Eric Ginter, DC

An in-depth understanding of the protocols in triaging and reporting the clinical findings of the trauma patient. Maintaining ethical relationships with the medical-legal community

An extensive understanding of the injured with clinically coordinating the history, physical findings and when to integrate neurodiagnostics. An understanding on how to utilize emergency room records in creating an accurate diagnosis and the significance of “risk factors” in spinal injury

An extensive understanding of the physics involved in the transference of energy from the bullet car to the target car. This includes G's of force, newtons, gravity, energy, skid marks, crumple zones, spring factors, event data recorder and the graphing of the movement of the vehicle before, during and after the crash. Determining the clinical correlation of forces and bodily injury

MRI interpretation, physiology, history and clinical indications, bone scan interpretation, physiology and clinical indications, x-ray clinical indications for the trauma patient

Electromyography (EMG), Nerve Conduction Velocity (NCV), Somatosensory Evoked Potential (SSEP), Visual Evoked Potential (VEP), Brain Stem Auditory Evoked Response (BAER) and Visual-Electronystagmosgraphy (V-ENG) interpretation, protocols and clinical indications for the trauma patient

Understanding the necessity for accurate documentation and diagnosis utilizing the ICD-9 and the CPT to accurately describe the injury through diagnosis. Understanding and utilizing state regulations on healthcare reimbursement issues

Understanding the necessity for accurate documentation, diagnosis and clinical correlation to the injury when reporting injuries in the medical-legal community. Documenting the kinesiopathology, myopathology, neuropathology, and pathophysiology in both a functional and structural paradigm

Headache evaluation, differential headache diagnosis, the 5 most common headaches, theories, classification systems and coding

MRI interpretation, the functional anatomy of the disc, disc innervation, disc nutrition and structural composition, detailed analysis of disc herniations and normal disc aging, the differences between normal disc aging and degenerative disc disease, internal disc disruptions, and nerve in growth

The necessary tools to effectively evaluate radiculopathies, neuropathic pain syndromes, orthopedic testing, neurological work up and MRI

The neurological and physiological aspects of pain transmission and pain perception, including an in depth analysis of the innate pain modulation systems that, when activated, will reduce a patient's perception of pain without medication

The clinical aspects of pain, the differences between sclerotogenous, myofascial, visceral and neuropathic pain syndromes. The literature of Bogduk, Lord and Kuslich

Spinal decompression therapy through an objective review of the medical and chiropractic literature

The principles of nerve conduction velocity testing and its applications

The latest research on various clinical issues, such as restoring function, disturbed neuromuscular control, mechanical back pain, common characteristics of discs and articular cartilage, common acute mechanical back pain and soft tissue subfailure injuries, the functional layers of the spine, dysafferentation and adjustment, and gating mechanisms for pain modulation

Current peer-reviewed research. Advanced training in MRI and CT, substantiated clinical perspectives, actual cases and indications for chiropractic care for improved outcomes

The latest research on various clinical issues, such as cervical radiculopathy, whiplash associated disorders, lateral epicondylitis, temporomandibular disorders, effect of vertical oscillatory pressure on neck pain, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, and chronic spinal pain

The latest research on various clinical issues, such as the effects of manipulation under anesthesia in chronic low back pain patients, electromyographic activity of the trunk extensor muscles, the prognostic value of asymmetric laxity of the sacroiliac joints, carpal tunnel syndrome pain, and articular and muscular impairments in cervicogenic headache

The latest research on various clinical issues, such as proprioception, dizziness and the cervical spine, back problems and imaging, types of diagnoses of back pain, the recurrent nature of back pain, headaches, whiplash, chronicity and chiropractic care, chiropractic and neurology, segmental control of nociception, stages of tissue injury and repair, physical impairment, disability, somatic referred pain, and somatovisceral connections

The examination, diagnosis, treatment and management of pediatric patients

Physical exam, diagnosis, orthopedic and neurological testing, biomechanical assessment, and protocols for advanced imaging utilization in MRI, x-ray and CT, as well as protocols for a proper plan of care

Double crush syndrome of the upper extremity, MRI evaluation of muscle usage, cervical root compression and radicular pain, treatment of myofascial pain, early intervention of whiplash-associated disorders, cervical vertigo, fragmentation of patient care, sacroiliac joint pain referral zones, treatment of symptomatic lumbar disc herniation, management of chronic discogenic low back pain, diagnosis of nerve and plexus lesions, cervical radiculopathy, whiplash associated disorders, and chiropractic care for children

Cervical myeloradiculopathy with entrapment neuropathy, double crush syndrome, double crush syndrome in the lower extremities, entrapment physiology, risk factors, posture, force, tissue insult and recovery, biomechanical response to physical loads, OSHA ergonomic standard, exercises and stretching, prevention, return to work, surgery outcomes, effects of scar tissue, and muscular dysfunction in the neck

MRI interpretation of bulged, herniated, protruded, extruded, sequestered and fragmented disc pathologies in etiology and neurological sequelae in relationship to the spinal cord and spinal nerve roots.

Normal anatomy of axial and sagittal views utilizing T1, T2, 3D gradient and STIR sequences of imaging. Standardized and desired protocols in views and sequencing of MRI examination to create an accurate diagnosis in MRI.

Magnetic fields, T1 and T2 relaxations, nuclear spins, phase encoding, spin echo, T1 and T2 contrast, magnetic properties of metals and the historical perspective of the creation of NMR and MRI.

The clinical application of the results of space occupying lesions. Disc and tumor pathologies and the clinical indications of manual and adjustive therapies in the patient with spinal nerve root and spinal cord insult as sequelae.

MRI interpretation sequencing of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine inclusive of T1, T2, STIR and 3D gradient studies to ensure the accurate diagnosis of the region visualized.

MRI interpretation of bone, intradural, extradural, cord and neural sleeve lesions. Tuberculosis, drop lesions, metastasis, ependymoma, schwanoma and numerous other spinal related tumors and lesions.

The forces in physics that prevail in accidents to cause bodily injury. Quantifying the force coefficients of vehicle mass and force vectors that can be translated to the occupant and subsequently cause serious injury.

Factors that cause negative acceleration to zero and the subsequent forces created for the vehicle that get translated to the occupant. Understanding critical documentation of hospitals, ambulance reports, doctors and the legal profession in reconstructing an accident.

The mathematical calculations necessary utilizing time, distance, speed, coefficients of friction and acceleration in reconstructing an accident. The application of the critical documentation acquired from an accident site.

Delta V issues correlated to injury and mortality, side impact crashes and severity of injuries, event data recorder reports correlated to injury, frontal impact kinematics, crash injury metrics with many variables and inquiries related to head restraints.