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Dr. D Asks...

What's the difference between sick care and health care?

Sick care is largely about relieving or suppressing symptoms. Health care is about improving performance. While sick care is about how you feel, health care is about how you function. Sick care is what you do to treat an obvious problem, and health care is what you do to avoid the problem and advance your well-being.

What's the difference between chiropractic and medicine?

Medical treatment focuses on the disease or the symptom. Chiropractic focuses on the person with the disease or the symptom. Medical treatment usually involves changing blood chemistry. Chiropractic involves restoring nervous system integrity. Medical doctors prescribe medicine. Chiropractors adjust the spine—a common source of nervous system interference.

DONALD C. DEFABIO, D.C., DACBSP, FACO

Board Certifications:

Diplomate, American Board of Chiropractic Orthopedists
Fellow, Academy of Chiropractic Orthopedists
Diplomate, American Board of Chiropractic Sports Physicians

Additional Certifications:

Active Release Techniques, Spine, Upper and Lower Extremity
Manipulation Under Anesthesia
Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician
Whiplash Traumatology
National Academy of Sports Medicine
    Corrective Exercise Specialist
    Performance Enhancement Specialist

Education:

BA Trinity College, Hartford Ct.
Doctor of Chiropractic, NY Chiropractic College

Licensure:

New Jersey and New York

Sports Physician Experience:

Dr. DeFabio has served as the team chiropractic physician for Drew University in  Madison, New Jersey since 2008

Dr. DeFabio completed a residency at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs and is a member of the US Olympic Committee Sports Medicine Society

Strength and conditioning coach for the Sommerset Hills YMCA swim team since 2009

Event physician Ironman Triathlon World Championships, Kona Hawaii for 7 years.

Event physician Freedom Tour Professional Bike Race. An NJBA Cup event for six years.

Medical coordinator and classifier for the US Wheelchair Fencing Team since 1999. Dr. DeFabio accompanies the team to World Cup tournaments nationally and internationally as team physician/trainer.

Event physician/trainer U.S. Fencing Association North American Cup and New Jersey Tournaments since 1995. Member, USFA Sports Medicine Committee.

Member of the International Wheelchair Fencing Classification committee since 2001.Dr. DeFabio was the first doctor outside of Europe and the Middle East to obtain this certification.

Event Physician for the U.S. Track and Field Meets in New Jersey.

Team Chiropractic doctor for the New Jersey Rock’n Rollers, Professional Roller Hockey.

Publications:

Author, Fluid and Nutrient Maintenance Before, During and After Exercise, Journal of Chiropractic Sports and Rehabilitation.

Author, Open vs. Closed Chain Kinetic Exercise: A Clinical Application, Journal of Sports Chiropractic and Rehabilitation.

Co-author, Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire Implementation at the Ironman World Championships, Journal of Sports Chiropractic and Rehabilitation.

Co-author, The Role of Transcranial Doppler Sonography on the Identification of Patients at Risk of Cerebral and Brainstem Ischemia, Journal of Manipulative and Physiologic Therapeutics.

Journalism Experience:

Producer and host of The Natural Way to Better Health and Wellness a thirty minute television show produced monthly for Hometowne TV, Summit, New Jersey

Columnist, www.TheAlternativePress.com, Fit is the New Thin - a biweekly column on health, fitness and wellness

Producer and host of Spotlight on Berkeley Heights, a thirty minute television show produced monthly for Communities on Cable, Summit, New Jersey for 7 years.

Contributing writer to The Post Eagle, a weekly national publication focusing on Polish-American issues. Articles focus on health, nutrition and sport celebrity interviews.

Affiliations:

American Chiropractic Association,  Association of New Jersey Chiropractors, ANJC Sports Council, ACA Orthopedics Council, ACA Sports Council.

Previous staff Chiropractic Physician for the Felician Sisters Provincial Infirmary, a 75 bed facility.

Administrative:

Insurance relations committee for the Association of NJ Chiropractors.

Classification Committee for the International Wheelchair Fencing Association. First physician outside of Europe and the Middle East to be appointed to the committee.

Chairman, Classification Committee for International Triathlon Union Physically Challenged Division.

Chairman, Endurance Sports Symposium.

Chairman, Ethics Committee, New Jersey Chiropractic Society.

Race Day and Race Week coordinator for the ACA Ironman Triathlon treatment team

Board of Directors, New Jersey Chiropractic Society.

Served on the Board of Directors and Secretary, First Vice President, President of the Berkeley Heights Lions Club.

Achievement:

First United States doctor to be appointed to the International Wheelchair Fencing Classification Committee.

Certified to classify wheelchair fencers for the Paralympic Games. First doctor in the U.S. to obtain certification.

Selected as a Graduate Fellow in Anatomy at the NY Chiropractic College. Teacher Assistant in the cadaver labs.

Received nomination for an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.