International Federation of Sports Chiropractic

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| abbreviation = FICS

| formation = 1987

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| purpose = To empower athletes so they can achieve their optimal performance naturally.

| headquarters = MSI Maison du Sport International Avenue de Rhodanie 54, CH-1007

| location = Lausanne, Switzerland

| region_served = Worldwide

| membership = 26 National Councils of Sports Chiropractors Worldwide

| language = English

| leader_title = President

| leader_name = Martin Isaksson{{cite web|title=FICS President Mustafa Agaoglu|url=https://fics.sport|access-date=5 September 2017}}

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The International Federation of Sports Chiropractic ({{langx|fr|Federation Internationale de Chiropratique du Sport}} or FICS) is an international organization that promotes sports chiropractic around the world. It is composed of national sports chiropractic councils, or national associations, from many countries such as Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, Mexico, Spain, Turkey,Agaoglu D.C., Mustafa. “[http://www.kayropraktikdernegi.org/ Kayropratik mesleği],” kayropraktik derneği. (İzmir, Türkiye: Kayropraktik Omurga Sağlığı Derneği). (Retrieved 2009-12-30.) United States, and the United Kingdom.{{cite web |publisher= Chiropractors' Association of Australia |title= What is Sports Chiropractic? |url= http://chiropractors.asn.au/Content/NavigationMenu/AbouttheCAA/SpecialInterestGroups/SCA/WhatisSportsChiropractic/default.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090913135934/http://chiropractors.asn.au/Content/NavigationMenu/AbouttheCAA/SpecialInterestGroups/SCA/WhatisSportsChiropractic/default.htm|archive-date=2009-09-13 |access-date= Dec 4, 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.femexquiropractica.com/htmltonuke.php?filnavn=html/actualidad.htm |title=Federacion Mexico De Quiropractica Deportive |access-date=2009-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090925021226/http://www.femexquiropractica.com/htmltonuke.php?filnavn=html%2Factualidad.htm |archive-date=2009-09-25 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.quiropractica-aeq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28&Itemid=63 |publisher=Asociacion Espanola de Quiropráctica |title=La quiropráctica y los deportistas |access-date=2009-10-26}}

History

FICS was formed in 1987, and has its headquarters in the Maison du Sport Internationale“[http://www.ifsports-guide.ch/english/navigation/annuaire_en.html International Sports Federations established in the Canton of Vaud] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100503052352/http://www.ifsports-guide.ch/english/navigation/annuaire_en.html |date=2010-05-03 }},” Sports Directory. (Switzerland: International Sports Federations.) (Retrieved 2009-12-30.) in Lausanne, Switzerland.{{cite book |title=Principles and practice of Chiropractic |editor-last=Haldeman |editor-first=Scott |last=Chapman-Smith |first=David |author2=Cleveland, Carl |year=2005 |chapter=International Status, Standards, And Education Of The Chiropractic Profession |publisher=McGraw-Hill |isbn=0-07-137534-1 |page=115 }} It also maintains an administrative office in Canberra, Australia.{{cite web |title=History |publisher=The International Federation of Sports Chiropractic |url=http://fics-sport.org/portal/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=28 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130113050222/http://fics-sport.org/portal/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=28 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=January 13, 2013 |access-date=October 4, 2009}}

