UPFRONT | From the editor Game changers the 2015 pan am/parapan am games being held in Toronto this summer will be one of the biggest international events the city has ever hosted. Nearly 7,000 athletes from 41 countries will be participating in a combined total of 51 sporting events between the Pan Am and Parapan Am Games. When everything is said and done, the ultimate winners in an event of this magnitude are not the athletes or the coaches or the event executives. The ultimate gainers are the 20,000 or so unpaid volunteers who took time away from their normal routine – their jobs, their schools, their families – to be part of sporting history. A significant part of those thousands of volunteers are the health-care practitioners who are volunteering their precious time away from their practices and their patients to make sure the athletes are given appropriate care when they need it so they can play at their optimum level. More than a hundred chiropractic doctors are volunteering at this year’s Pan Am/Parapan Am Games, all travelling to Toronto from various parts of the country. It is such an excellent opportunity to showcase the value of chiropractic for the body’s maximum performance. We spoke to three of these exceptional doctors for our cover story (page 28). They all feel that participating at the Games is not just giving them a chance to grow personally and professionally; it’s also providing a valuable opportunity to represent the chiropractic profession among the other players in the health-care profession. And they will do an excellent job. The application process for the Pan Am/ Parapan Am medical volunteer gig was long and elaborate, which is a testa-ment to the dedication and commitment of those who have made the cut. This summer, the world’s best athletes are giving the greatest performance of their careers. At the same time, chiropractors are helping shape and galvanize the future of the profession as a vital player in the health of the sporting community. And as we cheer for our favourite athletes and teams at game time, let’s also give a shout out to our favourite team of doctors working on the sidelines. ****** A big thank you to the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College for letting us use its facilities for our cover photo shoot. Always a pleasure working with the CMCC folks. July/August 2015 Volume 20, Number 5 EDITOR Mari-Len De Guzman [email protected] (905) 726-4659 PUBLISHER Christine Livingstone [email protected] (519) 429-5173 • (888) 599-2228 ext. 239 SALES ASSISTANT Shannon Drumm [email protected] (888) 599-2228 ext. 219 MEDIA DESIGNER Brooke Shaw GROUP PUBLISHER Martin McAnulty [email protected] DIRECTOR OF SOUL/COO Sue Fredericks MAILING ADDRESS P.O. Box 530, 105 Donly Drive South, Simcoe, ON N3Y 4N5 RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO CIRCULATION DEPT. P.O. BOX 530, SIMCOE, ON N3Y 4N5 e-mail: [email protected] Canadian Chiropractor is published eight times a year: February, April, May, June, July/August, September, October and December. Published and printed by Annex Publishing & Printing Inc., 105 Donly Drive South, Simcoe, ON N3Y 4N5 Printed in Canada ISSN 1488-6952 CIRCULATION e-mail: [email protected] Tel: (866) 790-6070 ext. 201 Fax: (877) 624-1940 Mail: P.O. Box 530, Simcoe, ON N3Y 4N5 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Canada – 1 Year $24.00 (with GST $25.20, with HST/QST $27.12) (HST #867172652RT0001) USA – 1 Year $35.00 (US Funds) Best pricing is available online at canadianchiropractor.ca Occasionally, Canadian Chiropractor will mail information on behalf of industry-related groups whose products and services we believe may be of interest to you. If you prefer not to receive this information, please contact our circulation department in any of the four ways listed above. No part of the editorial content of this publication may be reprinted without the publisher’s written permission. ©2015 Annex Publishing & Printing Inc. All rights reserved. Opinions expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of the editor or the publisher. No liability is assumed for errors or omissions. All advertising is subject to the publisher’s approval. Such approval does not imply any endorsement of the products or services advertised. Publisher reserves the right to refuse advertising that does not meet the standards of the publication. MARI-LEN DE GUZMAN, Editor EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD @CanChiropractor Victoria Coleman, DC; Connie J. D’Astolfo, DC, Dip HA, PhD (cand); Pierre DesLauriers, DC; Karin Hammerich, DC, MHS; James P. Laws, DC, FRCCSS(C)(Hon); David Leprich, DC; Wanda Lee MacPhee, DC; Peter Moore, DC; Don Nixdorf, DC; Renae Rogers, DC; Greg Stewart, BPE, DC; Greg Uchacz, DC, FRCCSS(C); Emily Roback, BSc, DC; Catherine Bezeau (student member -UQTR). 6 Canadian Chiropractor July/August 2015 www.canadianchiropractor.ca
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