News from World Spine Care


World Spine Care chiropractor treats athletes at African Youth Games
World Spine Care's Dr. Stefan Eberspaecher joined the sports medical team at the 2018 Region 5 Africa Youth Games.

World Spine Care Accomplishments in 2018: Here’s What You Helped Us Do
As the year draws to a close and we head into 2019, the Board of Directors of World Spine Care thank you for your incredible support. Here are just a few things that World Spine Care has accomplished this year, thanks to the support of individuals like you.

Global Spine Care Initiative project published in European Spine Journal
The Global Spine Care Initiative has culminated in the publication of 15 articles in an upcoming focus issue of the European Spine Journal.

Reflecting On My Time as a Clinical Volunteer for World Spine Care
Volunteer Associate, Dr. Shannon Bloch, shares her thoughts on experiencing the culture and community of Botswana.

European Spine Ride 2018
Another brilliant cycle trip! For once the weather gods were in our favour, except for the last morning, but otherwise we didn’t start in the rain, get snowed on, or blown off course. And talking of going off course – that didn’t happen this year either.

Create a Facebook Fundraiser for your next birthday
Facebook recently introduced a new feature that lets you easily launch a fundraising campaign to raise money and awareness for the causes you care most about.
Learn how you can use this tool to support World Spine Care.

Adaptability for Patient Care - Dr. Nadine Harrison's talk at the ECU Convention Budapest 2018
Dr. Nadine Harrison shares why adaptability is a critical skill to be able to provide spine care and be an integral part of an interprofessional healthcare team as Clinic Supervisor in Botswana.

The Third World Spine Care Botswana Spine Care Conference
On May 7 and May 8, 2018 World Spine Care, in cooperation with the Botswana Ministry of Health organized the Third World Spine Care Conference at the Gaborone International Convention Center in Botswana. It is reported to have been the largest health care or medical conference to be held in the country of Botswana and demonstrates the impact that the World Spine Care program has had in this country.

Insight from India: an update on the World Spine Care Europe Project
Over the last year, an amazing project in Navi Mumbai, India has been set in motion. A collaboration between the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Health Science (MGMUHS) Physiotherapy department and World Spine Care is taking place. Currently set within a hospital, the Physiotherapy department has now adopted WSC protocols with the under-pinning values of sustainable, integrated, evidence-based care.

World Spine Care Yoga Project - Spring 2018 Update
Unique in the both the yoga and the NGO communities, the World Spine Care Yoga Project brings the practices of posture, breath work, and mindfulness as tools for pain management and active self-care to patients in World Spine Care clinics. This year, Co-directors Erin Moon and Barrie Risman have been hard at work expanding and sharing the work of the Yoga Project.



World Spine Care to participate at EUROSPINE 2018 in Vienna
Representatives from World Spine Care have been invited to contribute to the EUROSPINE Spring Specialty Meeting in Vienna, Austria this April.

Multidisciplinary Health Care Clinic Donates to World Spine Care
Raising money at this time is difficult as there are many worthy charities. There is a great deal of negativity and uncertainty in the world at the moment, but I would like to focus on some positive aspects of the chiropractic profession.
I recently had the opportunity to meet someone who has been very successful in his own right but has also shared that success with a number of new graduates, giving them the chance to start in practice and to own their own practice.


GSCI Continues To Promote Evidence-Based, Sustainable Spine Care
Spinal pain is a primary cause of disability worldwide that affects approximately 1 billion people, yet no developmental help is available to reduce this burden.
World Spine Care convened the Global Spine Initiative to develop an evidence-informed, practical, and sustainable, spine health care model for communities around the world with various levels of resources.

WSC Clinic Supervisor Dr. Nadine Harrison receives "British Chiropractor of the year" Award
At the 2017 British Chiropractic Association Autumn Conference at the University of South Wales, Dr. Nadine Harrison was awarded the British Chiropractor of the year award.


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