Credentials granted

The International Certificate in Sports Chiropractic (ICSC) offers an International Certificate in Sports Chiropractic (ICSC), a post-graduate professional qualification in sports chiropractic.{{cite web |url=http://rmit.biz/browse;ID=aysyu3yzgeglz |title=RMIT and FICS hosts seminar to highlight health benefits of sports chiropractic |access-date=October 4, 2009 |date=November 16, 2001 |publisher=Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology}} Depending on the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Doctor practices, (ICSC) may be a requirement for a chiropractor to participate as a FICS sports chiropractor at an international event.{{cite journal |last1=Pollard |first1=Henry |author2=Hoskins W |author3=McHardy A |author4=Bonello R |author5=Garbutt P |author6=Swain M |author7=Dragasevic G |author8=Pribicevic M |author9=Vitiello A |year=2007 |title=Australian chiropractic sports medicine: half way there or living on a prayer? |journal=Chiropractic & Osteopathy |volume=15 |issue=14 |pages= 14|doi=10.1186/1746-1340-15-14 |pmid=17880724 |pmc=2042981 |doi-access=free }}{{cite web|title=International Chiropractic Sports Science Diploma |url=http://chiropractors.asn.au/AM/Template.cfm?Section=International_Chiropractic_Sports_Science_Diploma_ICSSD_1&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=6571 |publisher=Chiropractors Association of Australia |access-date=October 4, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090913133225/http://chiropractors.asn.au/AM/Template.cfm?Section=International_Chiropractic_Sports_Science_Diploma_ICSSD_1&Template=%2FCM%2FContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=6571 |archive-date=September 13, 2009 }} For example, Sports Chiropractors must complete their ICSC before being selected to provide care at Sporting Federation Games.

Awards and honors

The FICS Executive Board bestows various awards upon individuals whom they deem to have made considerable contributions to the professional specialty of sports chiropractic. These awards include "Sports Chiropractor of the Year"{{Cite journal |last=Staff |date=September 10, 1993 |title=Int'l Sports Federation Honors Drs. Pierson and Patterson |url=http://www.chiroweb.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=42531 |journal=Dynamic Chiropractic |volume=11 |issue=19}} and FICS' Gold Medal.{{Cite journal| last=Staff| title=FICS Awards Gold Medal To Dr. Press|journal=Dynamic Chiropractic| volume=8| page=1|issue=16|date=Aug 1, 1990}} The latter is considered one of the highest awards that sports chiropractors can earn internationally.

In 2011 at the World Chiropractic Congress, in Rio de Janeiro, they awarded the "FICS' Founder's Award" to Dr. Stephen Press, one of FICS' founder and first president.{{cite book

| first = Phillips | last = Reed

| title = The Global Advance of Chiropractic

| publisher = The World Federation of Chiropractic

| year = 2013

| location = Toronto, ONT, Canada

| pages = 121–123

| url = http://www.wfc.org/website/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=243&Itemid=164&lang=en

| isbn = 978-0-9811332-3-2}}{{Cite journal

| last = Wilson, DC, ICSSD

| first = Sheila

| title = President's Message

| journal = FICS News

| issue = June 30, 2011

| pages = 1

| publisher = Fédération Internationale de Chiropratique du Sport

| location = Toronto, ONT, CAN

| date = 2011-06-30

| url = http://www.fics-sport.org/portal/images/documents/publications/2011_06_newsletter.pdf

| access-date = 2011-07-10

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110812161119/http://www.fics-sport.org/portal/images/documents/publications/2011_06_newsletter.pdf

| archive-date = August 12, 2011

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''Pro bono'' work

FICS has promoted the participation of chiropractors in sports medicine teams, and has organized chiropractors to provide treatment at many national and international sporting events including the winter and summer Olympics. It has held Congresses in Mexico City,{{Cite news |title=Las Resultados de la Quiropractica se Discutieron en la I Assemblea que Tuvo Lugar en la Ciudad de Mexico |author=Staff |newspaper=El Excelsior | location=Mexico City| date=6 Mar 1988 |page=1 Section B (w/ photos)}}Staff: El Heraldo, "Assemblea de la Federacion de Quiropractica Deportiva", Mar 6, 1988, Pg 6E [Major Newspaper of Mexico City reporting FICS Assembly] Rome, the United States (e.g., New Jersey and Washington, DC), Australia, Iowa, Montreal, and Tokyo;{{Cite journal |title=Chiropractic Is Booming in Asia |journal=Dynamic Chiropractic |volume=15 |issue=16 |publisher=ChiroWeb.com |date= July 28, 1997 |url=http://www.chiroweb.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=38410 |access-date= October 21, 2009 }} and sent delegations to Moscow, Africa,[https://web.archive.org/web/20110716065526/http://www.qatarolympics.org/topics/index.asp?g=CF0A4F5C-D803-46FA-94FC-192EDC5D03AB] [Qatar Olympic Committee website] and Caracas.{{Cite news |title=Seminario Magistral |author=Staff Writer |newspaper=El Universal |location=Caracas, Venezuela |date= April 4, 1991}}

