Answering Questions about Chiropractic and Stroke Part 1

This two-hour webinar will answer the concerns your patients, professional colleagues and others may express about the risks of chiropractic neck adjustments. Participants will review the mechanism of vertebral artery dissection and stroke and outline the major risk factors and warning signs that you must be able to recognize in your office and discuss why these strokes seem to be related to—but not necessarily caused by—chiropractic neck treatments. Attendees will learn the specific steps to take if a patient seems to have a complication from a neck adjustment, and will also get detailed tips on how to discuss these perceived risks with concerned patients in a sensitive and sensible way.

Course PACE ID: 040423

William J. Lauretti (Moderator)

DC, FICC, FACC

Associate Professor, New York Chiropractic College

Dr. Bill Lauretti spent over 15 years in private practice in Maryland before joining the Chiropractic Clinical Science faculty at New York Chiropractic College in 2005. He has written numerous journal articles and textbook chapters about the safety of chiropractic neck adjustments, and has lectured extensively on the topic. He is a Spokesman for the American Chiropractic Association (ACA), who has been interviewed by major news outlets about chiropractic risks, including CNN, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, and Reuters International News Service. He is a Fellow of the International College of Chiropractors, a past recipient of ACA’s Presidential Award for Outstanding Achievement, and was named the Maryland Chiropractic Association’s Chiropractor of the Year 2000.