Adaptability Research Symposium

2025 Keynote Speaker: Greg Norman, PhD, Professor Psychobiology - University of Chicago.

A central pillar of Chiropractic understanding is the concept of adaptation. It is the level of adaptability that determines the health of an individual..

Today researchers are focusing upon the tenet and what they are finding will amaze you. Scientist around the world have been feverishly working to determine the best methods for approximating the adaptability of humans.

We are bringing the best and brightest minds to YOU. Two years of preparation has allowed for the greatest conference of its kind Chiropractic has ever planned. The experts presenting to you at this symposium include a prolific researcher from the University of Chicago who has recently redefined the standards for adaptability research! You will also hear from experts in adaptability measurements who have developed the most precise adaptability research equipment available, as well as experts in the ideal research design model for our future. Not to mention, Chiropractors that do exactly what YOU do every day, bringing research to show how YOU affect the ability to adapt- the central core of restoring and maintaining health!.

Researchers that lead the world in the way Chiropractic sees health, will be joined by the most innovative Chiropractic research and education minds. Leave knowing your true value to YOUR community with absolute clarity.

Come join us in THE future of Chiropractic!

Dates and Time of the 2025 Adaptability Research Symposium

Friday, May 02, 2025
5 pm – 8 pm

Saturday, May 03, 2025
7:30 am – 6 pm

Sunday, May 04, 2025
7:30 am – 1:30 pm

2014-2016 Highlights

Alexander Riftine, PhD.

. Riftine was hired by the US government to find a way to measure adaptability. This was to meet the need of the Navy for objective testing of the general health and special fitness conditions of their pilots, underwater divers, navy seals and other specialized personnel. Having done research in heart rate variability beginning in 1975, Dr. Riftine's expertise is second to none. What he developed was a method of determining the exact level of adaptability an individual possessed at any given time.

Bruce Friedman, PhD and Lance Lorefeld, DC, FPhC.

Bruce Friedman, PhD and Lance Lorfeld, DC, FPhC.

Taking this work of adaptability to an unprecedented level, our keynote speaker - Dr. Bruce Friedman - has devoted his life's work to linking the loss of proper regulation of the nerve system to diminished health that presents in every facet of the human experience. Dr. Friedman is the Director of the Mind Body Lab at Virgina Tech. This lab serves as the hub for researching the consequences of the loss of adaptability. Friedman has found, "Across many physiological systems, health is marked by complex temporal variability reflected in various measures of non-linear dynamics. In contrast, pathology is often characterized by high predictability and rigid periodicity." What he is saying is that health is based upon the ability to constantly adapt.

Dr. Lance Lorfeld, President of the Center for Chiropractic Progress

Dr. Lorfeld has begun a research project to offer concrete measurable data on the effects of Chiropractic care on medically-diagnosed PTSD.

Craig Becker, PhD.

The leading mind in the field of salutogenesis, the study of the cause of health, not disease. Dr. Becker has created a new survey, the Salutogenic Wellness Promotion Scale (SWPS).

Dan Lyons, DC, DPhCS

In private practice in Green Bay, WI, Dr. Lyons is engaged in similar research to Dr. Lorfeld. He seeks to show the current lack of understanding surrounding the autonomic global changes outside the vagal input.

John Hart, MHS, DC

Dr. Hart is a long-time Chiropractic Researcher from Sherman College of Chiropractic. He has been performing studies on Chiropractic and Adaptability for many years.

Reviews from Your Colleagues

"Adaptability is what can move us from living to thriving. The 2014 Adaptability Symposium opened my eyes to new concepts and the research of respected scientists in both our and other fields. It was a seminar where just about everything I heard was new and applicable to the model of chiropractic. I'll totally be on board for another and I'd recommend this to any DC whether new the profession or to those more seasoned."
Dr Liz Anderson-Peacock BSc, D.C. Ontario, Canada

"The Adaptability Symposium put all the pieces together, it validated the effect that the subluxation does to our ability to adapt. It finally presented research material based upon our founding principles...no low back pain studies here, just pure unadulterated Chiropractic Science, Art and Philosophy!"
Tim Bessette, DC, President IPSCA

"Very few Chiropractic seminars stoke the fire for my passion for Chiropractic like what the Adaptability Symposium did. It was a real life applicable seminar that put everything together to show why Chiropractic works by tying in the latest research to the philosophy of Chiropractic and how it is applied through the art. This seminar is perfect for anyone that is passionate about Chiropractic and wants to be a master at their life's work. It didn't matter if you were newly into the profession, as a student, or if you celebrated your 50th year as a Chiropractor, you're able to apply the information the very next day in your life. The bonus for the weekend was getting to meet the current day legends of Chiropractic."
Jason Louie, DC, SCP, DPhCS, Minnesota

May 2 – May 4, 2025