Recognition

ICSSPE - FICS is a member of the Associations' Board of the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education
SportAccord - Associate member of international sports accrediting{{Cite web| title=IOC and WADA back GAISF initiative to propose anti-doping support and services to IFs |publisher=United States Olympic Committee |date=April 2, 2009 |url=http://teamusa.org/news/article/10900 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812012816/http://www.teamusa.org/news/article/10900 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 12, 2011 |access-date=October 22, 2009}} agency SportAccord (the former GAISF).{{cite web |title=Associations |publisher=International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education |date=August 2008 |url=http://www.icsspe.org/index.php?m=1&n=3&o=6&PHPSESSID=8f6d2adcfec6c2c172d85242d702c6cf |access-date=October 4, 2009}}{{cite web |title=Members |publisher=SportAccord |url=http://www.agfisonline.com/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,5148-176060-193278-nav-list,00.html |access-date=October 4, 2009 }}
UNESCO - Affiliate of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.{{cite web |title=Non-governmental organizations maintaining official relations| url=http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=32914&URL_DO=DO_PRINTPAGE&URL_SECTION=201.html |publisher=United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |access-date=October 12, 2009}}http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001337/133795s.pdf [UNESCO - Document regarding "PREPARACIÓN DE LA CUARTA CONFERENCIA INTERNACIONAL DE MINISTROS Y ALTOS FUNCIONARIOS ENCARGADOS DE LA EDUCACIÓN FÍSICA Y EL DEPORTE (MINEPS IV)E INVITACIONES A DICHA CONFERENCIA"]
IWGA International World Games Association, in contract with FICS to provide all medical services at World Games.{{cite web | author = Association Staff | title = FICS' Healing Hands | work = IWGA Website | publisher = IWGA | date = 2 Aug 2013 | url = http://www.theworldgames.org/news/news-of-the-world-games/1243-healing-hands | access-date = 4 Aug 2013 | archive-date = 4 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304192436/http://www.theworldgames.org/news/news-of-the-world-games/1243-healing-hands | url-status = dead }}

Events

FICS Chiropractors have provided treatment at events including:

