Erchonia Seminar: Clinical Orthopedics Unveiled - TBI, Laser Myths, and Comprehensive Spinal Demonstrations (Gair, Brock, Feb 3-4, 2024 on-campus)

Hayward, CA US
February 3, 2023 to February 4, 2023

SCHEDULE

February 3, 2024 8:00am - 5:30pm

February 4, 2024 8:00am - 12:15pm

4 exam/technique, 8 general CE hours

Learning Objectives

1. Differentiate and review the various classes of low-level lasers, and outline the therapeutic effects of each as  appropriate dosages obtained through calculating joules.  

2. Discuss the Low-Level Laser Therapy wavelengths, the metabolic targets of various wavelengths, and the  integration of wavelengths into health restoration.  

3. Devise strategies for obtaining biochemical markers paramount to healthy physiology, and create a plan of action  for both clinician and patient to resolve health barriers.  

4. Incorporate hands-on approaches to assess mechanobiology and mechano-transduction and understand their roles  in regulating cellular biochemistry, gene expression, and tissue development.  

5. Understand the physiological relationship between the cranial system, spine, and cerebrospinal fluid dispersion  as they relate to neurodegenerative disease.  

6. Assess spinal and extremity dysfunction, determine the upper motor and lower motor neuron factors, and use a  low-level laser to correct maladaptive movement patterns.  

7. Discuss differences in the Autonomic, Sympathetic, Parasympathetic, and Enteric Nervous Systems, and  develop strategies to facilitate synchronization of these systems using Nutrition, circadian rhythms, movement,  and low-level laser therapy.  

8. Identify molecular mediators in Gut-Brain Access syndromes, and develop clinical strategies, behavioral  modifications, and nutritional therapies to reset physiology.  

9. Recognize environmental drivers of abnormalities in inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, and create  protective strategies.  

10. Identify key indicators of brain imbalances, use low-level laser therapy to reduce aberrant biofeedback into the  central nervous system, and utilize protective strategies for enhancing brain health and function.  11. Understand the influential roles of Nutrition, supplementation, sleep hygiene, meditation, and "stacked therapies"  to overcome the most challenging clinical conditions.  

12. Understand how lasers are not “experimental and new”, but supported by decades of research for multiple  conditions  

13. Evaluate adding lasers can help you differentiate yourself from the other doctors around you, which helps  you have better tools to succeed in the face of greater competition.  

14. Review the youth sports market in your area and become the go to doctor for local teams, ranging from  youth sports to high school, college, and even pro.  

15. Demonstrate Step by step, hands on laser techniques to quickly and easily RE-CALIBRATE the nervous  system to create an instant change in function. This technique is what really gets the patients excitedly  telling all their friends and raving about you on social media.  

16. Apply instrument adjusting techniques to combine with your laser techniques for an even greater effect.  17. Review case studies for each injury/condition.  

18. Summarize the Ancient Greeks to Modern Day to The Future: The history of light phototherapy, where it has  come, and where the research is going, and how it impacts injury recovery. 

19. Discover how addition of low-level laser therapy can help differentiate your office from the other practices that  are in your area 

20. Justify lab technique & know which blood tests are important to have and how to interpret them for optimal  injury recovery and sports performance

21. Summarize traumatic Brain Injuries and Neurodegeneration 

22. Complete protocol workshop for cervical and upper extremity injuries, lumbar spine and lower extremity  injuries  

23. Calculate impact of recalibration and resetting the nervous system with the accelerate recovery and enhance  performance  

24. Understand weight loss protocols and how this can have a global effect on your patient’s health 

25. Explain laser to your patients, and how to help a niche market that is greatly in need of help by working with the  year-round travel team athletes, local sports teams, and weekend warriors  

