The total CAM show is the UK's largest Complementary and Natural Healthcare show. This year's event will once again be taking place over two days (15th - 16th October 2006) at the ExCeL exhibition centre in London, where over 5000 practitioners and therapists are due to attend.

For further information see the CAM website http://www.chexpo.com.

Arnold Schwarzenegger Headlines ICA’s Symposium On Natural Fitness

The 2006 ICA Symposium on Natural Fitness held in conjunction with the Arnold Fitness Weekend (with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California), offered doctors of chiropractic from around the world another multi-faceted program featuring fitness stars, champion athletes, and innovative, practical chiropractic continuing education!

And, as with every year, each ICA Symposium registrant was able to personally pose with the world's most famous chiropractic patient -- global superstar Arnold Schwarzenegger, the featured speaker at ICA 's Symposium on Natural Fitness -- for a studio-style portrait photo! A vigorous advocate of chiropractic care for people of all ages and holding an honorary chiropractic degree from Cleveland Chiropractic College, Governor Schwarzenegger personally spoke to the Symposium attendees about his own experience with chiropractic, crediting the care he received throughout the years for his success in bodybuilding and for his ability to maintain such a rigorous public service, travel and appearance schedule.

Mr. Schwarzenegger told the chiropractic audience, 'As Governor, you have a chance every day to help people. This is what we have in common…We are friends of chiropractors because chiropractors are dealing with health, fitness, strength and energy…That's what chiropractors are all about, helping people, to make them strong and fit and get their lives back together. So here we are for fourteen years, holding interesting meetings, working together, learning from each other, and I just wanted to tell you how proud we are of all of you, and how happy we are that we have joined together in this great program.'

Governor Schwarzenegger also spoke about his own personal experience with chiropractic, telling the audience that after his recent and much publicised motorcycle accident, 'Even though on screen I am the robot, the mechanical man,  in reality I am also vulnerable and I have my accidents; and you probably heard about my motorcycle accident…my head was thrown forward and I had stitches on my lip…but you know your neck and back afterwards are sore, and I went to the chiropractor who fixed me up and it was really bad for a few days and I couldn't move; and my chiropractor gave me just three adjustments and I was perfectly fine after that.  So I just want to say that I love your profession.'

ICA 's Fitness Symposium has grown in size and diversity with the Arnold Schwarzenegger Fitness Weekend. Along with the Symposium's quality continuing education program and related events, registration in ICA 's gala weekend program also included special parts of the Arnold Fitness Weekend! The Arnold Schwarzenegger Sports Festival is now the largest three-day sports festival in the world, with more than 15,000 athletes competing in 30 sports, half of which are played at the Olympic level.

This year's continuing education program was co-sponsored by Life Chiropractic College West and featured distinguished faculty dedicated to exercise and athletic training in the context of chiropractic care. Practical programs by leaders in fitness and prominent educators featured a series of dynamic presentations, sports case-scenarios and how-to demonstrations that have made the Symposium such a powerful educational event each year. Speakers this year included Dr. Pete Gratale and bodybuilding legend Mr. Lee Haney, Dr. John Downes, Dr. Gerry Mattia, Dr. Eric Kaplan, Dr. Jack Barnathan, Dr. Richard Gennaro, Dr. Tom Deters , and Dr. Sean Eastman. And of course, California 's Governor, Mr. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

ICA’s International Symposium In Madrid

The ICA 's 2006 International Symposium on the Philosophy, Art and Science of Chiropractic to be held October 6-8 in Madrid, Spain has an impressive line-up of speakers and a diversity of topics that doctors of chiropractic will find clinically useful, practical and inspirational. Ten interesting and thought-provoking research papers are also part of the program and will be presented by doctors from several different countries.

A unique feature this year is the addition of a special program for Chiropractic Assistants to be presented in both Spanish and English. ICA was able to include this segment thanks to the assistance of their gracious co-host, the Associacion Espanola de Quiropractisca (AEQ).

'What a wonderful opportunity for us to learn, grow and get to know one another,' said ICA President Dr. John Maltby, 'I invite my colleagues and their staff from all countries of the world to come to Madrid and share with us this extraordinary weekend of learning and fellowship.'

Dr. Belen Sunyer, president of the AEQ has also extended an invitation to 'all chiropractors who want to expand their chiropractic and cultural horizons to come to the ICA Conference in Madrid and “discover what makes Chiropractic and Spain so special.' !

Clayton College 2006 Herbal Mountain Medicine Appalachian Tour

CCNH's educational travel opportunity, the Herbal Mountain Medicine Appalachian Tour, will be on September 14-18, 2006. Join staff, students, and herbalism enthusiasts as we explore the traditions of Appalachian folk medicine and the time-honored teachings of Tommie Bass, the herb 'doctor' of Shinbone Ridge, Alabama.

Adjunct faculty Darryl Patton, N.D., Herbalist will lead you in discovering the legacy of folk remedies handed down by the late Bass, who was a pivotal figure in the changing landscape of 20th century American herbalism and an inspiration to a whole generationof younger herbalists. When Bass died in 1996 at the age of 88, he was widely recognised as one of the world’s leading herbalists.

Tour participants will enjoy the hands-on study of medicinal plants and herbal healing traditions in the historical Chattanooga, Tennessee area. Patton will teach you how to make your own salve based on Tommie Bass’s original formula, and he will demonstrate and share his expertise of wilderness survival skills. Patton is the author of Mountain Medicine: The Herbal Remedies of Tommie Bass. Visit www.stalkingthewild.com to learn more about him.

CCNH director of herbal studies Phyllis D. Light, Herbalist, AHG will lead a hands-on demonstration of how to create your own herbal medicine chest and share stories of her Native American heritage. Phyllis is the author of the upcoming book The Principles and Practice of Appalachian Medicine. Visit www.phyllisdlight.com to learn more about her.

Spend the last day of the tour in Chattanooga and see Rock City. Picnic atop Lookout Mountain, and enjoy its wide vistas of seven states. Identify herbs and plants as Patton guides us through Rock City Gardens and shares stories of his time spent with the legendary Tommie Bass. As a special treat, the world-famous Tennessee Aquarium is reserved exclusively for our private farewell dinner.

The $1,299 per person fee includes ground transportation, lodging, plus nine meals.

Contact: Tara Brown 877.782.8236
Web site: www.ccnh.edu
E-mail: communications@ccnh.edu

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