Chiropractic, Health Promotion, and Wellness

Chiropractors have traditionally counseled patients on health promotion and wellness. For a better understanding of this role, Chiropractic, Health Promotion, and Wellness offers questions and answers across a range of topics including nutrition, exercise, and health behaviors. The doctor of chiropractric as a wellness provider promotes not just spinal health but an encompassing model of health and wellness. This must-have resource provides easy-to-understand, practical information on the ways chiropractors work as partners with individuals in patient-centered atmospheres to improve wellness.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: The Chiropractic Wellness Model

What is Wellness?
The Characteristics of Patient-Centered Care
Wellness: A Multidimensional Concept
Individualizing Your Wellness Program
What Makes Doctors of Chiropractic Suitable as Wellness Clinicians?
Chapter 2: Chiropractic Training in Health Promotion and Wellness Care

Chiropractors as Primary Contact Practitioners
Education
Scope of Chiropractic Practice
The Clinical Dilemma of Health Care

Chapter 3: Identifying Risky Behavior

Leading Health Indicators
Office Screening Procedures
Screening for Conditions That Require Special Tests

Chapter 4: Mental Health and Physical Fitness

Mental Fitness
Physical Fitness
The Road Toward Personal Fitness

Chapter 5: You Are What You Eat

Macronutrients
MyPyramid
Micronutrients
Developing Health Eating Habits
Environmental Aspects of Nutrition
Maintaining Health and Promoting Wellness through Nutrition

Chapter 6: Spinal Health Promotion - Ron Kirk

Chapter 7: Performance Enhancement

The Science of Human Movement
Changing Your Environment Can Affect Your Performance
Workplace Environment
Recreational Activities
Guiding Principles of Performance Enhancement

Chapter 8: Finding Your Wellness Doctor of Chiropractic

Availability and Appropriateness
Preference
Timeliness
Your Health Promotion and Wellness Plan
Mind-set for a New Model

Appendix A: Straighten Up America: Fitness Fun for Everyone - Ron Kirk

A Short History and Introduction to Straighten Up
Straighten Up America: Healthy Child and Adult Version
Four Segments of Straighten Up
"Inner Winner" Posture
Spine Tuning Warm-up Preview
Posture Pod Preview
Wrapping It Up Preview
Getting Started with Straighten Up America
Straighten Up Lifestyle Choices

Appendix B: Resources

Index