Academia de Filósofos Quiroprácticos

Acerca de la Academia

de Filósofos Quiroprácticos

La Academia de Filósofos Quiroprácticos de Sherman College mejora la comprensión, profundidad y amplitud de la filosofía quiropráctica. La Academia está comprometida a ayudar a los candidatos a convertirse en los escritores, pensadores y comunicadores que desean ser y que la profesión necesita.

El programa académico de 100 horas desafiará e inspirará a los candidatos a aprender y reflexionar sobre la filosofía quiropráctica y su relación con la visión del mundo de arriba hacia abajo y de dentro hacia afuera (above-down-inside-out).

A lo largo del curso de cinco sesiones, que se desarrolla durante un año, los candidatos podrán:

  • Investigar cómo la quiropráctica se relaciona con un enfoque salutogénico de la atención de la salud.

  • Estudiar la validez de los 33 principios.

  • Tener una introducción a los ciclos.

  • Revisar nuevamente el proceso de razonamiento y comparar el pensamiento mecanicista con el pensamiento vitalista.

  • Evaluar la relevancia de los 33 principios y su aplicación mientras escuchan, cuestionan y sintetizan el pensamiento actual en biología, investigación quiropráctica, adaptabilidad, ética e identidad profesional, aplicándolo de manera práctica a la filosofía quiropráctica.

Diplomado de la Academia de Filósofos Quiroprácticos (DACP)

El programa de Diplomado de la Academia de Filósofos Quiroprácticos de Sherman College está diseñado para desarrollar y profundizar el pensamiento filosófico adquirido en el curso de 100 horas de ACP, LCP o SCP. El programa desafía e inspira a los candidatos a aprender y reflexionar sobre la filosofía quiropráctica y su relación con la visión del mundo de arriba hacia abajo y de dentro hacia afuera (above-down-inside-out).

Este programa académico de 200 horas está comprometido con ayudar a los candidatos a convertirse en los escritores, pensadores y comunicadores que aspiran ser y que la profesión necesita.

A lo largo del curso de ocho sesiones, que se desarrolla durante dos años, los candidatos investigarán cómo la quiropráctica se relaciona con un enfoque salutogénico de la atención de la salud. Profundizarán en los ciclos, revisarán nuevamente el proceso de razonamiento y compararán el pensamiento mecanicista con el pensamiento vitalista.

También evaluarán la relevancia de los 33 principios y su aplicación mientras escuchan, cuestionan y sintetizan el pensamiento actual en áreas como la biología, la investigación quiropráctica, la adaptabilidad, la ética y la identidad profesional, aplicándolo de manera práctica a la filosofía quiropráctica.

Who Is The IFCO?

The International Federation of Chiropractors and Organizations is an international organization of chiropractors, students, and others who support the practice of chiropractic to correct vertebral subluxations because subluxations, in and of themselves, are a detriment to the fullest expression of life in all people at all times.

MISSION

What are the IFCO’s Objectives?

The objectives of the Federation are to promote, protect and advance chiropractic, to assist chiropractors in any practical and legal way, and advance chiropractic and to facilitate public access to and knowledge of the services of chiropractic.

How Does the IFCO Define Chiropractic?

Chiropractic is a vitalistic philosophy, science, and art which consists solely of the non-therapeutic objective of locating, analyzing, and assisting in the correction of vertebral subluxations because they are detrimental to the expression of innate intelligence.

How does the IFCO Define Vertebral Subluxation?

A vertebral subluxation is an alteration of the intervertebral relationships of one or more articulations of the spinal column or the immediate weight-bearing components of the axial skeleton, accompanied by a change in the morphology of the tissue occupying the neural canal and/or intervertebral foramina; as well as an alteration of neural function sufficient to interfere with the transmission of organizing information, considered to be homologous to the mental impulse.

VERTEBRAL SUBLUXATION

What is a Vertebral Subluxation?

A vertebral subluxation is an alteration of normal spinal position, which, by the nature of the anatomy of the spinal column, will negatively impact the delicate nervous system tissues that travel through it.

These shifts in spinal structure are quite common and occur regularly throughout a lifetime due to the many stressors we encounter in all stages of early development, childhood, and adulthood.

Stress

Stress comes in many forms, and we can each relate to how significantly it affects us. 

While there is extensive research on early life stress and the damaging effects of chronic stress on health and quality of life, much of the healthcare community and public have failed to recognize how this excessive stress impacts the structural and neurological integrity of our spine and nervous system.

Brain Changes

Growing research shows how general stress negatively affects the brain and how altered spinal alignment and range of motion negatively affect the brain.

In a 2016 paper found in the journal Neural Plasticity, it was found using fMRI that adjusting vertebral subluxations altered somatosensory processing, particularly in the prefrontal cortex.

Other researchers also use fMRI to find that vertebral subluxation in the upper neck “can affect or cause neural compromise, and/or some may contribute to cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow obstruction as well as arteriovenous compromise.” Of particular importance to note is that correcting the misalignment shows improved venous and cerebrospinal fluid flow.

Adaptability

If left unchecked, excessive stress accumulates and causes these spine distortions, further impairing our nervous system’s function and ability to adapt successfully to the environment, both externally and internally.

Ultimately, We can adapt to life’s many external demands and the constant demands within the body, resulting in our ability to be well.

When that ability to adapt is interfered with by vertebral subluxation, it naturally interferes with our health and quality of life.

This leads to the accelerated breakdown of our bodies, health, and function.

Correction

Chiropractic discovered over 100 years ago that these alterations in normal spinal structure do, in fact, negatively impact our health and function, that they can be corrected, and that maintaining optimal spinal structure throughout a lifetime has positive health benefits.

It’s a simple concept based on our intricate anatomy.

Like other simple concepts such as eating well, moving our bodies, having a positive attitude, and brushing our teeth, chiropractic reaps huge rewards for those who utilize it to correct and remove this serious form of neurological interference.

IFCO Board of Directors

The Board of Directors works tirelessly to protect your right to practice and the public’s right to access vertebral subluxation-centered chiropractic care. They come from multiple walks of life and technical approaches, but all share the same chiropractic philosophical positions and desire to see chiropractic care reach the masses. 

IFCO OFFICERS

Dr. Travis Corcoran

President

Dr. Steve Judson

Vice President

Dr. Brian Dooley

Treasurer

Dr. Eddie Martinez

Secretary

IFCO BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Dr. Grant Dennis

Chairman of The Board

Dr. Michelle Nunez

Director

Dr. Drew Henderson

Director

Dr. Skylar Gemmer

Director

Dr. Didrik Winsnes

Chairman of The Board

Dr. Gregg Rubinstein

Director

Dr. Jonathan Finney

Director

Dr. David Serio

Director

STAFF

Jen Steinberg

Administrative Director

ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS

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