Ep 19: Craig Liebenson Expert in Spinal Rehabilitation, Author and Chiropractor
February 19th, 2011 at 3:51 pm (episode, chiropractic, spine, physical therapists, interprofessional relationships, responsible chiropractic, education, rehabilitation)
Craig Liebenson, DC literally wrote the book on spinal rehabilitation and is highly regarded among chiropractors, medical physicians and physical therapists alike in the field of spinal rehabilitation around the world. He has studied and taught with Professors Vladimir Janda and Karel Lewit from the Czech Republic - pioneers in functional rehabilitation and manual medicine, as well as many others who have revolutionized the field. Many of them are contributors to his text.
Dr. Liebenson is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Chiropractic, Division of Health Sciences at Murdoch University and a member of the International Association for the Study of Pain and the American Pain Society. He helped to set up the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic and Scandinavian College of Chiropractic Rehabilitation Diplomate Courses and serves as a consultant and lead faculty for the Murdoch University and Anglo-European Chiropratic College M.Sc. programs in Chiropractic Rehabilitation. Dr. Liebenson treats many world-class elite athletes, was an NBA team chiropractor and currently serves as a consultant for the Arizona Diamondbacks MLB baseball team. He remains in private practice specializing in rehabilitation in Los Angeles
Dr. Liebenson was the first ever chiropractic member of the McKenzie Institute (U.S.) Board of Directors, a frequent lecturer at national and international multidisciplinary meetings, and has published extensively in journals and books on the subjects of rehabilitation and chronic pain the best known being the multidisciplinary text Rehabilitation of the Spine: A Practitioner's Manual (Lippincott/Williams and Wilkins), popular for over ten years, it is now in it's second edition.
This podcast episode is a discussion between Dr. Craig Liebenson and Rochester, NY chiropractor and blogger Dr. Brett Kinsler.
- Craig Liebenson's Blog
- Upcoming Seminars
- LA Sports & Spine
- Some books by Dr. Liebenson
- International Society of Clinical Rehab Specialists
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karl said,
February 20, 2011 at 5:43 pm
Great interview with Dr. Liebenson on functional rehab.
Craig Liebenson said,
February 21, 2011 at 12:52 am
I hope everyone interested in rehab will join the International Society of Clinical Rehab Specialists - www.clinicalrehabspecialists.com. They are committed to building a multidisciplinary network of specialists who support providing health care consumers w/ evidence-based, patient-centered functional self care info.
ontheotherhand said,
February 21, 2011 at 9:20 am
Thank you, Craig. I put that link into the show notes above.
Steven Capobianco said,
February 26, 2011 at 12:39 am
Dr. Liebenson has changed the way how I manage my patients. He has given me the tools to help educate my patients on the basics of active care. Well done guys - this was great.
Mary said,
March 1, 2011 at 1:31 pm
Thank you for a very enjoyable and interesting episode!
Craig Liebenson said,
March 1, 2011 at 2:26 pm
Thanks for your comments Karl, Steven & Mary. It was fun speaking w/ Brett & I look forward doing it again. I hope you all check out the Len Faye interview it is one of my all-time favorites. Also, if you are interested I have spoken more on DNS, McGill and and Janda on other recent interviews such as w/ sportsrehabexpert.com. You can access these from my blog - http://www.craigliebenson.com/?page_id=200
ontheotherhand said,
March 4, 2011 at 8:58 pm
Thanks for everyone’s comments. I’m glad you enjoyed this episode — we had fun producing it for you.
Meadspine said,
March 31, 2011 at 3:06 pm
I love your podcast. Please continue to bring us more excellent interviews. - Jesse
Alex said,
April 21, 2011 at 4:27 pm
Excellent Interview. Thanks for sharing.
Richard E Vincent said,
December 7, 2011 at 10:39 am
Craig is the future…we cannot survive without a passionate commitment to excellence in all of its forms. We must thank him for leading the way. Dick Vincent
Craig Liebenson said,
February 5, 2012 at 11:09 pm
Dr Vincent, There are a small number of visionaries I trust that our profession’s survival is due to - DD, Carver, Homewood, Illi, Janse, Sandoz, Faye, Haldeman, KW, Meeker, & yourself. The future of chiropractic has to be discovering the the innate intelligence is the viz medicatrix naturae, or wisdome of the body to heal itself. DD said we treat dis-ease. While Janse spoke of the subluxation as an “environmental irritation of the nervous system.” We must couple our Aesclepian approach of “fixing” w/ adjustments with an equal fervor about the Hygenic school of thought of teaching patients how to care for themselves. The marketplace will not support the status quo. You have been preaching this for decades. I hope more clinicians begin to heed your message. It is not enough to be “evidence-based”, but we must also be “patient-centered.” Thanks, Craig