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Neuromechanical Innovations’ Impulse Adjusting Instruments First To Receive UL Listing
NORTHBROOK, ILLINOIS, October 27, 2009 -- Chandler, Arizona based medical device manufacturer Neuromechanical Innovations (NMI), received the prestigious UL-Listing for its two chiropractic adjusting instruments, Impulse® and Impulse iQ® earlier this month from Underwriters Laboratories®, Inc. (UL). Neuromechanical is the first and only manufacturer or distributor of chiropractic adjusting instruments to receive the UL-Listing mark and among few in the chiropractic industry with such designation. Underwriters Laboratories is the recognized leader in independent product safety certification that has been testing products and writing standards for safety for more than a century. The safety giant evaluates more than 19,000 types of products, components, materials and systems annually with 20 billion UL Marks appearing on 72,000 manufacturers' products each year.
Neuromechanical Innovations’ CEO, Chris Colloca, DC reflected on the achievement saying, “The UL Certification process was a huge undertaking for our company, both in terms of the above-and-beyond effort of our team to meet their rigorous safety standards but also the financial costs of the process. Frankly, I think that is why there aren’t many companies in the chiropractic industry whose products are UL-listed. Ten years ago, we set out to be the leader in instrument adjusting within the chiropractic market and we wanted to set the highest possible standard in that effort. So, two years ago, we began the certification process by hiring consultants to train our manufacturing team and our entire staff. Today, we are light-years ahead in our manufacturing systems and procedures which only makes our products better for our doctors and their patients.” NMI has twelve employees on staff in its 12,000 sq. ft. corporate headquarters in the Arizona desert what has become to be known as the 2nd Silicon Valley. “Intel and Honeywell are our neighbors,” said Colloca. In addition, NMI also has a core of technique instructors on its team that travel to on-site locations to provide training to its field doctors.>
The Impulse Adjusting Instrument®, Neuromechanical’s first release, received its US FDA 510(k) registration in 2003 and has exponentially grown to now be in use in over 5,000 chiropractic offices in every state in the USA and over 40 countries around the world. Dr. Colloca credits the unprecedented growth of Impulse® to its unique benefits. “Impulse doesn’t hurt chiropractors’ hands and wrists like the old fashioned adjusting instruments that you had to squeeze to get to work. We improved the waveform of the thrust to emulate a half-sine wave that is twice as fast as the competition, and expanded the range of forces that the clinician could select from, in addition to adding single and multiple thrust capabilities for the user. In all, it’s everything a chiropractor could ask for at that price point.” Last year, the company released a new chiropractic adjusting device, Impulse iQ®, that is equipped with a computerized sensor to detect spinal motion responses during chiropractic treatments while gauging its performance to the body’s response. Over 20 research publications have been published on the scientific background behind the inventions.
Neuromechanical was awarded a domestic patent for its adjusting instruments in 2006 and today it has other patents pending and international filings in over 40 countries around the globe. “Chiropractic is growing world-wide exponentially, so we needed to protect our Intellectual Property wherever we are represented,” said Colloca. The patented universally-compatible technology of the Impulse devices enables the instruments to work in the variable voltages and frequency environments found around the world. Training on the proper use of its products is given at the company’s Impulse Adjusting Technique® seminars that are given most major US cities and international hubs. The company will launch a touch-screen computer interface with enhanced patient education and documentation abilities to add to the Impulse® family of adjusting instruments later this year.>
For more information on Neuromechanical Innovations, or the Impulse® or Impulse iQ® Adjusting Instruments, call 480-785-8448, email
or visit www.neuromechanical.com.
About Neuromechanical Innovations
Neuromechanical Innovations is a research-based medical device manufacturer of the patented, FDA registered, and UL listed, Impulse® family of chiropractic adjusting instruments and a leading provider of products and educational training to doctors of chiropractic. The company’s Impulse® and Impulse iQ® Adjusting Instruments are in use in over 5,000 chiropractic offices in every state in the USA and over 40 countries around the world. Neuromechanical provides educational training on the use of its products at more than 20 seminars each year in most major US cities and international hubs.
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Impulse Adjusting Technique Featured on WFC’s International Chiropractic Platform
May 15, 2009 - MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA - Dr. Christopher Colloca, inventor of the Impulse® and Impulse iQ® Dr. Christopher J. Colloca Adjusting Instruments presented invited lectures at the 10th Biennial Congress of the World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC), held in Montreal, Canada, April 30-May 2, 2009. The Chandler, Arizona based CEO and Founder of Neuromechanical Innovations, a medical device manufacturer of the Impulse family of adjusting instruments and provider of post-graduate training for chiropractors was selected to represent Instrument Adjusting Techniques at the WFC Congress. Over 1,000 doctors of chiropractic and students from 38 countries were present for this celebration of chiropractic.
