Online courses with Dr. Heidi Haavik PhD BSc Chiropractic
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The Science of Chiropractic
Online Courses
Learn the Science of Chiropractic that chiropractors need to know.
Evidence Based Practice
All material is based on science, for the practicing or future chiropractors.
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I Am dr. heidi haavik.
With 20+ years as a chiropractor, researcher and a neurophysiologist working in the area of human neurophysiology.
It is my mission to enlighten the world about the science of chiropractic.
Let me help you grow your practice through knowledge.
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Basic Science Level 1

Introduction - How Chiropractic Care can Change the Brain
9 Lessons - 80 minutes
Research done regarding what a chiropractic subluxation is and how a chiropractic adjustment works, from a neurophysiology perspective.

Introduction to the Neurophysiology of the Subluxation
5 Lessons - 57 minutes
The latest basic science research that has been done over the last twenty years that has looked at what a vertebral subluxation is.

The Brain, Pain & Neuroplastic Effects of Chiropractic Care
27 Lessons - 4 hours 17m
In this course, we review the latest scientific understanding about pain, and how the feeling of pain is always created in the brain.

Stress and the Prefrontal Cortex
4 Lessons - 60 minutes
How stress and traumatic experiences negatively impacts our brain function and our health by causing most of the common chronic diseases of today.
Clinical Science Level 1

Cost-effectiveness of Chiropractic & Chiropractic and the Cerebellum
5 Lessons - 60 minutes
The cost-effectiveness of chiropractic care and the research that has looked at the effects of chiropractic care on cerebellum brain processing.

Safety of Chiropractic, the Chiropractic-Stroke link and Opioid Crisis
5 Lessons - 57 minutes
The latest basic science research that has been done over the last twenty years that has looked at what a vertebral subluxation is.
Basic Science Level 2

Sensory Neuroplastic Changes & Joint Cavitation
5 lessons - 53 minutes
The somatosensory neuroplastic effects of chiropractic care and what the latest research studies says about joint cavitation.

CNS, Chiropractic & the Immune System
9 Lessons - 1 hour 35 minutes
This course covers what is known regarding interactions between the central nervous system and the immune system.

Motor Control Neuroplastic Effects of Chiropractic Care
4 Lessons - 1 hour 7 minutes
We review studies that use neurophysiological techniques to investigate how chiropractic care affects the central nervous system.

Why does the Spine Dysfunction?
4 Lessons - 60 minutes
Latest chiropractic subluxation research and the consequences of spinal injury and how this affects the brain and spinal function.
Clinical Science Level 2

Chiropractic, Injury Prevention and Sports Performance
5 Lessons - 64 minutes
The research on chiropractic care on sports performance. What we know about chiropractic and injury prevention in sports people.

Chiropractic Care for Older Adults and Hypertension
5 Lessons - 53 minutes
The benefits of chiropractic care for older adults and whether chiropractic care helps in the management of hypertension.

Somatovisceral Dysfunction & Heart Rate Variability
4 lessons - 50 minutes
The effects of chiropractic on somatovisceral dysfunction to date and what we know about heart rate variability and chiropractic.

Maintenance, Care Plans & Subluxation Indicators
6 lessons - 64 minutes
What does the research tell us about scheduling care plans, maintenance care, and the reliability of methods for detecting vertebral subluxations?

Evidence Based Practice, Pain and Headaches
8 lessons - 1 hour 50 minutes
Evidence based chiropractic and clinical guidelines and chiropractic care for people with low back and neck pain, and headaches.