editor’s note APRIL 2010, VOLUME 15 NUMBER 2 Editor Maria DiDanieli [email protected] Maria DiDanieli ring in many areas where chiropractors interact with various patient groups, one another and the public. One of these areas is sports chiropractic and, so, we have not completely strayed from the issue’s intent. On the heels of the Olympic and Paralympic events that were held in Van- T couver, we look at the journey that DCs are on to bring chiropractic into the forefront of sports medicine, and how they have arrived at their current in- volvement in these games. Paramount to achieving successes in this area is the sports chiropractors’ constant effort to work with and amongst practitioners of other disciplines – and to establish mutual trust with other health-care work- ers – in ways that benefit the athletes. In the spirit of the recent International Women’s Day, this issue’s Back to Basics entry by Barbara Sturm, DC, takes a look at how women chiropractors seek new paradigms for learning and practice. These paradigms include close collaboration with one another, conversation, nurturing and reaching goals together. Brandi MacDonald, in our Chiropractic Health Assistant Education col- umn, discusses how to bring about the chiropractic conversation within com- munities and the general public one patient at a time, through their interaction with the CHA at the front desk – this, she points out, can best be done by focusing in-office dialogue on topics surrounding wellness, chiropractic care and healing. We also begin to take a look at interdisciplinary collaborative practice in this issue. This movement can offer great benefits for patients while providing a forum for chiropractic growth and enhancing the profession’s role within health systems. Yet it also requires guidance and informed planning for the collaborative activities, and ensuing practices, to truly be successful. I would like to take this opportunity to introduce a new addition to our roster of editorial regulars – Dr. Victoria Coleman, a chiropractor who is also the president of the Canadian arm of Douglas Laboratories Inc/Pure Encapsu- lations, will be writing about the interdependence between chiropractic and nutritional health. In alternate issues moving forward, Dr. Coleman will be presenting nutritional information, and will call on experts from various dis- ciplines to help her do so. Please do not forget to visit us online at www.canadianchiropractor.ca, where you will find additional news, and our web exclusive stories including A Canadian Chiropractic Master, interview with Dr. Gilles LaMarche. Bien à vous, his issue of Canadian Chiropractor is meant to be the sports edition. However, what has emerged is a discussion of the movement to dia- logue, interdependence and collaborative activities that we find occur- Associate Publisher Christine Livingstone [email protected] Sales Assistant Pauline O’Neill [email protected] Production Artist Brooke Shaw Group Publisher Martin McAnulty [email protected] President Mike Fredericks [email protected] Mailing Address RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO CIRCULATION DEPT., 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 & \UE Printed in Canada ISSN 1488-6952 Circulation e-mail: [email protected] Subscription Rates Canada – 1 Year $29.68 Foreign – 1 Year $50.00 (US Funds) From time to time, we at Canadian Chiropractor make our subscription list available to reputable companies and organizations whose products and services we believe may be of interest to you. If you do not want your name to be made available, 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. ©2010 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. | APRIL 2010 www.canadianchiropractor.ca
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