Dr Stavros Ktenas
Dr. Stavros Ktenas was born in Melbourne and completed his qualifications at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. In addition to working as a Chiropractor, he is currently a Ph.D candidate at the department of Psychology, RMIT. Stavros is a vital participant in contributing to Melbourne community and sporting life and puts into practice his belief that one should aim for balance and harmony in all we endeavour.
QualificationsUNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION
- Bachelor of Applied Science (Complementary Medicine)
RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION
- Master of Clinical Chiropractic (Distinction)
RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
- Ph.D (Candidate), Department of Psychology
RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
ON GOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (Special Interest)
- Dry Needling Plus level 1
- Dry Needling Plus level 2
- McKenzie Method
- Sports Medicine Australia- Allied Health
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Intergenerational Health Beliefs and Behaviours in Australia.
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) with respect to its usage by the population of Melbourne.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- Australian Greek Welfare Society (AGWS),
- Centre for Culture, Ethnicity and Health (CEH), Victoria
- Chiropractic Association of Australia (CAA)
- Chiropractic and Osteopathic College of Australasia (COCA)
- European Chiropractors' Union (ECU)
- Hellenic Chiropractic Association (HCA)
VOLUNTEER SUPPORT WORK 2012
- Northern Saints Football Club
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in Australia
CAM can be defined as that range of healing therapies which do not make up part of the conventional health system in Western countries.1 It has been estimated that in Australia, $2.3 billion is spent annually on CAM related services.2 However Xue, Zhang, Lin et al,3 are of the opinion that Australians spend over $4 billion a year on CAM, with visits to CAM practitioners being as frequent as those to medical practitioners.
The Australian National Institute of Complementary Medicine (NICM) states that the number of people visiting a complementary health professional (most commonly a chiropractor) increased by 51% in the ten years to 2005.4 Additionally, Chiropractic falls under the manipulative and body based practices domain.5
[1]Morgan A, J., Francis A, J, P. (2008). Australian Natural Therapists and Mental Health. Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine
[2]MacLennan A. H., Wilson, D. H., & Taylor, A. W. (2002). The escalating cost and prevalence of alternative medicine. Preventive Medicine, 35(2), 166
[3]Xue CCL, Zhang AL, Lin V, et al. (2007). Complementary and alternative medicine use in Australia: a national population-based survey. J Altern Complement Med 13:643–50.
[4]http://www.nicm.edu.au/content/view/65/36/
[5]http://www.nicm.edu.au/content/view/31/35/