African Championships in Athletics (1988)
African Championships in Athletics (1990)[http://www.chiroweb.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=45310 Press, S: Dynamic Chiropractic – June 6, 1990, Vol. 08, Issue 12]
All-Africa Games (1991){{cite journal |title=FICS Team Ventures to Cairo for All-Africa Games |journal=Dynamic Chiropractic |volume=09 |issue=26 |publisher=ChiroWeb.com |date=December 20, 1991 |url=http://www.chiroweb.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=44697 |access-date=October 4, 2009 }}
World Track and Field Championships (1991)http://www.chiroweb.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=44584 [Staff: Dynamic Chiropractic, October 11, 1991, Vol. 09, Issue 21]
XVIth Winter Olympic Games (1992){{Cite web|url=http://www.chiroweb.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=44656|title=DC to Direct Medical Services for Soviet Olympic Team|date=22 November 1991}}Staff: Journal of the ACA, Vol 29, No. 1, January 1992, Pg 19, "Dr.Press to Head Soviet Medical Team in Olympics".
All-Africa Games (1999){{cite journal |title=FICS Symposium, South Africa; Sports Federations Meeting, Japan |journal=Dynamic Chiropractic |volume=18 |issue=4 |publisher=ChiroWeb.com |date=November 7, 2009 |url=http://www.chiroweb.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=31542 |access-date=October 4, 2009 }}
Gunston 500 International Surfing Competition (1998){{cite journal |author=Thomas E. Hyde |title=Chiropractic and Sports around the World |journal=Dynamic Chiropractic |volume=17 |issue=16 |publisher=ChiroWeb.com |date=July 26, 1999 |url=http://www.chiroweb.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=36187 |access-date=October 3, 2009 }}
Ontario Games (2000){{cite journal |title=Winter Report of the International Federation of Sports Chiropractic (FICS) |journal=Dynamic Chiropractic |volume=19 |issue=4 |publisher=ChiroWeb.com |date=November 12, 2001 |url=http://www.chiroweb.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=17900 |access-date=October 4, 2009 }}
Maritime Life Olympic Trials (2000)
Canadian Paralympic Trials (2000)
World Surfing Games (2000)
Summer Olympics (2000)
Mediterranean Games (2001){{cite journal |author= Thomas E. Hyde |title=FICS Summer World Report |journal=Dynamic Chiropractic |volume=19 |issue=21 |publisher=ChiroWeb.com |date=October 8, 2001 |url=http://www.chiroweb.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=18248 |access-date=October 4, 2009 }}
XIXth Central American and Caribbean Games (2002)http://www.deporte.gob.mx/eventos/jcc2002/boletin/nota_leer.asp?id=1041 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722224936/http://www.deporte.gob.mx/eventos/jcc2002/boletin/nota_leer.asp?id=1041 |date=2011-07-22 }} [CODEME Document]
Winter Olympics (2002){{cite news |author=Lori Elkins Solomon |title=Dr. Ira Shapiro did not receive a gold medal when he attended the Winter Olympics, but he did bring home a small gold pin. |newspaper=Suburban |publisher=Great Media Newspapers |date=March 7, 2002 |url=http://suburban.gmnews.com/News/2002/0307/Front_Page/004.html |access-date=October 22, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061101060959/http://suburban.gmnews.com/News/2002/0307/Front_Page/004.html |archive-date=November 1, 2006 |url-status=dead }}Staff, "FICS Report", Dynamic Chiropractic, Vol 20., No 17, Aug 16, 2002
World Games (2005)http://www.duisburg.de/worldgames_archiv/en/news/news.php@id=1172 [World Games' Assoc. Article re FICS DC's treatment of Athletes]
Summer Olympics (2008){{cite news |title=Beijing Olympics Report |newspaper=FICS News |pages=9–14 |publisher=International Federation of Sports Chiropractic |date=September 30, 2009 |url=http://fics-sport.org/portal/images/documents/publications/2008-06_fics_newsletter.pdf |access-date=Dec 4, 2013 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
World Games (2009){{cite web |title=Medical Services |work=World Games 2009 |publisher=Kaohsiung Organizing Committee |url=http://www.worldgames2009.tw/wg2009/eng/info_athletes6.php |access-date=October 4, 2009 |archive-date=September 12, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912095800/http://www.worldgames2009.tw/wg2009/eng/info_athletes6.php |url-status=dead }}http://www.chiroeco.com/chiropractic/news/7971/52/Sports-chiropractors-to-be-at-Vancouver-Olympics-and-World-Games/ {Ron Froelich, Chrmn., World Games announcing FICS Participation]
PanAm Games (2011){{cite news|author= Timothy Ray, DC|title= The XVI Pan American Games|newspaper= ACA news|publisher= American Chiropractic Association|year= 2013|url= http://www.acatoday.org/content_css.cfm?CID=4710|archive-url= https://archive.today/20130807151354/http://www.acatoday.org/content_css.cfm?CID=4710|url-status= dead|archive-date= August 7, 2013|access-date= Aug 7, 2013}}
World Games (2013)
World Games (2017)
World Urban Games / GAISF games(2019)
[https://2019.csit-world-sports-games.com/index.html CSIT Games 2019 (2019)]
[https://twg2022.com/ World Games (2022)]
[https://www.csit.sport/events/wsg/2023 CSIT Games (2023)]
[https://www.worldcombatgames.sport/ World Combat Games / SportAccord (2023)]

References

External links

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