NE - The Art and Science of “Health” – The Future of the Hemp Plant as Medicine

This will be a live virtual event offered during the NE 2022 Regional - Virtual Event.

Helping our patients with their pain, sleep and mental health issues continues to be one of the biggest opportunities for healthcare providers today. Our current healthcare system is struggling to address the very essence of what it means to be human and what it means to be ‘healthy’. The first known records of the cannabis plant being utilized for medicinal and healing purposes dates back to 4500 BC.  The landscape of our understanding of cannabinoid science and its role in our overall health is changing every day. In this talk, a review of the research and therapeutic applications for cannabinoid medicine will be presented objectively in the areas of pain, sleep, and mental health. You will be challenged to think outside the box on your current beliefs about physical and mental health; and how patient preference, clinical evidence and scientific research all play a key role in patient centered care. This talk is a refreshing reminder that for thousands of years, how we cared for ourselves and each other was not ‘alternative medicine’; it was essential medicine.

Target Audience

Doctor of Chiropractic
Certified Chiropractic Physician's Assistant

Learning Objectives

  • Define what it means to be “healthy” and discuss the current ways our healthcare system looks at a patient’s/client’s ‘health’.
  • Discuss common sense approaches to improving a personal health ecosystem by redefining ‘what is medicine’. 
  • Discuss hemp plant medicine as a factor to improve our approach to physical, mental and sleep healthcare, reviewing recent cannabinoid research.
  • Review the history of cannabis and it’s cultural, industrial and medicinal uses throughout time.
  • Understand the endocannabinoid system (ECS) and it’s importance in regulating many biological systems.
  • Discuss our current understanding of how cannabinoid products are digested and metabolized and the advancements in cannabinoid science to improve their bioavailability.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.00 Doctor of Chiropractic (DC) CE
    • 2.00 General (GEN) credit
Course opens: 
05/16/2022
Course expires: 
05/23/2022
FCA Member cost:
$15.00
Your Cost Today:
$15.00
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Speaker:

Alyson Evans, DC

Alyson Evans, DC graduated from the National University of Health Sciences (NUHS) with a Doctorate in Chiropractic. While in private chiropractic practice in Denver, much of her practice was focused on the treatment of common running, cycling and cumulative trauma sports related ailments. She had been involved with the athletic industry for 10 years prior to entering private practice. Alyson designed strength, cardiovascular and stretching programs for athletes of all levels. Alyson has lectured nationally for the past decade on lower extremity biomechanics in their relationship to pelvic biomechanics. Alyson has an extensive background in lower extremity biomechanics, rehabilitation, leg length treatment and gait analysis. Her exposure with many challenging biomechanical cases has helped broaden her knowledge about human biomechanics. Alyson continues to provide that support today as the Director of Educational Development for Rock Tape.

My flat feet have been great teachers. As an athletic teenager I suffered from Achilles tendonitis, multiple ankle sprains, plantar fasciitis, knee pain, and sacroiliac pain. I was fascinated with the human body and how it moves from a very young age and pursued my passion graduating from the National University of Health Sciences (NUHS) with a Doctorate in Chiropractic in 2001. While in private chiropractic practice in Denver, much of my practice was focused on the treatment of common running, cycling and cumulative trauma sports related ailments. She had been involved with the athletic industry for 10 years prior to entering private practice. Alyson designed strength, cardiovascular and stretching programs for athletes of all levels. Alyson has lectured nationally for the past decade on lower extremity biomechanics in their relationship to pelvic biomechanics. Alyson has an extensive background in lower extremity biomechanics, rehabilitation, leg length treatment and gait analysis. Her exposure with many challenging biomechanical cases has helped broaden her knowledge about human biomechanics. Alyson continues to provide that support today as the Director of Educational Development for Rock Tape.

My feet aren’t so flat anymore; they are much stronger and have a visual arch to them. Most importantly, they take me where I need to go – pain free.

Available Credit

  • 2.00 Doctor of Chiropractic (DC) CE
    • 2.00 General (GEN) credit

Price

FCA Member cost:
$15.00
Your Cost Today:
$15.00
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