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 12.00 AK Chiropractic Board
    Alaska Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • 12.00 AZ Chiropractic Board
    Arizona Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • 12.00 BC Chiropractic College
    British Columbia College of Chiropractors
  • 8.00 CA Chiro Board, Category B
    CA Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Cat B
  • 4.00 CA Chiropractic Board, Category A Exam/Adjust/Billing
    California Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Category A Exam/Adjust/Billing
  • 12.00 CO Chiropractic Board
    Colorado Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • 12.00 CT Chiropractic Board
    Connecticut Board of Chiropractic Examiner
  • 12.00 DC Chiropractic Board
    District of Columbia Board of Chiropractic
  • 12.00 DE Chiropractic Board
    Delaware Board of Chiropractic
  • 12.00 IA Chiropractic Board
    Iowa Board of Chiropractic
  • 12.00 ID Chiropractic Board
    Idaho Board of Chiropractic Physicians
  • 12.00 IN Chiropractic Board
    Indiana Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • 12.00 KS Chiropractic Assoc
    Kansas Chiropractic Association
  • 12.00 MA Chiropractic Board
    Massachusetts Board of Registration of Chiropractors
  • 12.00 MB Chiropractic Assoc
    Manitoba Chiropractors' Association
  • 12.00 MD Chiropractic Board
    Maryland Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • 12.00 ME Chiropractic Board
    Maine Board of Chiropractic Licensure
  • 12.00 MN Chiropractic Board
    Minnesota Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • 12.00 MO Chiropractic Board
    Missouri Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • 12.00 MS Chiropractic Board
    Mississippi Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • 12.00 MT Chiropractic Board
    Montana Board of Chiropractors
  • 12.00 NB Chiropractic Assoc
    New Brunswick Chiropractors' Association
  • 12.00 NC Chiropractic Board
    North Carolina Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • 12.00 ND Chiropractic Board
    North Dakota Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • 12.00 NE Chiropractic Board
    Nebraska Board of Chiropractic
  • 12.00 NH Chiropractic Board
    New Hampshire Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • 12.00 NJ Chiropractic Board
    New Jersey Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • 12.00 NS Chiropractic College
    Nova Scotia College of Chiropractors
  • 12.00 NV Chiropractic Board
    Nevada Chiropractic Physicians' Board
  • 12.00 OH Chiropractic Board
    Ohio Chiropractic Board
  • 12.00 ON Chiropractic College
    Ontario College of Chiropractors
  • 12.00 OR Chiropractic Board
    Oregon Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • 12.00 PACE
    FCLB Providers of Approved Continuing Education
  • 12.00 PR Chiropractic Board
    Puerto Rico Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • 12.00 QC Chiropractic Ordre
    Quebec Ordre Des Chiropracticiens
  • 12.00 RI Chiropractic Board
    Rhode Island Board of Examiners in Chiropractic
  • 12.00 SC Chiropractic Board
    South Carolina Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • 12.00 SD Chiropractic Board
    South Dakota Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • 12.00 TN Chiropractic Board
    Tennessee Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • 12.00 UT Chiropractic Board
    Utah Chiropractic Physicians Licensing Board
  • 12.00 VA Board of Medicine
    Virginia Board of Medicine
  • 12.00 VI Chiropractic Board
    U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • 12.00 VT Chiropractic Board
    Vermont Board of Chiropractic
  • 12.00 WA Chiropractic Comm
    Washington Chiropractic Quality Assurance Commission
  • 12.00 WY Chiropractic Board
    Wyoming Board of Chiropractic Examiners
Course opens: 
01/01/2023
Course expires: 
12/31/2024
Event starts: 
02/03/2023 - 8:00am PST
Event ends: 
02/04/2023 - 12:15pm PST
Base cost:
$185.00

Saturday 8:00-5:30pm  

7:30-8:00am Registration  

8:00-9:00am Laser Myths and Misconceptions vs Objective Realities. Is the “Science Settled?” (Other;  Research)  

- Modern Research since the 1960s, and it’s use as state standard medical care in Russia since 1974 and their  findings for best wavelengths and powers.  
- Lasers vs NSAIDS and Opioids and laser superiority in long term results  
- What conditions peer reviewed research has shown laser to be effective for, and what are the wavelength, and  frequencies with the best outcomes to create 20 FDA clearances for visible wavelength low powered lasers  - What is the difference between violet, green, red, and infrared lasers, high vs low power  - Depth of penetration vs signaling cascades and electron transport. How this can cause the violet laser to have  the furthest reaching impacts on tissues and why  
- The latest research on lasers, including how some wavelengths have enough energy per photon to trigger  electrons to jump to higher energy states and create millions of reactions  
- Where the research is going: Autism, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, Low Back, etc.  
- How do we know it’s not just a placebo? Case studies with fractures, athletes, and animals.  
 

