Australian Chiropractors Association

🌿 Coffs Harbour, we’re coming your way! ACA is excited to launch Connect & Learn in the Coffs Harbour region, bringing local chiropractors together for an evening of connection, conversation and valuable rural health insights.

🙌 Join Dr Joan Van Rotterdam and Linda Smith over dinner as they share the latest updates from the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Rural Remote Practitioner Network (ARRPN) and the broader rural health space.

💡 What’s on the agenda?
✅ Rural Placement Grants
✅ Practitioner Networks
✅ The latest updates from Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health (SARRAH)

📆 Monday 09 November
⏰ 6:30pm to 9:30pm
📍 Donovans Surf Club Restaurant, Coffs Harbour

Register now 👉 https://www.chiropractors.org.au/event/connect-and-learn-all-things-arrpn-coffs-harbour

🍊 Orange, we’re coming your way! Join us for our first Connect & Learn on Saturday, 17 October! We’ve got two fantastic speakers, two practical topics and plenty of opportunity to connect with local colleagues.

🧠 The Concussion Toolkit with Dr Ryan Hislop
Explore practical, evidence-based approaches to concussion screening, acute care and managing the post-concussion patient. You’ll cover red flags, high-yield diagnostic tests, first-aid strategies and recognising the early signs of Post-Concussion Syndrome.

🙌 Beyond Normal: Advanced Approaches to the Menstrual Cycle in Practice with Dr Janine Kinahan
Go beyond the basics of women’s health and explore dysmenorrhoea phenotypes, red flags, pelvic congestion syndrome and the connections between the pelvic region, fascia and SI joint through a whole-body lens.

👏 Whether you’re looking to sharpen your clinical skills, expand your knowledge or simply catch up with colleagues, this is an afternoon you won’t want to miss.

📆 Saturday 17 October
⏰ 1:30pm to 7:00pm
📍 The Re*****on, Orange

Register now 👉 https://www.chiropractors.org.au/event/connect-learn-concussion-womens-health-orange

💥 Women’s Health Week is the perfect time to talk endometriosis. And next week, we’re taking a closer look at Endometriosis and Chiropractic at our ‘Connect and Learn’ with Dr Andrea Huddleston.

Andrea will explore:
🔎 Early warning signs and common clinical patterns
🦴 Common musculoskeletal manifestations of endometriosis
🩻 Key imaging findings and clinical clues

📆 Wednesday 9 September
⏰ 6:30pm to 9:00pm
📍 Tradewinds Hotel, Heritage Room, East Fremantle

Register now 👉 https://www.chiropractors.org.au/event/connect-and-learn-womens-health-week-fremantle

👀 Behind the scenes at last weekend's Mentorship & Mastery, where Drs Luke Ross & Janine Kinahan discussed Normal Isn't Common: Reading the Menstrual Cycle.

🚨 West Ryde, let's connect! 🚨

🤔 What better way to spend a Friday night than catching up with local colleagues, picking up some practical insights and enjoying a few drinks afterwards?

👏 Join us for our next Connect & Learn with Dr Taylor Harrison, exploring healthy ageing. Taylor will dive into how chiropractors can better support the 65+ community to stay active, healthy and independent, with a focus on balance, strength and mobility alongside chiropractic care.

👀 And it’s not all learning…
🤝 Connect with local chiropractors
👋 Meet ACA Regional Manager Cheryl Jendrachowski
🧠 Gain practical clinical insights
🍽️ Enjoy food, drinks and plenty of conversation

📆 Friday, 23 October
⏰ 6:30pm to 9:30pm
📍 Ryde Parramatta Golf Club

Good people. Great conversations. Practical learning. Register now 👉 https://www.chiropractors.org.au/event/connect-and-learn-healthy-ageing-sydney-west

🤔 Are men an endangered species? Why are they so reluctant to pursue their health outside of the gym and tackle things before they hit crisis point? How important is taking proactive action towards their own health before things blow up?

💥 These are some of the questions Drs Ravi Rudner & Brett Lillie will explore at our upcoming Connect & Learn in North Sydney. In their session, they will unpack everything from mental health and sleep to practical ways chiropractors can support patients before problems escalate.

🫵 You'll gain insights into how chiropractic can help guide people towards the longer game of life.

📆 Friday 16 October
⏰ 6:00pm to 9:30pm
📍 Mercure St Leonards Hotel, Greenwich

Register now 👉 https://www.chiropractors.org.au/event/connect-and-learn-mens-health-sydney-north

🫵 Albury-Wodonga, join us next Saturday for a Connect & Learn focusing on 'Thompson Technique in Practice: Co-Managing Expecting Mums', presented by Dr Charles Kathopoulis.

🙌 Drawing on more than 25 years of clinical experience, Charles will explore the practical application of Thompson Terminal Point Technique in the assessment and co-management of pregnant patients.

You’ll gain practical insights into:
✅ Low-force, segmented adjusting for women’s health
✅ Postural and structural assessment
✅ Care plan design and collaborative management
✅ Clinical reasoning and adjusting adaptations throughout pregnancy
✅ Referral considerations and multidisciplinary care
✅ Applying Thompson Technique principles to the unique biomechanical and physiological demands of pregnancy

👥 This is suitable for chiropractors at all stages of practice. No prior Thompson Technique experience is required.

📆 Saturday 5 September
⏰ 5:30pm to 9:00pm
📍 Advanced Correction Chiropractic, 59 High Street, Wodonga & Casa 1872 Italian Ristorante

Register now 👉 https://www.chiropractors.org.au/event/connect-and-learn-thompson-technique-in-practice-albury-wodonga