“Being selected to represent Instrument Adjusting at the WFC conference was a great honor, and a clear indication of the growth and acceptance of Impulse Adjusting Technique®,” said, Dr. Colloca. Together with Jim Gudgel, PT, DC, (Redwood Falls, MN) and Terry Peterson, DC (Mesa, AZ), Impulse Adjusting Technique® was developed to take the mystique out of Instrument Adjusting using evidence-based clinical assessment procedures to identify the areas of the spine and extremities that need chiropractic adjustment. “There was a time, say 20-30 years ago, when basically only one instrument adjusting technique existed,” commented Dr. Colloca. “So, in years past, chiropractors didn’t have a choice, but to learn a technique that was associated with esoteric leg check procedures to attempt to assess and determine the area to be adjusted. We threw out all of the whacky tests that were never validated and couldn’t be defended and emerged with an instrument adjusting technique that is based on sound clinical assessment procedures that make sense.” Colloca said. Impulse Adjusting Technique® seminars are taught today in most major U.S. cities and international hubs. Drs. Gudgel and Peterson also attended the conference and provided Impulse Adjusting Technique® demonstrations to the delegates. Over 250 delegates received chiropractic adjustments with Impulse iQ® at the Congress.
At the WFC Congress, Dr. Colloca presented an introduction to Impulse Adjusting Technique® in a technique forum that explored today’s leading chiropractic techniques, including Diversified, Upper Cervical Specific - NUCCA, McKenzie, Active Release, and Neuroemotional Technique (NET). Differences between the approach of Impulse Adjusting Technique® and other techniques were presented at the WFC forum, along with the differences in the advancements of instrument adjusting technology. Two, ninety minute workshops on Impulse Adjusting Technique were also provided to standing room only audiences.
Team Neuromechanical co-instructors, Dr. and Mrs. Terry Peterson (Left) and Dr. and Mrs. Jim Gudgel (Right) enjoy the Gala dinner at the WFC Congress.
Dr. Colloca has attended the WFC conference presenting his original research for the past decade at its meetings which have been held in international destinations such as Paris, Sydney, and most recently in 2007 in Vilamoura, Portugal. In 2003, Dr. Colloca’s research team was awarded the prestigious Scott Haldeman Award, the first prize in the international research competition for their neuromechanical research into the mechanisms of chiropractic adjustments. The location of the WFC’s next Congress, announced in the closing session accompanied by drummers and samba dancers, is Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 7-9, 2011.
• For more information about the World Federation of Chiropractic, visit www.wfc.org.
• A free white paper of Dr. Colloca’s presentation at WFC can be downloaded here.
Chiropractors and Surgeons rub shoulders at International Spine Symposium in Adelaide (Full Article) Medical researchers from Europe, North America and Australasia attended the 1st Adelaide Spinal Research Symposium on December 6, 2008. Spinal surgeons rubbed shoulders with chiropractors at the conference, which brings together global experts to discuss the latest trends in multidisciplinary care of the spine….
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This article appeared in the November 2008 edition of The Australian Chiropractor (Full Article [Part 1] [Part 2])
The Australian Spinal Research Foundation (Spinal Research) is continually extending its contacts and influence within the international research community for the benefit of the Australasion Chiropractic profession. There is some groundbreaking research being done throughout the world and to give you an insight into one of the world leading Chiropractic researchers I have interviewed Dr. Chris Colloca..... (Full Article [Part 1] [Part 2])
International Adelaide Spine Symposium to discuss pros and cons of conservative and surgical care
A conference taking place in Adelaide this week will focus on the pros and cons of different approaches to back care, an issue that affects more than 3 million Australians each year. Medical researchers from Europe, North America and Australasia will attend the 1st Adelaide Spinal Research Symposium, to be held at the National Wine Centre on December 6. Spinal surgeons will rub shoulders with chiropractors at the conference, which brings together global experts to discuss the latest trends in multidisciplinary care of the spine. Says speaker Dr Chris Colloca: “The focus will be on assessing the best approaches to patient care. Only one in 400 patients with spine problems require....
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Controversial as a pain generator and lacking the mobility of the adjacent spinal joints, the sacroiliac (SI)
joint is an often overlooked target in the management of low back disorders. Because of the SI joints’ integral relationship with the hip joints, their assessments are also included to determine the hip’s relationship to any SI joint dysfunction. Subsequently...
