ON Spinal Chat
17 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago -ON Spinal Chat - the OCA podcast - explores what the Ontario Chiropractic Association (OCA) is doing or supporting to help its members enhance their patient care, grow their practices, or advance the chiropractic profession.
Bimonthly, we feature backstories from chiropractic colleagues and the health care professionals or relevant experts they work with to support patients across Ontario, Canada.
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Episodes
Fostering Self-Care Rituals for Healthier Lives
February 27, 2024 20:00 - 23 minutes - 22 MBWith a growing number of Canadians interested in self-care as we transition from the pandemic, Dr. Dwight Chapin, the OCA’s Chiropractor of the Year in 2018 wrote: "Take Good Care: 7 Wellness Rituals for Health, Strength and Hope." To bring evidence-based research to life, he engaged 21 influential Canadians, such as Jann Arden and Michael "Pinball" Clemons, to share their unique approaches to self-care. In this episode, Dr. Chapin discusses how they shaped this book, as well as how patients...
Managing Pain with Interdisciplinary Care: Part 2
September 29, 2023 11:00 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBIn part two of this series on pain management, Dr. Demetry Assimakopoulos returns to provide a more in-depth view of the work chiropractors do at the Comprehensive Pain Program at the University Health Network (UHN) and the Pain and Wellness Centre in Vaughan. Both these clinics were founded and led by Dr. Angela Mailis, a physiatrist, pain physician, clinical professor, and leading authority on the diagnosis and management of chronic pain. In Part 1, Dr. Mailis discussed her interdisciplina...
Managing Pain with Interdisciplinary Care: Part 1
May 04, 2023 05:15 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBHaving led innovative interdisciplinary clinics focused on treating pain and preserving wellness for more than 40 years, Dr. Angela Mailis believes interprofessional collaboration is the best way to deliver pain management. In this part one episode of a two-part series we chat with Dr. Mailis, a physiatrist, specialist pain physician, clinical professor, and leading authority on the diagnosis and management of chronic pain. She’s joined by Dr. Demetry Assimakopoulos, OCA’s 2022 Dr. Michael B...
Advocacy to Advance the Profession: Part 2
March 01, 2023 01:04 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBIn part two of this series on OCA's advocacy work to advance the chiropractic profession, Caroline Pinto, Managing Principal, of Counsel Public Affairs, returns to outline OCA’s current strategy, objectives, and some of the activities it will undertake to support them. In this episode, we’ll also chat about OCA's Local Leaders Program and how OCA members can get involved and help drive results. Topics Covered: Current advocacy objectives Overall strategy Current priority: scope enhanceme...
Advocacy to Advance the Profession: Part 1
December 21, 2022 22:15 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBAdvocating for you, our profession, and our patients is a key part of our work. But what does this mean in the context of a member-based organization like the OCA? In this two-part series on advocacy to advance the profession, we’ll define advocacy, outline OCA’s approach, achievements, strategy, and how you can get involved. Tune into this part one episode to hear what advocacy entails, including grassroots advocacy, at the OCA, and for our members. We’ll also chat about OCA’s approach and ...
Supporting Mental Health Needs
September 30, 2022 20:34 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBWhile the diagnosis and treatment of mental health conditions is not within a chiropractor’s scope of practice, Dr. Janet D’Arcy believes chiropractors like you can play an important role in identifying someone who may need assistance, helping them access practical resources and making appropriate referrals. In this episode, Dr. D’Arcy, a certified mental health first aid instructor and chiropractor, outlines how you can increase your mental health literacy and prepare to appropriately engag...
Why Rapid Access Clinics Matter to You
August 03, 2022 01:30 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBRapid Access Clinics or.RACs for low back pain are designed to support not replace a chiropractor's care. They provide patients, who qualify for the program with a timely consultation on their low back condition and related symptoms to support their self-management. In this episode, we speak with Dr. Henry Candelaria, who has been involved in Ontario's RACs since 2012. Tune in to hear Dr. Candelaria discuss why RACs matter to you, your patients, and our health ecosystem. He outlines the rewa...
Collaborating with Primary Care: An NP's Perspective
June 01, 2022 03:58 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MBOntario has a few team-based programs for musculoskeletal (MSK) care and a number of you work in interdisciplinary/ interprofessional clinics – but there’s room for more opportunities. In this episode, we speak with Kristy Naulls, an award-winning Nurse Practitioner (NP) about how collaborative care is improving her clients' or patients’ outcomes. Kristy works at the Belleville Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic, is actively involved in the Primary Care Low Back Pain program, and has been working...
