Dr. R.A. Foxworth

He was voted by his peers as Chiropractor of the Year for several years and is currently a Fellow of the International College of Chiropractic. He was appointed to the Mississippi State Board of Health by Governor Kirk Fordice and again by Governor Ronnie Musgrove. He is the first Chiropractor ever appointed to the Board and served 2 years as Chairman of the Mississippi State Board of Health.

He has followed in the footsteps of his mother and father, Dr. Betty Mathews and Dr. Charles V. Mathews. He is the father of Matt Foxworth, Rocky Bell, and Reagan Pace Foxworth. He is married to Jean Foxworth and is a member of Pinelake Baptist Church.

Education:

Undergraduate/Pre-Chiropractic

• Holmes Junior College – Goodman, MS
• San Jacinto Jr. College – Pasadena, TX
• Lee College – Pasadena, TX

Doctorate in Chiropractic

• Cleveland Chiropractic College, Kansas City, MO. (Jan. 1981-1985, Graduated with Honors, cum laude)
• Postgraduate Studies
• National Chiropractic College
• Orthopedic Evaluation Procedures – 12 hrs
• Disorders of the Upper Extremity – 40 hrs
• Disorders of the Cervical Spine – 20 hrs
• Bone Metabolism and Growth – 12 hrs
• Clinical Neurology – 20 hrs
• Laboratory Interpretation – 12 hrs.
• Clinical Evaluation Procedures -12 hrs
• Physiologic Therapeutics for the Orthopedist- 12 hrs
• Disorders of the Spine, Thoracic, Lumbar, Pelvis, and Hips – 20 hrs
• Disability Evaluation and Impairment Ratings

Continuing Education Hours for License Renewal

• Lower Extremity Disorders and Supports
• Spinal Biomechanics and Specific Segmental Adjusting
• Physical Therapy
• Risk Management
• Whiplash Management
• E/M Coding & Documentation
• Chiropractic Diagnosis for the 90’s
• Neurologic Basis of the Subluxation Complex
• EMG Certification Program
• Neurodiagnostic Evaluation/Cadwell Labs
• Chiropractic Philosophy
• Validation of Chiropractic
• Management of Whiplash- Parker College
• Gonstead Technique- Dr. Richard Cranwell
• Risk Management, Rob Sherman, Esq. – 6 hours 1/24/97
• Chiropractic Philosophy- Dr. Chuck Gibson

Qualifications

• Licensed by: Mississippi State Board of Chiropractic Examiners
• Certified by: National Board of Chiropractic Examiners
• Past-Course Chairman, Diplomat in Orthopedics Program – National College of Chiropractic
• Program Director – 1998 Multidisciplinary Management of Back Pain Workshop
• ChiroHealthUSA provider

Presentations

University of Mississippi Medical Center – Chiropractic Diagnosis and Management of SI Joint Dysfunction
MS Pain Management Society – Chiropractic Management of Chronic Pain