The ASRF Research for Practice Podcast

Join us for this months episode as we chat with Dr Shaan Rai, whose work on chiropractic care for migraine, meniere's disease, and other elements of vestibular dysfunction has featured in several case reports. Dr Shaan talks about chiropractic in Singapore, and about why he practices Knee Chest Upper Cervical Technique. We then speak with Dr Therese Perdedjian, whose book "On Your Own Two Feet" covers the aspect of chiropractic practice and financial welless that you likely weren't taught in school. 

Dr Shaan's work can be found at https://www.apcj.site/search?q=rai

And as always, you can find out more about the Australian Spinal Research Foundation, and how you can support more chiropractic research at www.spinalresearch.com

Join us this episode as we catch up with Dr Matthew Mancuso, talking all about network spinal, congruence in chiropractic practice, how your perspective as a chiropractor affects what you detect and how you adjust, and get a wow of a 'why I became a chiropractor story.' We also catch up with Dr's Sam and Gabby Floreani, who tell us all about why they started the In8Summit, and why chiropractic events are not just events. 

Catch the Floreani's and their work. at https://thein8summit.com.au/

And as always, find out how you can support more chiropractic research at www.spinalresearch.com.au 

Join us this month as we speak with newly published chiropractor, Dr JD Dudum, as we talk through how chiropractic can come through for (some, even many) people who wish to avoid spinal surgery. His recent paper, published in the Journal of Contemporary Chiropractic, talks about a non-surgical disc decompression success in a case that would have a lot of people feeling a bit nervy. 

In this episode, we caught up with Professor Phillip Ebrall, editor of the Asia Pacific Chiropractic Journal, to talk about the power of accessible chiropractic research to empower new chiropractors in the majority world - that is, new and emerging chiropractors in India, Asia and Africa. Here, we talk about chiropractics offering as we move beyond the places where chiropractic is well-established and into places where it is so needed. We also touch on a big concept: quantum thinking and the vertebral subluxation. 

In this episode, we speak with Dr Helen Alevaki, prior chair of ACE Paediatrics, and recently appointed board member of the Australian Chiropractors Association about developing a family practice. Dr Helen skillfully takes us through the present challenges facing paediatric chiropractic care and busts some myths for us. Then we speak with the dynamic Dr Sarah Kotlerman from Washington's Averio Institute, about the 'doses' of care, or care frequency question that faces a lot of chiropractors. 

In this special episode of the ASRF Research for Practice Podcast, we talk with Dr Matt Doyle - board member and the guy at the head of the research portfolio - about a study that recently landed in a reputable journal. This study seemed to have some big, detrimental claims to make and a solid study design. But did the conclusion it reached really hold up in a chiropractic context? Dr Matt took on this topic, and we got to talk about a vitally important topic for chiropractors and the people they care for: care frequency and the difference between specific adjustments and broader spinal manipulation. 

We sat down to talk with ASRF board Alumnus, Dr Nimrod Mueller, about one of the most exciting areas in chiropractic - exploring how the adjustment can impact human consciousness, and the experience of life. We also talk about Dr Nimrods work in developing the Australian Spinal Research Foundation's definition of subluxation - a journey that took him all over the world and brought together so many bright chiropractic minds. 

In the first episode of 2026, we catch up with Dr Patrick Sim, who heads up with Australian Chiropractic College, and Dr Matthew Doyle, one of our own board members who doubles as a PhD candidate advancing the cause of chiropractic education. In this episode, Dr Patrick takes us through the values that created the college, and his hopes for the future, and Dr Matt takes us through his pilot study regarding chiropractic students. 

In this episode, we speak to the wonderful Dorte Bladt, who talks us through what got her started in paediatric chiropractic care, what she has learned over the years and where this research needs to go. Dorte is the mover and shaker behind the kids summit, and she has a wealth of knowledge and big dreams of kids and chiro in the future. 

If you'd like to contribute to chirorpractic research, includig kids chiropractic, make sure you find us at www.spinalresearch.com.au 

Join us as we talk with Dr Sarah Kotlerman - a prolific case report author and one of the names behind the Averio Institute with its concentrated care paradigm. Dr Sarah talks through chiropractic and tissue regeneration even in severe cases. 

If you'd like to read Dr Sarah's case reports, head over to the Asia Pacific Chiropractic Journal - www.apcj.net 

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