AIC Spring Seminar 2026

Reasoning Beyond Evidence

with Dr. Travis M. Corcoran

&

Functional Neurology for the Practicing Chiropractor
with Prof. Ted Carrick

Reasoning Beyond Evidence with Dr. Travis M. Corcoran

This lecture has the objective to empower practitioner’s ability to navigate the 3 pillars of Evidence Based Practice (EBP), and to avoid the logical inconsistencies that create division within the profession as well as malposition chiropractors in the healthcare culture. Rational for the Purpose of this Course: EBP inherently consists of severe limitations, disadvantages, and therefore can be a detriment to the practice of chiropractic, chiropractic education, and patient care. A better understanding of these disadvantages and limitations is necessary to better navigate proposed EBP protocols. Additionally the misuse of chiropractic lexicon or its use without understanding raises concerns about the credibility of the profession in general.

Dr. Travis M. Corcoran DC., D.A.C.P.

Dr. Travis M. Corcoran is a philosopher, a Liberal Arts enthusiast, and the best selling author of Restoring Reason. He is the founder and director of TOPCHIRO, a young and fast growing chiropractic franchise with a combined 30 offices in the Netherlands, Italy, Norway, Cyprus, Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom. Currently Dr. Corcoran proudly serves on the board of directors for the International Agency for Chiropractic Evaluation. He is the president of the International Federation of Chiropractors and Organizations, and the president of the European Chiropractic Academy Netherlands. Dr. Corcoran is a very proud graduate of Sherman’s Academy of Chiropractic Philosophers, from which he recently received his diplomate.

Dr. Corcoran speaks frequently at chiropractic conferences and graciously donates his time and finances to principled chiropractic research and education, such as the Australian Spinal Research Foundation, Foundation for Vertebral Subluxation, the Chiropractic Trust, Sherman College of Chiropractic, and Scotland College of Chiropractic. His greatest passion is mentoring students and new graduates in the ways of the Liberal Arts so that they will become and forever remain principled chiropractors capable of representing the profession with the reverence it deserves.

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Functional Neurology for the Practicing Chiropractor with Prof Ted Carrick

Dr. Carrick will share his experiences in clinical practice and the outcomes of his published research. Participants will participate in an interactive 2-day experience where they will learn and apply skills through practicums designed to promote an ability to utilize current procedures in their practice. This symposium is a blended learning program of lecture and hands on learning that is exciting and fun. Participants will be active learners and are expected to be able to utilize the information learned based upon:

• Understanding, examination, and treatment of Brain Function
• Understanding, examination, and treatment of the Autonomic Nervous System
• Understanding, examination, and treatment of Neurodegeneration
• Understanding, examination, and treatment of Movement Disorders

Frederick (Ted) R Carrick, DC, PhD, MS-HPEd
Dr Carrick is a Harvard Medical School-trained clinical trialist and Chancellor of the Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies, Professor of Neurology at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine in Orlando, Florida. He is a Professor of Neurology and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Mental Health Research in association with the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, and an adjunct Professor at the Massachusetts General Hospital MGH Institute in Boston. Ted holds a DC degree from CMCC in Toronto, Canada, and a PhD from Walden University in Minneapolis, Minnesota (Dissertation: Neurophysiological Implications in Learning). Professor Carrick was a Global Clinical Scholar at Harvard Medical School and has a Master of Science in Health Professions Education degree from the Harvard Macy and MGH Institutes. He holds board certifications in neurology with fellowship credentials in Neuro-otology, Vestibular Rehabilitation and EEG. He has maintained a consultant specialist practice in functional neurology for 46 years and has been a Medical Educator for 39 years. He is the subject of the Emmy award-winning PBS documentary “Waking up the Brain” as well as countless prime time television, newspaper, magazine and journal articles. He has special interests in movement disorders, traumatic brain injury and sports concussions and has developed novel treatments and patents in these areas.

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