“Chiropractic is manual therapy, not talk therapy” In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic and the first UK national lockdown, CRC-funded researchers Marc Sanders, Jonathan Field and Dave Newell, together with Shane Derbyshire and Jane Vennik, used the time to conduct a unique study exploring the...
We need you! The Chiropractic Research Council is looking to expand its Board of Trustees, and we need your help. We are looking for motivated individuals to join the Board, including individuals who wish to take on a leadership role. The CRC was founded in 2013 to...
The ‘Southampton Initiative’ was drawn to a close in October 2021. The initiative commenced in September 2017 with the appointment of part-time Senior Research Fellow, Prof. Dave Newell, to work alongside an interdisciplinary research team within the Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton. Dave was...
Primary Researcher, Michelle Holmes PhD, is undertaking a CRC-funded study investigating the launch of a chiropractic Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) within the UK. This will boost UK chiropractic research capacity, aid ‘big data’ collection and the implementation of research findings within the clinical setting. Aided...
CRC-funded PhD student Marc Sanders is making good progress with his studies at the University of Southampton. Marc is investigating the implementation of chiropractic services into the wider healthcare setting, and is initially focusing particularly on the barriers and facilitators to global integration which will...
Like everyone, the unprecedented events of the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic had significant impact on the Chiropractic Research Council, with numerous barriers to hinder research productivity and a substantial reduction in income. However, despite all this, during 2020 we managed to make progress with several research initiatives...
We are delighted to announce that with full funding provided by the Chiropractic Research Council (CRC), chiropractor Marc Sanders MSc DC, has been registered at the prestigious University of Southampton (UoS) to undertake a PhD programme. Marc will be joining a team of MSK researchers at...
The CRC is delighted to be funding a project to explore the feasibility and set-up of a Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) in the UK. The study, conducted by AECC University College researcher and CARL Fellow Michelle Holmes, will initially investigate how to establish a PBRN...
A published article in the first year of graduation! Savanna conducted this study during her final year at AECC University College and during her time on the CRC-funded PERC ('Programme for Early Researchers in Chiropractic') internship last summer. She presented her preliminary findings at ECU...
The CRC is delighted to be funding the UK-arm of this large, international study, the first of its kind investigating chiropractic management of low back pain in the older adult. Low back pain is a common problem in older people, and older patients often make up...