DR. NEIL BRESSLER, DC - CREDENTIALS

Doctor of Chiropractic

Cleveland Chiropractic College, Kansas City, Missouri, April 1998

Bachelor of Science – Human Biology
Cleveland Chiropractic College, Kansas City, Missouri, April 1998
MUA (Manipulation Under Anesthesia) certified

  • Diversified Technique

  • Gonstead Technique

  • Meric (full spine) Technique

  •  Activator Methods Technique

  •  Cox Flexion-Distraction Technique

  • Veterinarian Chiropractic Techniques

  • Special Management of the pelvis – additional 12-hour course

  • Special Pediatric Care – additional 12-hour course

  • 100+ additional hours of Physical Therapy

  • Bachelor of Science – Human Biology

  • Cleveland Chiropractic College, Kansas City, Missouri, April 1998

  • MUA (Manipulation Under Anesthesia) certified

Post Graduate Education

Neurodiagnostics                                                                                                                         

Imaging Protocols and Pathology of the Trauma Patient, An in-depth understanding of the protocols in triaging and reporting the clinical findings of the trauma patient. Maintaining ethical relationships with the medical-legal community. PACE approved for the federation of chiropractic licensing boards, Academy of Chiropractic Post Doctoral Division, Long Island, NY, 2012

Diagnostics

Risk Factors, Clinical Presentation and Triaging the Trauma Patient, An extensive understanding of the injured with clinically coordinating the history, physical findings, and when to integrate neurodiagnostics. An understanding of how to utilize emergency room records in creating an accurate diagnosis and the significance of “risk factors” in spinal injury. PACE approved for the federation of chiropractic licensing boards, Academy of Chiropractic Post Doctoral Division, Long Island, NY, 2012

Crash Dynamics and Its Relationship to Causality

An extensive understanding of the physics involved in the transference of energy from the bullet car to the target car. This includes G's of force, newtons, gravity, energy, skid marks, crumple zones, spring factors, event data recorder, and the graphing of the movement of the vehicle before, during,g, and after the crash. Determining the clinical correlation of forces and bodily injury. PACE approved for the federation of chiropractic licensing boards, Academy of Chiropractic Post Doctoral Division, Long Island, NY, 2012

MRI, Bone Scan, and X-ray protocols

Physiology and Indications for the Trauma Patient, MRI interpretation, physiology, history and clinical indications, bone scan interpretation, physiology, and clinical indications, and x-ray clinical indications for the trauma patient. PACE approved for the federation of chiropractic licensing boards, Academy of Chiropractic Post Doctoral Division, Long Island, NY, 2012

Neurodiagnostic Testing Protocols

Physiology and Indications for the Trauma Patient, Electromyography (EMG), Nerve Conduction Velocity (NCV), Somato Sensory Evoked Potential (SSEP), Visual Evoked Potential (VEP), Brain Stem Auditory Evoked Potential (BAER) and Visual-Electronystagmosgraphy (V-ENG) interpretation, protocols and clinical indications for the trauma patient. PACE approved for the federation of chiropractic licensing boards, Academy of Chiropractic Post Doctoral Division, Long Island, NY, 2012

Documentation and Reporting for Trauma Victims:

Understanding the necessity for accurate documentation and diagnosis utilizing the ICD-9 and the CPT to describe the injury through diagnosis accurately. Understanding and utilizing state regulations on reimbursement issues about healthcare. PACE approved for the federation of chiropractic licensing boards, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Long Island, NY, 2012

Documenting Clinically Correlated Bodily Injury to Causality,

Understanding the necessity for accurate documentation, diagnosis, and clinical correlation to the injury when reporting injuries in the medical-legal community. Documenting the kinesiopathology, myopathology, neuropathology, and pathophysiology in both a functional and structural paradigm. PACE approved for the federation of chiropractic licensing boards, Academy of Chiropractic Post Doctoral Division, Long Island, NY, 2012.

MRI History and Physics,

Magnetic fields, T1 and T2 relaxations, nuclear spins, phase encoding, spin echo, T1 and T2 contrast, magnetic properties of metals, and the historical perspective of the creation of NMR and MRI. ACCME Joint Sponsorship with the State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, PACE Approved for the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Buffalo, NY, 2015.

MRI Spinal Anatomy and Protocols

Normal anatomy of axial and sagittal views utilizing T1, T2, 3D gradient, and STIR sequences of imaging. Standardized and desired protocols in views and sequencing of MRI examination to create an accurate diagnosis in MRI. ACCME Joint Sponsorship with the State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, PACE approved for the federation of chiropractic licensing boards, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Buffalo, NY, 2015

MRI Disc Pathology and Spinal Stenosis

MRI interpretation of bulged, herniated, protruded, extruded, sequestered, and fragmented disc pathologies in etiology and neurological sequelae in relationship to the spinal cord and spinal nerve roots. ACCME Joint Sponsorship with the State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, PACE approved for the federation of chiropractic licensing boards, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Buffalo, NY, 2015

MRI Spinal Pathology

MRI interpretation of bone, intradural, extradural, cord, and neural sleeve lesions. Tuberculosis, drop lesions, metastasis, ependymoma, schwannoma, and numerous other spinal-related tumors and lesions. ACCME Joint Sponsorship with the State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, PACE approved for the federation of chiropractic licensing boards, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Buffalo, NY, 2015

MRI Methodology of Analysis

MRI interpretation sequencing of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine inclusive of T1, T2, STI, R, and 3D gradient studies to ensure the accurate diagnosis of the region visualized. New York Chiropractic Council, ACCME Joint Sponsorship with the State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, PACE approved for the federation of chiropractic licensing boards, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Buffalo, NY, 2015

MRI Clinical Application

The clinical application of the results of space-occupying lesions. Disc and tumor pathologies and the clinical indications of manual and adjustive therapies in the patient with spinal nerve root and spinal cord insult as sequelae. ACCME Joint Sponsorship with the State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical

Sciences, PACE approved for the federation of chiropractic licensing boards, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Buffalo, NY, 2015

MRI Protocols Clinical Necessity, MRI slices, views, T1, T2, STIR axial, stacking, FFE, FSE, and sagittal images. Clinical indication for the utilization of MRI and pathologies of disc in both trauma and non-trauma sequelae, including bulge, herniation, protrusion, extrusion, and sequestration. ACCME Joint Sponsorship with the State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, PACE approved for the federation of chiropractic licensing boards, Academy of Chiropractic Post-Doctoral Division, Buffalo, NY, 2015