9:00-10:00am Traumatic Brain Injuries, Neurodegeneration, and Long Covid (Other,  Research)  

- Review of current research studies showing the cellular effects to provide support for TBI and  neurodegenerative conditions.  
- How long Covid is affecting patient’s brain function, body pain, and quality of life  
- Research showing how the spike protein triggers auto immunity in some patients, and how you can provide  support with laser protocols, nutritional, and supplemental protocols to improve quality of life and function.  - Evaluation techniques and questionnaires  
- Nutritional red flags for patients at risk of concussions from sports or for patients recovering from  concussions  
- How to recognize early signs of CTE and neurodegeneration and what to do for it.  
- Research on low level laser support protocols for children with autism, dyslexia, ADHD.  - Review of case studies from Dr Gair’s patients ranging from mild TBI to severe and the treatment protocols  - Review of nutritional support protocols for brain injuries, and dysfunction like autism, Parkinson’s,  Alzheimer’s, etc.  
- Vagus nerve activation protocols with low tech and high tech options 
 

10:00-10:15am Break  

 

10:15-11:15am From the Cell to the System (Dr. Brandon Brock) (Basic Sciences)  - Wavelength and electron transport chain function  

- Mitochondria, cellular respiration, and ATP production  
- Neuronal Excitotoxicity  
- Neuronal Plasticity 
 

11:15-12:15pm From the Cellular Environment to the Systems (Dr. Brandon Brock) (Research Trends)  - Causes of inflammation  

- Metabolic syndrome, obesity, and joint pain  
- Review of basic labs  
- Case study  

 

12:15-1:15pm Lunch  

 

1:15-2:15pm Cervical and Upper Extremity Injuries and How to Recalibrate and Reset the nervous  system with the accelerate recovery and enhance performance (Adjustive Technique) 

- Research studies on cervical spine,,shoulder injuries, elbow, and carpal tunnel and low-level laser therapy  - Muscle assessment techniques  
- Pre and Post Op protocols  
- Protocols for chronic pain after surgery  
- Unique protocols for violet or green wavelengths  
- Case studies from Dr Gair’s Patients  
- How cervical movements affect muscle strength and laser protocols to recalibrate and reset  - Laser shoulder protocols, elbow, and hand protocols  
- Percussor techniques and Adjustor tool techniques for these conditions  

 

2:15-3:15pm Lumbar spine and Lower Extremity Injuries and How To Recalibrate and Reset the  nervous system to accelerate recovery and enhance sports performance (General Clinical)  - Research studies on lumbar spine, hip, knee, and ankle injuries and low-level laser therapy  - Muscle assessment techniques  

- Case studies from Dr Gair’s Patients  
- How lumbar movements affect muscle strength and laser protocols to recalibrate and reset  - Laser low back, hip, knee, and ankle protocols  
- Gait reset protocols  
- Balance protocols  
- Pre and Post Op Protocols  
- Percussor techniques and Adjustor tool techniques for these conditions  

 

3:15-3:30pm Break  

 

3:30-4:30pm A Developing Systems Approach to Treatment (Dr. Brandon Brock) (Principles of  Practice/Philosophy)  

 - Creating the hierarchy of treatment  
 - The joint-brain connection  

 

4:30-5:30pm Brain and Biomechanical Connection (Dr. Brandon Brock) (Adjustive Technique)  - Treatment of the foot and ankle  

- Demonstration of evaluation, diagnoses, and clinical concepts  
- Demonstration of evaluation, diagnoses, and clinical concepts  
- Case study  

 

Sunday 8:00-12:15pm  

 

