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Palmer College expands services to area veterans through partnership with Community Based Warrior in Transition Unit-Illinois
6/1/2011 (Archived)
The Palmer Chiropractic Clinics are expanding their healthcare services to
military personnel and their families by formalizing a cooperative relationship
with the Community Based Warrior in Transition Unit-Illinois (CBWTU-IL).
The Community Based
Warrior in Transition Unit-Illinois is committed to wounded warrior care with a
focus on medical treatment while soldiers are in their homes. Commanded by U.S.
Army CPT Martin Munoz, the CBWTU-IL provides command and control and medical
case management to Army soldiers injured or ill as the result of their military
service during the Global War on Terrorism. This type of treatment allows them
to be within their family support network and gives them the ability to receive
treatment from local healthcare professionals. CBWTU-IL is headquartered at the
Rock Island Arsenal and operates across an eight-state area including Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.
Palmer’s faculty
clinicians and interns will be contributing to the physical examination of
wounded, injured or ill active duty service men and women by performing
range-of-motion evaluations at the Palmer Chiropractic Clinics located in
Davenport and Moline. The results of the physical examinations will be used by
CBWTU-IL medical personnel and other Army and governmental agencies to support
the wounded warriors with transitional benefits assistance, employment and
re-employment, state level benefits, and reintegration into the fighting force.
The Palmer
Chiropractic Clinics located in Davenport, Iowa, Moline, Ill., San Jose, Calif.,
and Port Orange, Fla., already offer free chiropractic care to active duty
military personnel and their families, including those in the National Guard or
Reserves who are without any other chiropractic benefits. Veterans classified as
20 percent or more disabled by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as a
result of injuries or illness during military service also are eligible for
complimentary services. These include chiropractic examinations, adjustments,
X-rays and rehabilitative services.