Parker Seminars Las Vegas 2020

Andreas Eklund

Chiropractor and Post Doc at Karolinska Institutet


Andreas Eklund graduated from the Anglo European College of Chiropractic 2002 and was in full-time Chiropractic practice up until 2012 when the was enrolled in a PhD program at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. AE is a co-owner of Hälsan Östertälje and Hovsjö Rehab, two multidisciplinary rehab units, which in total employs 42 persons working as an integrated team of health professionals, Chiropractors, Physiotherapists, Occupational therapists, Dietitians and administrative staff. He earned this PhD degree 2016, and the title of his thesis was “Recurrent and persistent low back pain - course and prevention”. He currently works as a post Doc at Karolinska Institutet along his clinical duties. At the moment he also serves as the chair of the scientific committee of the Swedish Chiropractic Association. His research has mainly focused on psychological factors in Chiropractic populations, Maintenance Care, management of recurrent/persistent pain and has a particular interest in clinical outcome research applicable to the practicing chiropractor. He is frequently lectures internationally on topics related to his research area and has a genuine interest for education, dissemination and implementation of research in clinical settings. 2016 he was awarded “Chiropractor of the Year” by the Swedish the Chiropractic Association and won the EAC Jean Robert research award (1st prize). In 2019 he was awarded the Scott Haldeman Award for outstanding research at the WFC congress in Berlin for his work on Chiropractic Maintenance Care. He is currently one of the 13 fellows of the Chiropractic Academy of Research Leadership (CARL).

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