8:00-9:00am Lumbar spine and Lower Extremity Injuries and How To Recalibrate and Reset the  nervous system to accelerate recovery and enhance sports performance (Continued) (General Clinical)  

 

9:00-10:00am How to Explain Low-Level Laser Therapy to your patients, and how to help a niche market  that is greatly in need of help by working with the year-round travel team athletes, local sports teams, and  weekend warriors (General Clinical) 

- Scripts that clearly explain how the laser works, and that give the patient realistic expectations based off research 

- Why sports injuries are skyrocketing with today’s youth, how much it is costing per year, and how you can  help reduce the costs and get the athletes back to competitive performance quicker  
- How lasers can actually enhance sports performance to a level that one study from the Journal of  Biophotonics said was “similar to a performance enhancing drug.”  
- How lasers can be part of the solution for the Opioid Epidemic, citing current studies showing lasers  effectiveness compared to pain relievers and anti inflammatories  
 
 
10:00-10:15am Break  
 
 
10:15-11:15am Brain and Biomechanical Connection (Dr. Brandon Brock) (Adjustive Technique)  - Treatment of the knee and lower extremity and biomechanics  
- Demonstration of evaluation, diagnoses, and clinical concepts  
- Demonstration of evaluation, diagnoses, and clinical concepts  
- Case study  
 
 
11:15-12:15pm Brain and Biomechanical Connection (Dr. Brandon Brock) (Adjustive Technique)  - Treatment of the shoulder and elbow  
- Demonstration of evaluation, diagnoses, and clinical concepts  
- Demonstration of evaluation, diagnoses, and clinical concepts  
- Case study 
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Dr. Kirk Gair

KIRK GAIR, DC

Dr. Kirk Gair, DC, IDE, began utilizing Cold Laser Treatments in 2004 and combining them with traditional chiropractic treatments to get some amazing results. Since that time, he has worked with Gold Medalists and world record holders, Super Bowl and World Series Champions, some of the top High School and College athletes in the country, as well as patients with chronic disease and traumatic brain injuries.

He has been featured in Dr. Izabella Wentz’s documentary The Thyroid Secret and also her NY Times Best Seller Hashimoto’s Protocol for the unique laser protocols he has pioneered. Dr Gair was also the first person that Dr. Datis Kharrazian, best selling author of Why Isn’t My Brain Working and Why Do I Still Have Thyroid Symptoms When My Lab Tests Are Normal?, ever ran labs on back when they were classmates in 1996.

Dr. Gair is a sought after guest in summits and podcasts, and teaches doctors around the world his laser therapy protocols both by webinar and live seminar. He is bilingual in Spanish, played high school and college football, and is also a musician. He played lead guitar in an alternative band, and also wrote and produced an album of relaxing guitar music that has been featured in a German travel video and several nature videos that have been seen by millions online.

Dr. Brandon Brock

BRANDON BROCK, DC

Dr. Brandon Brock is a practitioner in Dallas, Texas who holds a Doctorate in Family Nursing Practice from Duke University, and a Doctorate in Chiropractic. He has a Diplomate in Functional Neurology, Nutrition, Conventional Medicine, and Integrated Medicine as well. He is a Global Clinical Research Scholar from Harvard Medical School with a specialty in survey design and secondary analysis.

Dr. Brock also serves on the diagnosis and treatment committee for the Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome Advisory Council in the state of Texas and this subject matter is the topic of is doctoral dissertation work. He is a member of multiple organizations including The Society for Collegiate Leadership and Achievement Honor Society, The National Society of Leadership and Success, Sigma Theta Tau, National Association of Orthopedic Nurses, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and the International College of Integrative Medicine. He has published multiple papers, book chapters and lectures over a range of healthcare and theoretical topics with many esteemed researchers that are the top of their field. He currently participates as a scientific director and educator for multiple companies and has a passion for teaching.

See below for a list of credits available for this seminar. 

