Dr. Michael Riccoboni

OCCUPATIONAL HISTORY

Chiropractor and Clinic Director, HealthSource Chiropractic and Progressive Rehab, Clemmons NC, 2007- present.

Chiropractor and Clinic Director, Clemmons Village Chiropractic Clinic, Clemmons NC, 2002-2007.

Associate Chiropractor, Binder Chiropractic Center, Statesville NC, 2001-2002.

Exercise Physiologist, Davis Regional Medical Center, Statesville NC, 1994-1998.

EDUCATION AND LICENSURE

Doctor of Chiropractic, Licensed in the State of North Carolina, License #NC3062 2002-present

Cleveland Chiropractic College, Doctorate of Chiropractic, Kansas City MO, 1999-2002

Internship, Cleveland Chiropractic College Outpatient Facility, Kansas City MO, 2001-2002.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science 1994.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bachelor of Science in Health Education 1994.

POST GRADUATE EDUCATION and CERTIFICATIONS

Inter-professional Communication: How can it Improve Healthcare? The best practices in inter-professional communication and optimizing the tools in clinical practice to benefit patient outcomes, Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) in cooperation with Medscape, 2016.

Inter-professional Collaboration to Improve Health Care: AN Introduction.  Creating patient centered approaches to healthcare to improve outcomes in treatment models while concurrently reducing risk, Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) in cooperation with Medscape, 2016

Do Opioids Effectively Treat Lower Back Pain?  The effectiveness of opioids on acute and chronic lower back pain patients compared to other alternative
treatments.  Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) in cooperation with Medscape, 2016

New Blood Biomarkers Useful for Concussion Diagnosis, The utilization of GFAP and UCH-l-1 in determining, traumatic brain injury, mild traumatic brain injury and mild-moderate traumatic brain injury as a triage tool to manage head trauma patients, Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education in cooperation with Medscape, 2016

MRI Spine Interpretation and Spinal Biomechanical Engineering- Primary Spine Care, Correlating spinal biomechanics secondary to trauma and MRI findings inclusive of herniation, bulging, protruded and extruded discs, Correlating co-efficient of forces translated from bullet vehicle to the target vehicle to the occupant in determining causality of bodily injury, PACE approved for the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing boards, Texas Chiropractic College, Las Vegas NV, 2015.

Evidence Based Inter-professional Collaboration- Primary Spine Care, Chiropractic as Primary spine care based upon the literature conclusions and the documentation requirements to support those conclusions in an ethical collaborative environment inclusive of hospitals, emergency rooms, primary care medical doctors and medical specialists, Academy of Chiropractic, PACE approved for the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing boards, Texas Chiropractic College, Las Vegas NV, 2015.

Contemporary Literature Review of the Chiropractic Adjusting Mechanisms-Primary Spine Care.  The latest scientific evidence of the effects of the
chiropractic spinal adjustment on the central nervous system, both upper and lower motor neurons.  A comparative analysis of chiropractic vs. other modalities and therapies, Academy of Chiropractic, PACE approved for the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing boards, Texas Chiropractic College, Las
Vegas NV, 2015.

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, x-ray clinical indications for the trauma patient, Pace Approved for the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Board, Academy of Chiropractic Post Doctoral Division, Long Island, NY 2015

Neurodiagnostic Testing Protocols, Physiology and Indications for 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-Electronystagmography (V-ENG) interpretation, protocols and clinical indications for the trauma patient. Pace Approved for the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Board, Academy of Chiropractic Post Doctoral Division, Long Island, NY 2015

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 and after the crash.  Determining the clinical correlation of forces and bodily injury.  Pace Approved for the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Board, Academy of Chiropractic Post Doctoral Division, Long Island, NY 2015

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 Board , Academy of Chiropractic Post Doctoral Division, Long Island, NY 2015

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 on 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 Board, Academy of Chiropractic Post Doctoral Division, Long Island, NY 2015

Documentation and Reporting for the Trauma Victim, Understanding the necessity for accurate documentation and diagnosis utilizing the ICD-9 and the CPT to accurately describe the injury through diagnosis.  Understanding and utilizing state regulations on reimbursement issues pertaining to healthcare. Pace Approved for the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Board, Academy of Chiropractic Post Doctoral Division, Long Island, NY 2015.

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 kinisiopathology, myopathology, neuropathology and pathophysiology in both a functional and structural paradigm. Pace Approved for the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Board, Academy of Chiropractic Post Doctoral Division, Long Island, NY 2015

Spine Research Institute of San Diego Certification in the Comprehensive training program in whiplash and brain injury traumatology, emphasizing the biomechanics of injury mechanisms, occupant kinematics, automobile crash reconstruction methods, our most current knowledge of soft tissue, endocrinological, bony, and nervous system disorders, advanced imaging techniques, and the comprehensive case management of whiplash and related disorders.  2006.