Please join us for the 2020 Great River Symposium and Spring Gathering.  

SAVE THE DATE:  April 2-4, 2020!!

Watch the website for more information coming fall 2019.

At the 2020 Oncology Massage Healing Summit, you will be inspired by many wonderful presenters from around the world while learning new techniques and networking with colleagues. 

Our theme is Pathways to Care: Expanding our Vision and Sharing our stories.  

SAVE THE DATE:  April 24-26, 2020!

Registration opens in Sept. 2019.

Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice (AFMCP)synthesizes the latest medical research with a model of care that integrateseach patient's individual history, genetics, and lifestyle factors. AFMCPequips clinicians to design effective, personalized treatments for eachpatient.

Bodywork for the Childbearing Year® approaches the concerns of the pregnant, laboring and postpartum woman with a comprehensive program of advanced massage techniques and specific pregnancy and postpartum support measures.

The purpose of this course is to provide doctors of chiropractic with training in the functional evaluation, restorative treatment and active management of sport related injuries to the spine and extremities. 

The purpose of this course is to provide doctors of chiropractic with training in the evaluation, treatment and management of spine injuries in sports.

TODAY'S LANDSCAPE

Energy drives all biologic activity-within individual atomsand molecules, as part of cellular physiology, up through organ-system andwhole-person functioning, and, ultimately, the entire biosphere. The last 20years have brought us dramatic breakthroughs in understanding about howmitochondria work and what they require for enduring optimal function. Geneticand epigenetic vulnerabilities have been discovered; the effects of toxicenvironmental exposures on energy production have been revealed; andconnections between dysregulation in energy production and many clinicalconditions have been described.

This 2-Day intensive seminar is designed for providers who are beginner to intermediate in their experience with functional blood lab testing. This seminar will cover the entire process and procedures related to doing a comprehensive functional blood lab testing service with your patients or clients, and will focus on the practical application of using blood lab testing results in daily practice to create the best dietary, nutritional and lifestyle recommendations for each patient or client.

For some clinicians, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in women and men is still considered the fountain of youth; for others, it has become a dangerous area fraught with considerable risk that is avoided completely. Controversies and disagreements abound regarding how to diagnose and measure hormonal dysfunction; how to address safety concerns in prescribing HRT; the form,application and dosage to use; and when and how to insert lifestyle, diet,nutraceutical and botanical treatments.

The Functional Medicine approach is uniquely capable of responding to the controversy surrounding HRT. The Functional Medicine approach is to look upstream and apply dietary modifications, nutraceutical supplementation, and other lifestyle changes before even considering HRT. In this way, the need for HRT can often be minimized or avoided.

Dr. Robert Silverman, the doctor's chiropractic doctor and laser therapy expert, leads you through an innovative demonstration showcasing the power of performance nutrition and conservative therapies on health and movement patterns.

Inappropriate workplace planning and design results in significant human suffering and economic losses. The vast majority of workplace ergonomic disorders involve the neuromusculoskeletal (NMS) system. 

Today's employers are calling upon experts in employee health and injury prevention to help with cost containment of health expenditures. This course provides expertise for professionals who provide consultation to employers for the maintenance of employee health and reduce the high rate of work-related neuromusculoskeletal (NMS) disorders.

Clinicians who provide occupational health services must be cognizant of the wide variety of local, state and federal guidelines that regulate employers and the consultants they engage.

This session is devoted to becoming familiar with the basic tools of acupuncture: needles and moxa. Liberal time is dedicated to hands-on practice.