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October 2008

Northwestern partners with Minnesota school in unique healthcare program

October 20, 2008 — Northwestern Health Sciences University has joined in a healthcare partnership with Saint Agnes School, a private K-12 school in St. Paul, Minn. with approximately 425 students. Jonathan Williams, DC, an associate professor at Northwestern, created the program after seeing a need at Saint Agnes. The partnership primarily focuses on prevention of sports-related injuries among student athletes at Saint Agnes, and supervised rehabilitation of those who suffer from an injury.

The program offers pre-season sports physicals for athletes, weekly chiropractic care, chiropractic service at games, and preseason evaluation and re-evaluation of athletes currently dealing with injuries or that have been injured. The services are at no

cost to Saint Agnes. Students, staff, and faculty can also purchase nutritional supplements through Northwestern at the same discount university students get, which is 20 percent less than retail price. They can also come to Northwestern for x-rays at a discounted price.

Eight doctors of chiropractic in private practice are involved. Interns assist when a certified doctor is on site, such as wrapping students before games. With no doctor on site, they can only observe.

Currently, only Northwestern’s chiropractic program is involved in the partnership. However, Dr. Williams foresees massage therapy, acupuncture and Oriental medicine becoming involved within the next year.

Source: Northwestern Health Sciences University, www.nwhealth.edu

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