Dr. Jenny Brocker
Dr. Brocker is a Board Certified Pediatric Chiropractor and is President – ACA Pediatrics Council. She has felt a deep passion to help and serve other people for most of her life. From a young age she developed a deep respect and curiosity for health care because she grew up under the chiropractic care of her mom, Dr. Patricia Petrie. She believes a comprehensive approach to health care is in the best interest of the patient and it is her duty as a chiropractor to work with other health care professionals to provide patients with the best and most complete care possible.
Dr. Jenny uses her experience as a mother and her knowledge as a chiropractor to help make pregnancy a time of joy and celebration, leading to a positive birth experience. With 3 children of her own, Dr. Jenny, finds so much delight in working with children. They are a constant source of wonder and laughter and she loves helping them thrive.
When she’s not in the office, Dr. Jenny enjoys camping, knitting, baking and anything that involves her husband Isaac, and their three children – Avari, Dean, and Amity.
Course Description
Chiropractic Management of Common Pediatric Conditions
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In this course we will dive into some of the common presenting conditions of infancy, including colic, nursing dysfunction, and craniosynostosis. Using clinical case examples and current pediatric evidence, we will discuss the best management protocols for these conditions. Dr. Jenny brings her 16 years of experience in specialized pediatric practice to the presentation, sprinkling in some clinical pearls she has learned along the way.
Learning Objectives:
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Identify the most common presenting conditions of pediatric patients.
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Discuss the evidence for chiropractic management of pediatric conditions
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Discuss the adjunctive modalities that a provider could use to augment their in-office management of pediatric conditions.
Hour Breakdown:
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Safety of pediatric chiropractic care and modifications for pediatric adjusting. Colic: origins of the conditions, western medicine approaches to management, chiropractic approaches to management and adjunctive modalities to aid in diagnosis and treatment.
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Nursing dysfunction: origins of the conditions, western medicine approaches to management, chiropractic approaches to management and adjunctive modalities to aid in diagnosis and treatment. Infantile reflux: origins of the conditions, western medicine approaches to management, chiropractic approaches to management and adjunctive modalities to aid in diagnosis and treatment. Case examples of these conditions from clinical practice.
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Craniosynostosis and positional plagiocephaly: origins of the conditions, western medicine approaches to management, chiropractic approaches to management and adjunctive modalities to aid in diagnosis and treatment.
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Case presentations with audience participation on working through each case.