Life Chiropractic College West is accredited by the CCE and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

*The following State and Province boards do not require an application when a program is sponsored by a college accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE): CO, CT, DE, DC, ID, IL, IA, MD, MA, MI, MT, NE, NH, NJ, OR, RI, SC, UT, VT, VA, WA, WY, BC, NB, ON, QC. Life Chiropractic College West cannot guarantee that any session of this offering will be accepted by these licensing board(s). Life West urges licensees to familiarize themselves with the laws governing continuing education in the jurisdictions where they hold licensure.

Available Credit Hours

  • 12.00 AK Chiropractic Board
    Alaska Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • 12.00 AZ Chiropractic Board
    Arizona Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • 12.00 BC Chiropractic College
    British Columbia College of Chiropractors
  • 8.00 CA Chiro Board, Category B
    CA Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Cat B
  • 4.00 CA Chiropractic Board, Category A Exam/Adjust/Billing
    California Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Category A Exam/Adjust/Billing
  • 12.00 CO Chiropractic Board
    Colorado Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • 12.00 CT Chiropractic Board
    Connecticut Board of Chiropractic Examiner
  • 12.00 DC Chiropractic Board
    District of Columbia Board of Chiropractic
  • 12.00 DE Chiropractic Board
    Delaware Board of Chiropractic
  • 12.00 IA Chiropractic Board
    Iowa Board of Chiropractic
  • 12.00 ID Chiropractic Board
    Idaho Board of Chiropractic Physicians
  • 12.00 IN Chiropractic Board
    Indiana Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • 12.00 KS Chiropractic Assoc
    Kansas Chiropractic Association
  • 12.00 MA Chiropractic Board
    Massachusetts Board of Registration of Chiropractors
  • 12.00 MB Chiropractic Assoc
    Manitoba Chiropractors' Association
  • 12.00 MD Chiropractic Board
    Maryland Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • 12.00 ME Chiropractic Board
    Maine Board of Chiropractic Licensure
  • 12.00 MN Chiropractic Board
    Minnesota Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • 12.00 MO Chiropractic Board
    Missouri Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • 12.00 MS Chiropractic Board
    Mississippi Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • 12.00 MT Chiropractic Board
    Montana Board of Chiropractors
  • 12.00 NB Chiropractic Assoc
    New Brunswick Chiropractors' Association
  • 12.00 NC Chiropractic Board
    North Carolina Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • 12.00 ND Chiropractic Board
    North Dakota Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • 12.00 NE Chiropractic Board
    Nebraska Board of Chiropractic
  • 12.00 NH Chiropractic Board
    New Hampshire Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • 12.00 NJ Chiropractic Board
    New Jersey Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • 12.00 NS Chiropractic College
    Nova Scotia College of Chiropractors
  • 12.00 NV Chiropractic Board
    Nevada Chiropractic Physicians' Board
  • 12.00 OH Chiropractic Board
    Ohio Chiropractic Board
  • 12.00 ON Chiropractic College
    Ontario College of Chiropractors
  • 12.00 OR Chiropractic Board
    Oregon Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • 12.00 PACE
    FCLB Providers of Approved Continuing Education
  • 12.00 PR Chiropractic Board
    Puerto Rico Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • 12.00 QC Chiropractic Ordre
    Quebec Ordre Des Chiropracticiens
  • 12.00 RI Chiropractic Board
    Rhode Island Board of Examiners in Chiropractic
  • 12.00 SC Chiropractic Board
    South Carolina Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • 12.00 SD Chiropractic Board
    South Dakota Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • 12.00 TN Chiropractic Board
    Tennessee Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • 12.00 UT Chiropractic Board
    Utah Chiropractic Physicians Licensing Board
  • 12.00 VA Board of Medicine
    Virginia Board of Medicine
  • 12.00 VI Chiropractic Board
    U.S. Virgin Islands Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • 12.00 VT Chiropractic Board
    Vermont Board of Chiropractic
  • 12.00 WA Chiropractic Comm
    Washington Chiropractic Quality Assurance Commission
  • 12.00 WY Chiropractic Board
    Wyoming Board of Chiropractic Examiners

Price

Base cost:
$185.00
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