Blue Sheet

April 4 - 10, 2011 LOGAN’S EVIDENCE-BASED JOURNAL CLUB TO MEET APRIL 12 Logan’s Evidence-Based Journal Club has been established to: promote clinical applications of best evidence to improve patient outcomes; learn by doing and assessing the validity and clinical relevance of the research paper; learn to critically evaluate the scientific literature; and discuss the latest scientific literature relevant to your practice. The next club meeting is: Tuesday, April 12 at 11 a.m.

Logan's Research Lab, Room 118 Topic: Biocycle Social Approach to Chronic Pain: Scientific Advances and Future Directions Presenters: Students Jonathan Emlet (Tri 4) and Leanne Dalton, (Tri 6) Refreshments and free pizza will be served.

For full text or for more information, contact: Jude Miller – Logan’s Evidence-Based Journal Club president: jude.miller@logan.edu; Dr. Rodger Tepe – Dean, Research Division: rodger.tepe@logan.edu; or Chabha Hocine-Tepe – Director, LRC: chabha.hocine@logan.edu.

NUTRITION CLUB PRESENTATION IS TUESDAY, APRIL 5 Senior intern and Tri 9 student Anthony Pasek will present a lecture on Epigenetics to the Nutrition Club on Tuesday, April 5 at 11 a.m. in room G46.

NEXT APPLIED KINESIOLOGY MEETING IS TUESDAY, APRIL 5 The Applied Kinesiology Club will meet on Tuesday, April 5 at 11:05 a.m. in room G40. Dr. Katharine Conable, associate professor in the Logan Chiropractic Science division, will teach the Tuesday meetings of the A.K. club, beginning with the most basic basics of A.K. This week, she’ll play a video of Dr. Walter Schmitt explaining the neurologic basis of Applied Kinesiology. All trimester students are welcome to these hands-on workshops. No previous experience is required. These meetings afford students an opportunity to practice these and more advanced AK skills with the help of club officers and experienced club members. Learn to evaluate muscle function with scientific precision and to use muscle responses as functional neurological feedback. Gain certainty on your ability to correct postural deviations and to identify subluxations. Learn simple manual methods of optimizing muscle function to prevent injury and help adjustments hold. Through the trimester, videos of Dr. Goodheart telling his stories of the early discoveries in AK and then practicing those techniques will be presented.

LOGAN STUDENTS WIN PRIZES FOR “HARE IN THE AIR” VOLUNTEER WORK THANK YOU TO ALL THE STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF WHO VOLUNTEERED AT THE HARE IN THE AIR EVENT. We couldn’t produce the HITA event without your valuable help. A random drawing from the volunteer names resulted in the following students receiving prizes.

The prize winners (with their trimesters in parentheses) were: Aaron Jones (6); Amanda Anderson (7); Autumn Barton (6); Beau Beard (3); Carolyn Maxfield (6); Claudia Sacco (6); Dan Jablonski (6); Elra Morgan (7), also known as “Chiro Man”; Glenn Gibson (3); Heidi Heath (6); Jacqi Bowman-Garrett (6); Jamie Knorr (3); Joseph Zeilinger (1); Josh Johnson (3); Kaylee Cooper (6); Lisa Griffith (8); Lunda Bunn (6); Philip Berardi (3), also known as the Bunny Rabbit stand in; Ryan Brinker (2); Shavonda Pannell (7); Sloan Burdick (3); Susan Dixon (9); Tyler Jennings (6); William Biggs (3); and William Zimmerman (3).

Student winners may stop by room 149, the officer of Linda Kenny, director of career development, to pick up their prizes. Thank you again to all volunteers for sharing your time and talents to make this the best Hare in the Air event ever.

Note: Tamara Deines, GSS, was should have been included in the Hare in the Air kudos in last week’s Blue Sheet.

OTHER NEWS FROM IN AND AROUND THE CAMPUS Congratulations to Erica Collier, Radiology Department, who will celebrate her 20th anniversary of employment at Logan on April 22.

Dates are now posted through the end of April for students to sign up for the two-day rotation at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Students will be able to shadow Dr. Scott Gibbs in surgery on day one and in clinical rotations on day two. Dates are available weekly on Mondays and Tuesdays. Students who are currently in outpatient clinic can receive clinic hours for their time spent at the hospital. For more information or to sign up, please stop by the BIOFREEZE® Center.

The Health Center Department is currently looking for a work study student to fill the position of clerk, health center data entry, as soon as possible. The job pays $8.00/hour. The student hired will work 12 hours or less per week. The duties primarily consist of filing and will not include data entry. The student must possess good communications skills and an ability to pay attention to detail. Please contact Alissa Dawson, ext. 1808, for more information.

SUBJECTS NEEDED FOR RESEARCH STUDIES Dr. Dennis Enix, DC, MBA, associate professor, is currently recruiting subjects for a research study to examine proprioception and postural control in individuals from the ages of 20 to 80 in an attempt to stratify how these factors change with age. This study is in collaboration with the Saint Louis University Department of Neurology and Psychiatry. Anyone who is interested in participating in this study should contact the Research Division in room S118. Extra credit may be available for students from some instructors.