Ontarians' Evolving Attitudes on Health Care
March 31, 2022 02:37 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MBThe pandemic prompted many changes. So, OCA commissioned an Environics Research survey last fall to learn how it has affected Ontarians’ attitudes, goals and behaviours about their health care, including chiropractic care. In this episode, we speak with Nancy Gale, OCA’s VP, Strategic Communications and Stakeholder Management who led this project to discuss highlights of this research. Nancy outlines how consumers’ priorities have shifted, what they're willing to invest in their health, why ...
Lessons Learned to Lead Forward in a Covid-19 World
March 01, 2022 04:20 - 26 minutes - 21.1 MBEven though restrictions are lifting, experts predict Covid-19 will be with us for some time. In this episode, we check in with Dr. Erika Kuehnel, an Ontario chiropractor, registered massage therapist and multidisciplinary clinic owner. We discuss lessons learned and how you can lead forward in a Covid world. As a member of OCA’s Return to Practice Working Group, Dr. Kuehnel, also took an extra deep dive into discovering best practices from the pandemic’s early days. She shares what her clin...
An Evidence-based Framework for Chiropractic Care
January 29, 2022 12:00 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBIn 2020, the Ontario Chiropractic Association (OCA) formed the Evidence-based Framework Advisory Council with a mandate to help develop a shared understanding or framework around what exactly evidence-based practice means for chiropractic care. In this episode, we check in with Caroline Brereton, OCA's CEO, to hear about the Evidence-based Framework Advisory Council (EBFAC), its goals, the process it’s following, how it will help OCA members support better patient care and advance the profe...
Delivering Optimal Care to Patients with Arthritis
November 15, 2021 12:00 - 29 minutes - 22.6 MBThis episode will provide you with practical research and insights on proven approaches to effectively assess, diagnose and treat patients with spinal stenosis and other forms of arthritis. Hear 'world expert in spinal stenosis' Dr. Carlo Ammendolia outline how he delivers optimal treatment to his patients and subtle variations between demographics. He offers tips and resources on how to assess a patient's physical, functional and psychosocial issues to help you strengthen your skills in ...
EHC for Virtual Care, a Post-Pandemic World and More
October 15, 2021 11:00 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBIn this second episode of a two-part series on Extended Health Care (EHC), Dr. Moez Rajwani returns to explore the rise of virtual chiropractic care or telehealth and how insurers, as well as patients, are responding. For this segment, he's joined by Dr. Amy Brown who shares her experience with virtual care and how she's using it in her Cambridge-based practice. Dr. Rajwani also highlights the perils of incentives and why you'll want to avoid them. For new chiropractic grads and early car...
How Extended Health Care Trends Affect Your Practice
September 15, 2021 11:00 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBThis two-part series on Extended Health Care (EHC) will help you keep up with trends and work effectively with insurers across Ontario. In episode one, Dr. Moez Rajwani discusses how EHC is evolving and what that means to chiropractors like you. From cost containment to digital transformation, he highlights current trends and outlines what you need to know to support your patients and protect your practice. He also chats about the pros and cons of preferred provider networks and how big data...
Building Rapport with a Prescribing Health Care Professional
July 15, 2021 10:20 - 22 minutes - 16.2 MBIn the second episode of this two-part series, chiropractor Dr. Albert Scales explains how he contacts and builds rapport with a prescribing health care professional to collaboratively help a patient with an opioid dependency. Tune in to hear how he coordinates care to help their shared patient safely taper their use of opioids to treat their neuromusculoskeletal (spine, muscle, joint, and related nervous system) pain, while staying within the chiropractor’s scope of practice. Dr. Scales a...
Breaking the Ice on Opioid Dependency
June 15, 2021 12:41 - 24 minutes - 18.7 MBIn part one of this two-part series, St. Catharines-based chiropractor and OCA member Dr. Albert Scales discusses his experience engaging patients who are using opioids to treat their neuromusculoskeletal (nMSK) pain. Tune in to hear how he raises the topic with patients and discusses contacting their prescribing health professional to coordinate their care while staying within the chiropractic profession’s scope. Dr. Scales also shares his ideas on how you can use OCA’s Opioid and Pain Redu...
ON Spinal Chat Trailer
May 30, 2021 04:00 - 51 seconds - 791 KBIf you're a member of the Ontario Chiropractic Association, this podcast is for you. But many of the topics we'll discuss with varied guests have a wide-reaching impact and will also likely be of interest to other professionals in Ontario's broader health ecosystem. Listen to this trailer to learn more. Trailer text: You’re a chiropractor practising in a rapidly evolving profession in Canada’s largest province (by population). You joined the Ontario Chiropractic Association for programs,...