NUHS is Official Chiropractic Partner for 2010 Susan G. Komen Chicago 3-Day for the Cure
Monday, August 2, 2010
National University of Health Sciences (NUHS) is proud to be the
official chiropractic partner for the 2010 Susan G. Komen Chicago
3-Day for the Cure event to be held August 6 - 8. National will
send a sports medicine team of 4 faculty clinicians and 17 interns
who will provide direct patient care in the event's sports medicine
tent. The team will treat walkers as well as event staff and crew
members.
"This is the second year we are the official chiropractic
partner," says team captain Patricia Coe, DC. "Last year we treated
over 450 people with back pain, ankle and knee injuries, strains,
sprains, and muscle pulls. We also provide Kinesio Taping, and
Kinesio USA has traditionally donated pink tape for our use at the
event."
"Our team helps triage each patient who enters, sending them for
the appropriate care. We share the sports medicine tent with a team
of physical therapists as well. We are also located next to a
station equipped with an ambulance and MD care for walkers who may
be suffering from heat stroke, dehydration or who need
hospitalization," says Coe.
The NUHS team attends opening ceremonies and then sets up
equipment in the tent. They treat patients from 1pm until 9pm, and
then sleep onsite. They are up again on day two, treating walkers
at 6am before the walkers head out for the day, and then open the
tent again from 1pm until 9pm. They are also available Sunday
morning to treat walkers before they leave, and then head downtown
to Soldier Field for the closing ceremonies.
Dr. Coe says that this type of event not only provides students
at National with hands-on experience in sports
medicine and an opportunity to contribute their skills to a
worthwhile cause, it also provides an opportunity for working
together with teams of other medical specialists, giving interns a
first hand experience in integrative medicine.
The NUHS team will also include two chiropractic physicians, Dr.
Brett Martin and Dr. Roy Settergren, who have recently graduated
from NUHS, but who volunteered at the event last year as student
interns.
Dr. Settergren says, "It's an experience where I meet people
that have dealt with cancer or are dealing with cancer and you can
see that it gives them a strength that you rarely see in people. It
gives you a good feeling and outlook about life. You realize that
if they can get through what they're going through, you can get
through whatever you need to get through. You meet all these people
and hear their stories and come out with this sense that life is
truly good."
For more information on the 2010 Susan G. Komen Chicago 3-Day
for the Cure event, or to support similar events in your area,
visit http://www.the3day.org.