Diagnostic imaging fellow, Eve E. Bonic, DC, DACBR, is recruiting subjects for a research project entitled, “Ultrasonographic Evaluation of the Anterior Talofibular Ligament: Thickness of Normal Ligaments.”

Subjects between the ages of 18-45 who have not had ankle pain or an ankle sprain within the past year and who do not have a history of ankle fracture, surgery or diabetes mellitus qualify for this study. If you would like to participate, please e-mail Dr. Bonic at eve.bonic@logan.edu or call Dr. Bonic at ext. 1859 from oncampus, (636) 230-1859 from off-campus, or stop by the Ultrasound Suite in G103A. The ATFL ultrasound scan will take less than 30 minutes.

FROM THE OFFICE OF STUDENT SERVICES FINALS: Those students with mixed schedules should double check the schedule of final exams to make sure that there are no conflicts. In the case of an exam conflict, the make-up day and time is Friday, April 22 at 7:30 a.m. Paperwork is available in the Testing Center. Be proactive and check today.

LOST AND FOUND: If you have misplaced an item, left your jump drive in the LRC, forgot you jacket, etc., check with Security Desk in the front lobby of administration building.

BEFORE FINALS, PSYCH YOURSELF DOWN! As finals approach, you might find yourself worrying more, feeling tense or overwhelmed. Or, lately if you haven’t been as motivated, the tendency is to try to psych yourself up for the end of the trimester. The problem is that a lot of tension actually impedes your ability to concentrate, remember and stay motivated. It is exhausting to approach finals with pressure, anxiety, lack of sleep and worry.

Learn to Psych Yourself Down, each and every time you start a class, take a test or sit down to study. By doing any of these simple and brief activities, you can bring your autonomic nervous system back into balance, calm yourself and improve your performance. If you practice when you are not stressed, you will improve in your ability to stay more relaxed when you are under pressure.

1. Focus on the Breath: With your eyes closed, put your attention on the sensation of air as it comes into and out of the nostrils at the tip of the nose. As you breathe in, become aware of the air coming into the body and as you breathe out, be aware of the air leaving the body. If your mind wanders, just gently bring it back to these sensations. Do this for a few minutes before the test or class starts. Focusing on a physiological process can calm our minds.

2. Tense and Let Go: While seated, briefly tense your whole body by holding as many muscles as you can. Raise your toes and legs and tense the muscles. Hold your breath and clench your teeth with your eyes shut and clench your fists. Then let go and notice the warmth and relaxation.

3. Twisting: While sitting in your seat, raise your shoulders up back and down and roll them a few times.

Breathe in and slowly twist in your seat to one side and exhale as you twist. Do the same on the other side. This relaxes the upper body muscles that get tense when we sit.

If you find the pressure is building up a little too much, remember that free, confidential counseling services are available by contacting Dr. Christine Schutz in Student Services (room 147, christine.schutz@logan.edu, extension 1970) or the Student Assistance Program (314) 845- 8302 or info@hhhealthassociates.com.

LOGAN HEALTH CENTERS IN THE COMMUNITY April 5: Logan interns will provide complimentary postural and body fat analysis screenings to employees of the U.S. Probation Office-Eastern District of Missouri.

April 5: Logan interns will provide complimentary postural and body fat analysis screenings to chamber members and the public at the Kirkwood Chamber of Commerce 23rd Annual Grand Marketplace Expo.

April 6: Logan interns will present a lecture on heart health and offer complimentary blood pressure and body fat analysis screenings to seniors at Cardinal Ritter Senior Services.

April 8: Logan interns will provide complimentary postural, body fat analysis and blood pressure screenings to employees at the Metropolitan St. Louis Psychiatric Center.

April 9: Logan interns will provide complimentary postural, body fat analysis and blood pressure screenings to residents of Ballwin Pointe

SAVE THE DATE AND PARTICIPATE IN ROTARY’S “TRIVIA NIGHT FOR LITERACY” The Chesterfield Rotary Club and the Town and Country/Frontenac Chamber of Commerce are sponsoring at “Trivia Night for Literacy” on April 30, 2011 from 6 – 10 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center, 16801 Baxter Road, Chesterfield. The cost for individual participants is $20. A table of eight participants is $160. Auction prize donations and winner prize donations are also appreciated. For more information, contact Pam Kuehling at 636-537-4531 or Pamela.kuehling@ml.com.

FROM THE “I BET YOU DIDN’T KNOW” DEPARTMENT If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on the right side of your mouth.

If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on the left side of your mouth.

To make half a kilo of honey, bees must collect nectar from over 2 million individual flowers.

Astronauts can't belch - there is no gravity to separate liquid from gas in their stomachs.

The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.

The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. In the Renaissance era, it was fashionable to shave them off!

A comet's tail always points away from the sun.

PARTING SHOTS An expert is a man who tells you a simple thing in a confused way in such a fashion as to make you think the confusion is your own fault. ~ William Castle Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple. – Barry Switzer Drive-in banks were established so most of the cars today could see their real owners. – E. Joseph Cossman If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say that the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little. – George Carlin Reminds me of my safari in Africa... Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water. – W.C. Fields

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