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Chiropractic Wellness Certification Program
Contents and Concepts Covered
- Extensive instruction in a scientifically relevant, clinically practical format, addressing
advanced aspects of wellness and optimal health in the context of the chiropractic paradigm.
- Four topic-focused modules that involve 12-hour on-site seminar lectures and corresponding
home-study materials.
- Complete the program for certification as a Certified Chiropractic Wellness Practitioner
(C.C.W.P.)
The C.C.W.P. certification credential is awarded by the ICA Council on Wellness Science upon completion of the
specified seminar course-work, home study modules, examinations, and other requirements
Module 1: Scientific & Philosophical Validation of the Chiropractic Wellness Paradigm
- Defining Wellness with respect to research, patient assessment, and clinical analysis and intervention
- Identifying structural and neurophysiological effects of VSC in adaptive (stress) physiology and illness
- Reviewing referenced literature, identifying scientific evidence relating chiropractic's health promotion and
illness prevention benefits in relation to chiropractic adjustments and optimizing spinal motion
- Coordinating clinically relevant, practical approaches to successfully integrate wellness into your practice
Module 2: Wellness Nutrition and Natural Health
- Clarifying the body's innate genetic requirements for nutritional content and nutrient sufficiency
- Studying the physiological impact of the standard “Western Diet� with metabolic acidosis, insulin resistance,
probiotic deficiencies, fatty acid metabolism, and other concerns
- Reviewing the toxic effects of food additives, preservatives, household products, and industrial chemicals
- Research findings identifying health promoting and illness preventing benefits of innately balanced and
sufficient nutritional choices
Module 3: Wellness Physical Fitness and Spinal Hygiene
- Addressing the body's innate genetic requirements for optimal physical fitness and energy expenditure
- Understanding physiological repercussions of sedentary patterns including brain function, body composition,
and immune system integrity
- Highlighting beneficial impacts of exercise and spinal hygiene on proprioception, neuromuscular integrity, organ
function, learning and emotional health
- Introducing exercise and training approaches for spinal hygiene, functional restoration and spinal health
Module 4: Wellness State of Mind, Emotional Health, and the Secrets of
Eliciting Patient Lifestyle Change
- Understanding neurophysiological ramifications of emotional and physical stress, including adaptive physiology
in the context of the multiple structural and physiological elements of subluxation complex
- Identifying interactions of somato- and psycho- neuroimmunology and neurophysiology in health and illness
- Reviewing scientific literature highlighting health promotion and illness prevention benefits of positive mental
attitude and congruent belief systems
- Outlining optimal approaches and proactive applications for implementing human behavior change through
transforming attitude and actions toward wellness-congruent lifestyle changes in patient case management
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