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This is a time of unprecedented access to high-reward, high-dopamine stimuli: drugs, food, news, gambling, shopping, gaming, texting, Facebooking, Instagramming, YouTubing, tweeting . . . The increased numbers, variety, and potency are staggering. As such, we’ve all become vulnerable to compulsive overconsumption. Yet, it is possible to find contentment and connectedness by keeping dopamine in check.   

In this talk, Professor Anna Lembke will provide a practical, science-informed approach to addressing compulsive overconsumption of everything from food to sex, to video games. Q&A will follow her presentation. 

This course provides an overview of cognitive adaptive intelligence and its application in rehab, focusing on sports rehab. Participants will gain an understanding of the importance of sensorimotor systems in rehab and the benefits of integrating cognitive adaptive intelligence into rehab practices. The course will cover theoretical frameworks, design, and implementation of cognitive adaptive intelligence rehab systems, clinical applications, and future directions. Through case studies and discussions, participants will learn how to integrate cognitive adaptive intelligence into their sports rehab practice to improve patient outcomes. The course is suitable for chiropractors, physical therapists, athletic trainers, and other healthcare professionals interested in enhancing their rehab practice. 

Attendees will be exposed to common findings in patients with atlanto-axial instability and craniocervical instability. These not-uncommon patients regularly present for care, and their diagnoses are not routinely identified. Attendees will learn how to avoid missing these clues. They will also learn the common symptom manifestations of these processes, exam findings to assist when ruling these in or out, and the proper studies to obtain. Lastly, the expected readings on these films and when to obtain neurosurgical consultation to avoid placing your patient at risk. 

An overview of a novel combinations of treatment modalities for traumatic brain injury (TBI) which addresses physical, physiological and psychological cures simultaneously for optimum results in the care of a TBI patient as well as subsequent post-traumatic stress disorder.

A comprehensive review of the role aging plays in our overall health, including a discussion of longevity genes, the link between metabolism and aging, biological aging clocks, and adversity mimetic molecules. The hallmarks of Aging will be discussed, emphasizing the role of epigenetic noise as a reversible cause of Aging and age-related diseases. 

Advances in neuroscience and artificial intelligence are converging to give us an affordable and soon-to-be widely available generation of consumer neurotech devices—a catchall term for gadgets that, with the help of dry electrodes, connect human brains to computers and the ever-more-sophisticated algorithms that analyze the brain-wave data. 

 These advances are being incorporated into the workplace to track everything from fatigue levels, mental wellbeing in employees to transforming wellness programs at work. What does this mean for the future of work? What are the best practices for integrating these advances responsibly into the workplace and society? 

In an outcome-based industry, it is always a challenge to find new and innovative ways to treat clients with intentional approaches while considering evidence-based practice. This session outlines how to effectively use emerging technologies available in therapeutic settings and how the use of video games and assistive technology can open an alternative world of play for people with disabilities. 

Conventional medicine often fails to address the root causes underlying why the bodies of trauma survivors become vulnerable to disease or fail to respond to treatment. This course offers a brief overview of the link between trauma, chronic nervous system dysregulation, and medical illness, including a trauma-informed approach to addressing the root causes of disease as part of comprehensive medical treatment and psychotherapy. 

This approach enables you to unravel the unique BioMolecular BluePrint and use it to engineer exact long-term solutions for athletic performance, recovery, sleep, focus, brain function, and physical health. Biomolecular tools are used to analyze what goes in your body and what comes out of your body. How you feel and perform.  

Dr. Ben Carson is a patient advocate – he knows how difficult it can be for individuals to obtain information that is truly meaningful and important to them. In this enlightening presentation, Dr. Carson gets at the hard issues surrounding the medical field while sharing with audiences the warm and compassionate perspective that has made him a world-renowned surgeon. He draws upon his knowledge of interventional and preventive medicines to discuss improvements in personal health and how the passage of healthcare reform will potentially make life better for all Americans. He also shares his cancer struggle and insights on living a balanced, healthy life.