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Madrid, Spain – The winning paper was entitled, Altered Spinal Motion Patterns and Neurophysiological Responses Associated With Intervertebral Disc Degeneration During Chiropractic Adjustments. The research presented data demonstrating differences in vertebral motions among different forces and speeds, and the beneficial effects of faster (Impulsive) adjustments in creating more vertebral motions among those with degenerated discs. Interestingly, the research .......
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OSWEGO, NY - At his 20th Oswego High School reunion last month, Dr. Chris Colloca reminisced with his former teammates about their magical 1986 season that took the Bucs to the Carrier Dome on two occasions........
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PHOENIX, Arizona – A new study published April 6, 2006 in the journal Chiropractic and Osteopathy (BioMed Central) has determined that multiple-impulse chiropractic adjustments can create up to 25% more vertebral movement than single chiropractic thrusts. This study represents the first biomechanical investigation of the effect of multiple-impulse thrusts on vertebral motions. “The results are quite convincing,” said the study’s lead author, Tony Keller, Ph.D., a Bioengineer from the Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory, a Division of the Florida Orthopaedic Institute headquartered in Tampa, FL. “This was the first time we.......
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PHOENIX, Arizona – Dr. Chris Colloca, president of Phoenix based Neuromechanical Innovations (NMI), recently announced that Dr. Jim Gudgel will be co-instructing at their 21st Century Chiropractic Training seminars beginning this fall. Dr. Gudgel is a magna cum laude graduate of Logan College of Chiropractic, prior to which he received a degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Oklahoma. He currently maintains a high-volume chiropractic practice in Redwood Falls, MN that has averaged over 500 patient visits a week for the past several decades......
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PHOENIX, Arizona – A comparison of biomechanical performance among chiropractic adjusting instruments was published in the July/August, 2005 issue of the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. The study reported a broader range of forces and a superior frequency area ratio among electromechanical adjusting instruments over traditional spring-loaded activation devices specifically favoring the Impulse Adjusting Instrument®. “These findings provide a scientific rationale supporting the anecdotal reports of better results.......
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NORTHBROOK, ILLINOIS, October 27, 2009 -- Chandler, Arizona based medical device manufacturer Neuromechanical Innovations (NMI), received the prestigious UL-Listing for its two chiropractic adjusting instruments, Impulse® and Impulse iQ® earlier this month from Underwriters Laboratories®, Inc. (UL). Neuromechanical is the first and only manufacturer or distributor of chiropractic adjusting instruments to receive the UL-Listing mark and among few in the chiropractic industry with such designation. Underwriters Laboratories is the recognized leader in independent product safety certification that has been testing products and writing standards for safety for more than a century. The safety giant evaluates more than 19,000 types of products, components, materials and systems annually with 20 billion UL Marks appearing on 72,000 manufacturers' products each year.
Neuromechanical Innovations’ CEO, Chris Colloca, DC reflected on the achievement saying, “The UL Certification process was a huge undertaking for our company, both in terms of the above-and-beyond effort of our team to meet their rigorous safety standards but also the financial costs of the process. Frankly, I think that is why there aren’t many companies in the chiropractic industry whose products are UL-listed. Ten years ago, we set out to be the leader in instrument adjusting within the chiropractic market and we wanted to set the highest possible standard in that effort. So, two years ago, we began the certification process by hiring consultants to train our manufacturing team and our entire staff. Today, we are light-years ahead in our manufacturing systems and procedures which only makes our products better for our doctors and their patients.” NMI has twelve employees on staff in its 12,000 sq. ft. corporate headquarters in the Arizona desert what has become to be known as the 2nd Silicon Valley. “Intel and Honeywell are our neighbors,” said Colloca. In addition, NMI also has a core of technique instructors on its team that travel to on-site locations to provide training to its field doctors.>
May 15, 2009 - MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA - Dr. Christopher Colloca, inventor of the Impulse® and Impulse iQ® Dr. Christopher J. Colloca Adjusting Instruments presented invited lectures at the 10th Biennial Congress of the World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC), held in Montreal, Canada, April 30-May 2, 2009. The Chandler, Arizona based CEO and Founder of Neuromechanical Innovations, a medical device manufacturer of the Impulse family of adjusting instruments and provider of post-graduate training for chiropractors was selected to represent Instrument Adjusting Techniques at the WFC Congress. Over 1,000 doctors of chiropractic and students from 38 countries were present for this celebration of chiropractic.
This article appeared in the November 2008 edition of The Australian Chiropractor (Full Article 
