SCU’s Health Center Provides Healthcare Support and Opportunities for Hispanic Americans

Language and cultural barriers, along with lack of access to health insurance and preventive medical care all contribute to the challenges Hispanic Americans face when it comes to receiving healthcare. To meet this need, Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCU) and SCU Health's University Health Center are dedicated to providing accessible care to underserved populations and fostering transformational leaders in healthcare who will contribute to improving health outcomes for Hispanic patients. SCU and its clinical center, SCU Health, are located in Whittier, California, a state where Hispanics are the largest racial and ethnic group at 40% of the [...]

By |2025-08-22T21:06:17+00:00October 16, 2023|DC-Organic, Front Page News|

SCU Health announces October 2023 date for free Community Outreach Clinic

WHITTIER, CA (October 12, 2023) — SCU Health is proud to announce a free Chiropractic Care event open to all Southern Californians on Saturday, October 14 from 1 4 p.m. Our monthly SCU Health Community Outreach Clinic is part of a continuing effort to serve the community with integrative, whole person healthcare services, increase the awareness of whole person healthcare benefits, and provide students with clinical experience and patient treatment. The following healthcare services will be offered at our October 2023 Community Outreach Clinic: Chiropractic consultation and treatment. Treatment is based on the consultation and varies, based on the [...]

By |2025-08-22T21:06:09+00:00October 12, 2023|DC-Organic, Front Page News, MSPA-Organic|

SCU Health Announces Open House for New Academic Health Center Offering Services in Chiropractic, Acupuncture, & Physical Therapy in Tustin, CA 

TUSTIN, CA (October 11, 2023) — SCU Health, a leader in whole-person health, is thrilled to announce the opening of SCU Health at Foothill Regional Medical Center, its newest Academic Health Center in Tustin, CA. Building on the success of its flagship location in Whittier, CA, SCU Health's expansion brings expertise in education, research, and clinical practice to Orange County. Members of the media, community leaders, healthcare professionals, and all interested individuals are invited to join the Open House on Wednesday, October 25th, at 14642 Newport Ave, Ste 330 Tustin, CA 92780  from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. The [...]

By |2025-08-22T21:06:07+00:00October 11, 2023|DC-Organic, Front Page News, MSPA-Organic|

SCU Health announces September 2023 date for free Community Outreach Clinic

WHITTIER, CA (September 7, 2023) — SCU Health is proud to announce a free Chiropractic Care event open to all Southern Californians on Saturday, September 9 from 14 p.m. Our monthly SCU Health Community Outreach Clinic is part of a continuing effort to serve the community with integrative, whole person healthcare services, increase the awareness of whole person healthcare benefits, and provide students with clinical experience and patient treatment. The following healthcare services will be offered at our September 2023 Community Outreach Clinic: Chiropractic consultation and treatment. Treatment is based on the consultation and varies, based on the needs [...]

By |2025-08-22T21:05:50+00:00September 7, 2023|DC-Organic, Front Page News, MSPA-Organic|

Los Angeles College of Chiropractic uses Force Sensing Table Technology to improve clinician training and assessment, along with treatment for patients

Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCU) recognizes that innovation plays a very important role in advancing healthcare education and healthcare professions. The University's vision is to transform and redefine health and healthcare education. As such, the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic (LACC) is using innovation to transform clinician training. Innovation that addresses immediate needs, and offers instant solutions for improvement. SCU faculty and clinical practitioners worked together in 2021 to evaluate new resources to help enhance student training, expedite assessment of manual therapy skills, and improve treatment for patients. The innovative enhancement they added to LACC that year was [...]

By |2025-08-22T21:05:46+00:00August 7, 2023|DC-Organic, Front Page News|

SCU Health announces July 2023 date for free Community Outreach Clinic

WHITTIER, CA (July 19, 2023) — SCU Health is proud to announce a free Chiropractic Care event open to all Southern Californians on Saturday, July 22 from 14 p.m. Our monthly SCU Health Community Outreach Clinic is part of a continuing effort to serve the community with integrative, whole person healthcare services, increase the awareness of whole person healthcare benefits, and provide students with clinical experience and patient treatment. The following healthcare services will be offered at our July 2023 Community Outreach Clinic: Chiropractic consultation and treatment. Treatment is based on the consultation and varies, based on the needs [...]

By |2025-08-22T21:05:34+00:00July 19, 2023|DC-Organic, Front Page News, MSPA-Organic|

SCU Health announces June 2023 date for free Community Outreach Clinic

WHITTIER, CA - (June 12, 2023) — SCU Health is proud to announce a free Chiropractic Care event open to all Southern Californians on Saturday, June 17 from 14 p.m. Our monthly SCU Health Community Outreach Clinic is part of a continuing effort to serve the community with integrative, whole person healthcare services, increase the awareness of whole person healthcare benefits, and provide students with clinical experience and patient treatment. The following healthcare services will be offered at our June 2023 Community Outreach Clinic: Chiropractic consultation and treatment. Treatment is based on the consultation and varies, based on the [...]

By |2025-08-22T21:05:21+00:00June 12, 2023|DC-Organic, Front Page News, MSPA-Organic|

SCU Health announces free Tent Event community outreach clinic

WHITTIER, CA. - (March 13, 2023) — Southern Californians can receive free Chiropractic Care and have their vitals checked by a physician assistant at an upcoming SCU Health Tent Event community outreach clinic in East Whittier. SCU Health offers free clinics in a continuing effort to serve the community with integrative healthcare services, increase the awareness of integrative healthcare benefits, and provide students with clinical experience and patient treatment. SCU Health's Tent Event will be held on Saturday, March 18, 2023 from 14 p.m. on the campus of Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCU), at the Sports Medicine Clinic [...]

By |2025-08-22T21:05:17+00:00March 13, 2023|DC-Organic, Front Page News, MSPA-Organic|

SCU hosts White Coat Ceremony for Doctor of Chiropractic students

Southern California University of Health Sciences hosts White Coat Ceremony for Doctor of Chiropractic students WHITTIER, CA - (Jan. 18, 2023) — Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCU) recognized 45 Doctor of Chiropractic (DC) students today with a white coat ceremony at the SCU campus in Whittier. The ceremony transitions students from the academic portion of the program into supervised clinical practice, symbolizing their entrance into the healthcare field. The White Coat Ceremony is considered a rite of passage for health sciences students and is designed to instill the values of professionalism, humanism and compassionate care with students reciting [...]

By |2025-08-22T21:04:35+00:00January 18, 2023|DC-Organic, Front Page News|

What is cervical artery dissection and how common is it, in chiropractic treatments? Ask the Professor, with SCU’s Dr. Jim Whedon

What is cervical artery dissection and how common is it, in chiropractic treatments? Ask the Professor, with SCU's Dr. Jim Whedon  James Whedon DC, MS, Professor & Director of Health Services Research, and colleagues were recently published in BMC Geriatrics, an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of the health and healthcare of older people, including the effects of healthcare systems and policies. Their article, "Association between cervical artery dissection and spinal manipulative therapy a medicare claims analysis,” evaluated the association between cervical spinal manipulation and cervical artery dissection in older Medicare beneficiaries, in the [...]

By |2025-08-22T21:04:33+00:00January 13, 2023|DC-Organic, Front Page News|
Go to Top