UPFRONT | Roundup SELF-CARE New exercise videos based on neck pain, whiplash guidelines The Canadian Chiroprac-tic Guideline Initiative (CCGI) has launched a se-ries of video resources for clinicians and patients in an effort to promote the effec-tive application of recently released clinical practice guidelines. The series consists of tai-lored exercise videos based on the findings under the recently published guideline recommendations on the management of neck pain-as-sociated disorders (NADs) and whiplash-associated disorders (WADs). The find-ings, published by CCGI’s André Bussières and his team, provide evidence sup-porting chiropractic prac-tices, and involving “a multi-modal approach including manual therapy, self-man-agement advice, and exercise as an effective treatment strategy for both recent-onset and persistent neck pain.” The innovative video se-ries, which includes 33 spe-cific exercise videos in four clearly-marked playlists, has been created in collaboration with chiropractic experts at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. This new video series is available on the CCGI YouTube channel in English and French. To assist clinicians in rec-ommending exercises for their patients, and to help patients with self-manage-ment at home, CCGI has also created matching exer-cise forms with links to each of the exercises. Clinicians can now quickly check off the exercises they suggest with the patient, and add their own notes if required. These forms can be downloaded by clinicians from the CCGI website and handed to the patient, or completed as fill-able PDFs and sent electron-ically to their patient’s device. “We are excited to see this new tool now available in English and French. A white-board video explaining how to use the patient exercise videos and forms is available on the website,” the CCGI said in a statement. Downloadable accompa-nying documents for clini-cians also include a one-page Summary of Recommenda-tions, the Practitioner Guide and one-page algorithms for NAD and WAD. A 60-min-ute recorded webinar and 30-minute interactive learn-ing module are available through Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College Con-tinuing Education courses. Free continuing education hours may apply in some jurisdictions and clinicians should contact their regula-tory board for more informa-tion. These tools have been specially developed by CCGI for clinicians to ease the ap-plication of guideline recom-mendations. The full guideline, along with all accompanying re-sources for clinicians and patients can be found on the CCGI website. For more information, go to the CCGI website www.chiroguide-lines.org and for free access to the JMPT article. TTC fires workers over alleged health benefits fraud NEWS Toronto’s public transit provider says it has dismissed 73 people in connection with what it describes as a multimillion-dollar health benefits fraud scheme. The Toronto Transit Commission says the dismissals are directly related to a criminal investigation that got underway in 2015. That July, police charged the owner of health products and services provider Healthy Fit for allegedly issuing receipts for inflat-ed or non-existent claims. The TTC alleges that employees would submit the fraudulent re-ceipts and then share the proceeds of the benefits payout with the owner of Healthy Fit. TTC Spokesman Brad Ross says the organization expects that more employees will be let go as the in-vestigation continues, adding no past or present staff is facing criminal charges. He says the scam was a mul-ti-million-dollar effort and says the TTC saw a $5 million reduction in benefits claims from 2015 to 2016, but added the decrease could not all necessarily be attrib-uted to the alleged fraud. – The Canadian Press www.canadianchiropractor.ca 10 Canadian Chiropractor April 2017
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