spinal experts and their scope of practice should also include the management of scoliosis!

For more information, please visit our www.scoliosismonth.ca  or www.moisdelascoliose.ca  websites.