Not only are two chiropractors —Dr. Ira A. Shapiro of Old Bridge, N.J., and Dr. Marc P. Jaffe of Summit, N.J. — members of the U.S. Olympic Medical Team (see “Two N.J. chiropractors named to Olympic medical staff,” posted to www.ChiroEco.com ), but several other chiropractors are providing chiropractic care for world Olympians.

According to a report from the American Chiropractic Association (ACA), the World Olympians Association gave permission to 12 chiropractors to treat athletes.

Drs. Tim Ray, Sherri Lashomb, Mark Hecimovich, Sue Bromley and Anthony Far are going from the United States. Dr. Carla How will represent Scotland; Tom Greenway, the United Kingdom; Gordon Lawson, Canada; Ramon Flores, Saul Luengas and Gabrielle Monterrubio, Mexico; and Rikke Craven, Denmark. And Dr. Fred Fritsch, a two-time Olympian on the U.S. bobslead team, reportedly is the team chiropractor for the Guatemalan Olympic team.

Additionally, Mark Schlobohm from New Providence, N.J., was credentialed to provide care to athletes in the Worlds Greatest Athletes Chiropractic Decathlon Club (WGACDC). (See “Chiropractic plugged on national TV at Olympic trials,” on www.ChiroEco.com .)

Not only will chiropractors be giving care, according to the ACA report, at least one chiropractor will be participating as an athlete in Olympic competitions. Dr. Mary Beth (Larson) Iagorashvili earned a spot on the modern pentathlon team. Her husband Vaho will also compete in the modern pentathlon.

And yet another chiropractor will be going to the games for another reason: to deliver a scientific paper. Dr. Scott Paton of Land O’Lakes, Fla., addressed the 2004 Pre-Olympic Congress on Aug. 9. The subject of his paper was, “Artificially Induced Leg Length Inequality and Its Effect on Sway.”

The paper’s thesis concerns correlating leg length with athletic ability. The 68-page thesis, done as his master’s thesis in sports-injury management from Life University, found that the human body compensates for an imbalance in leg length.

Paton is the first chiropractor invited to speak before the Pre-Olympic Congress.

Sources: Chiropractic Economics Newsflash, American Chiropractic Association, Tampa Tribune

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