Robert Johns, DC PC

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

An in-depth understanding of the use of electrical therapy to control pain and establishing parameters for therapeutic rehabilitative exercises. This includes how sacroiliac manipulation effects anterior knee pain, post fracture manipulation and ankle rehabilitation

Introduction to forensic science developing a level of knowledge, comprehension and understanding of the medical legal system as it relates to the practice of forensic science. Identifying a new dimension of chiropractic practice that will minimize risks and failure in court appearances as a practitioner

Medical legal issues including identifying risks and liabilities that may be encountered by examiners with electronic communications and developing a level of understanding of the medical legal system as it relates to junk science

Understanding the medical legal system as it relates to the ethical expert witness. This includes a new dimension of chiropractic practice that will minimize risks and failure in court appearances as an ethical expert witness, nurture skill sets and forensic examination and appearing as an expert witness through certification

Emphasizes that each chiropractic provider must keep informed as to the laws, their interpretation and their particular state of practice. Identifies Daubert criteria, discusses what each chiropractic expert should look for when preparing for the opposing attorney. Develops nurturing of skill sets improving expert opinion

Identifies the basics of deposition, discusses the tricky question types and suggested responses, develops knowledge of comprehension and understanding of the an impairment rating based on evidence-based literature, science and AMA guidelines

How to prepare for a medical emergency including extensive review of common medical emergencies, heart attacks, stroke, difficulty breathing and diabetic emergencies. How to provide the appropriate medical legal system as it relates to the deposition process to encourage skill sets in responding to questions posed in a deposition

Identifies criteria used by formally trained forensic examiners, develops a level of understanding, knowledge and comprehension of the criteria used by impairment rating reviewers, and identifies certain practices that lead forensic examiners to question the reports of IME examiners. Developing and nurturing of skill sets when formulating emergency treatments

Determining the etiology of the patient's complaints in a trauma or traumatic scenario, analyzing the patient's history and review of systems along with the performance of a complete orthopedic, neurological and clinical examination to correlate both past, current and causality issues to formulate an accurate diagnosis, prognosis and treatment plan. There is an emphasis on triaging both the trauma and non-trauma patient

An in-depth understanding of the protocols in triaging and reporting the clinical findings of the trauma patient. Training includes 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 of 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, Newton’s 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 .The course provides insight in determining the clinical correlation of forces and bodily injury

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

Electromyography (EMG), Nerve Conduction Velocity (NCV), Somato Sensory Evoked Potential (SSEP), Visual Evoked Potential (VEP), Brain Stem Auditory Evoked Potential (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 IDC-9 and the CPT to accurately describe the injury through diagnosis, Understanding and utilizing state regulations on reimbursement issues pertaining to health care

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, pathophysiology in both a functional and structural paradigm

The factors and influences associated with aging and what can be done to slow the aging process. Aging statistics and the variables associated with aging, including exercise, stress, emotions, social relationships, religion, alcohol, smoking, antioxidants and their relationship to cancers and heart disease, food nutritional value and quantities and weight control

The epidemiology of LBP, degenerative joint disease and its association to degenerative disc disease, concept of axial load shift, biomechanics and manipulation value, vertebral self-righting principal with annular fiber disorganization and disc bulge, facet mechanics including intra-articular adhesions and intra-articular hemmorage

Cartilage disintegration and osteoarthritis, risk factors for osteoarthritis, secondary osteoarthritis, clinical presentation with the paradigms for understanding disease risk factors

The two types of epicondylitis, clinical presentation, symptoms of epicondylitis, diagnosis, cervical spine evaluation, treatment options including rehabilitive exercise, high-volt galvanics, ultra sound, splinting and surgical options

The definition of pain, chronic and acute, treatment parameters for pain, P.R.I.C.E., proteoliytic enzymes, electrical stimulation,high volt, T.E.N.S., microcurrent, acute injury pain management and chronic pain management

The chiropractors role in prehospital care, practicing universal precautions, primary survey of the medical patient, trauma patient and secondary survey: vital signs, patient history and head-to-toe examination

X-ray and MRI interpretation of acromioclavicular separators, glenohumeral joint instability, lateral tears, and impingement syndrome and rotator cuff tears

The state of pediatric research, pediatric adjusting, pediatric radiology from a chiropractor’s perspective. Techniques and case management for pregnancy birth and infant care

The history of walking surfaces and shoes, overview of gait, primary shock absorber, basic biomechanics, pronation, supination, structural deformities and leg length discrepancy, functional and accommodative orthotics

Information and techniques needed to treat myofascial restrictions. Anatomy and physiology of fascia and its relationship to proper physiological function

Injury prevention instruction in safe body mechanics to teach patients, including proper posture, lifting, sitting and stretching techniques

Exercise rehabilitative training for professionals with utilization of exercise balls to provide a well rounded home workout

Scoliosis and spinal deformity, including spinal anatomy scoliosis in children and adults, and idiopathic adolescent scoliosis. Radiographic and other imaging, curve measurement and classification, and non-surgical treatment

New research in the processing of pain in the context of CNS, neuroplasticity, the neuromatrix of the body and interventions which alter the unique genetically determined neurosignature

Outcome management tools appropriate for curative chiropractic treatment. Evidence that supports use of these tools and present methods or protocols for use, including documentation that offers specific treatment approaches and proves the need or not for ongoing care

Correlating clinical findings and the patient history in determining the correct course of care in triaging the patient utilizing orthopedic and neurological evaluations in the clinical setting. Understanding the parameters for immediate referrals vs. following the continuum of care to determine the necessity for referrals

Brain and head physiology, brain mapping and pathology as a sequella to trauma. Traumatic brain injury, mild traumatic brain injury, axonal shearing, diffuse axonal injury and concussion are detailed in etiology and clinically. Clinical presentation, advanced diagnostic imaging and electrodiagnostics are detailed in analysis to create a differential diagnosis. Balance disorders that often occur as a result of trauma are also explored from clinical presentation to advanced imaging and differential diagnosis

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