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October 2005, Vol. 15, Iss. 4
Table of Contents
A Time to Change • CBP® Annual Convention News • CBP® Performs Groundbreaking Car Crash Research • CCE Cited for Accreditation Violation • Dr Colloca Becomes a Reviewer for Spine and the European Spine Journal • ICA's Involvement in Hurricane Relief Efforts • JMPT Publications: Impulse™ Fairs Best Among Chiropractic Adjusting Instruments • Its Paul's Opinion • Letters to the Editor • Life University Opens Its Arms and Hearts to Katrina Victims • Micro-Reports Don't Work • PosturePrint™ Can Determine Axial Rotations • Quackbuster vs. Dr Ted Koren • The Chiropractic Genome • The Start of Something Big • The Unspoken • Updates on Aspertame
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ICA's Involvment in Hurricane Relief Efforts
by John K. Maltby, DC
President, ICA
John K Maltby, DC, FICA is a 1977 graduate of Palmer College, Davenport. Dr. Maltby has served as President and Chairman of the Board for the International Chiropractors Association of California. He served as ICA Western Regional Director and is presently serving as President of the ICA. Dr. Maltby is in private practice in Blythe, CA., and has lectured internationally.
Working through a growing circle of ICA volunteer members, affiliated chiropractic college presidents and representatives, chiropractic state associations and relief organizations, ICA’s Hurricane Relief Working Group continues to coordinate the activities of its membership, as well as those of hundreds of other volunteer doctors from across the nation in the hurricane relief effort. “Our top priority is to identify the most immediate needs and then seek practical solutions, using the resources and personal energies of the ICA community,” said ICA President Dr. John K. Maltby. ICA has made contact with the lead relief agencies in the impacted states and is building productive cooperative relationships with a growing number of active doctors of chiropractic and state chiropractic associations in the storm-damaged regions. Through those links, ICA is seeking to channel the outpouring of offers of help coming into the ICA headquarters to the areas with most urgent need.
Masses of displaced people are in a rapid state of movement, as federal and local officials are working to re-locate families from large shelters to individual accommodations or smaller, more manageable shelters. Opportunities for out-or-state DC’s to volunteer at established relief sites remain limited, both by logistical difficulties and by the rapid shifting of the evacuee population. ICA is assisting DC’s in Louisiana and Texas where on-site care activities are still being conducted, and is also working with local chiropractic communities to develop a means of in-office complimentary care for people displaced by the storm and its aftermath. “It is the intent of the ICA to provide its members with public service announcements announcing an ICA members’ commitment to providing free care for those displaced by Hurricane Katrina,” Maltby said.
ICA has also been in direct discussions with Kathy Chittom, Executive Director of the Chiropractic Association of Louisiana and has learned that this hard-pressed organization has now set up a direct relief fund for victims of the disaster in that state. ICA is urging all concerned individuals and organizations to include this fund in their giving. One hundred percent of all tax-deductible donations will go directly to storm relief.
Please send your donation to:
CAL Relief Fund
Chiropractic Association of Louisiana
3070 Teddy Drive, Suite A
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Donations can also be sent to:
International Chiropractors Association 1110 N. Glebe Road, Suite 1000
Arlington, VA 22201-5722
In addition to meeting the immediate needs of those chiropractors affected, ICA has sent a letter to all State Chiropractic Board of Examiners requesting that they offer reciprocity to all DC’s displaced because of Katrina. In his letter Dr. Maltby stated, “The International Chiropractors Association is requesting that every Chiropractic State Board initiate a program of temporary reciprocity for a one-year period to allow displaced Doctors of Chiropractic to work as associates in facilities in other states. This will allow them to maintain some form of income and provide for their families while helping to ensure that they will be able to return to their home states and restart their practices in a year.” Maltby continued “This initiative not only helps the doctors and their families affected by the crisis, but on an even larger scale, it helps the communities so devastated by this tragedy by helping to ensure chiropractic care that will once again be available in the areas.”
As Chiropractors, we are in a position to serve our communities in a number of ways. One DC in Michigan has placed a collection basket in his waiting room, with all proceeds going to disaster relief. Several have volunteered time in evacuation centers. The point is this. Learn from those who have gone before you and serve. Chiropractic has always been about giving, not getting. The ICA encourages all chiropractors get involved. Find out what is happening in your local community and volunteer. I guarantee, you always get back more than you can ever give.
Those wanting more information regarding the ICA and its efforts, go to our web site at www.chiropractic.org. You can also contact ICA President via email at jmaltby@telis.org.
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