About CASA
Professional Association
Why CASA?
CASA is dedicated to enhancing the standing of the profession in the eyes of the public and being the voice of the profession in the marketplace. We strive to protect the interests of chiropractic and to position the profession through stakeholder management programs (for example, Discovery Health and BHF).
We are also focused on helping to advance the profession by promoting it to scholars through our career guidance program, thereby encouraging interest in the profession among young people and helping those who are already interested to plan their study/career path for smooth-sailing to success
As a highly-regulated association, the Chiropractic Association of South Africa (CASA) works diligently towards all our objectives.
Objectives
As a highly-regulated association, the Chiropractic Association of South Africa (CASA) works diligently towards:
- Unite all members of the association and protect the integrity, nature, character and status of their profession;
- Settle any questions around the association as well as the profession itself;
- Promote high ethical standards of practice;
- Encourage improved academic teaching, standards of chiropractic education and practice to provide the highest quality of service to the community and patients, as well as to identify appropriate educational outcomes to meet the changing needs of chiropractors for the benefit of their patients;
- Cooperate with appropriate national or international organisations to provide and/or receive information, counsel and assistance in local and global fields of chiropractic and healthcare;
- Encourage and actively support research and aid in the identification of research topics with respect to chiropractic, in part through regular congresses and/or seminars of chiropractic and related disciplines;
- Assist in the establishment and development of a South African chiropractic scientific journal; and
- Assist in developing and promoting an informed public opinion among all peoples in understanding chiropractic.
The Chiropractic Association of South Africa (CASA) is committed to the highest levels of excellence in chiropractic education, patient care, standards of practice and continuing professional development.
Our Mission & Vision
CASA strives to be a liberal voice for all our members by exercising complete transparency and listening to our members‘ desires and needs, ultimately developing and growing the chiropractic profession within an applicable South African context considering all ethnic and religious groups, and promoting spine care services to every South African citizen, thereby aligning our values with the goals of the National Health System, gaining recognition and respect as a much needed health discipline.
Our Values
- We commit to serve our patients with excellence offering care that is both patient-centred and evidenced-based.
- We work with integrity and in partnership to provide chiropractic care in the health care community.
- We support each other and continuously adhere to high standards of professionalism.
- We are innovative and creative.
Our Goals
- To build and sustain a favourable public/patient perception of chiropractic.
- To embrace a professional and innovative approach that encourages the forward progression of our association and our profession.
Our Team
Meet Our Executives
Our Exco consists of highly regarded and experienced Chiropractors who are actively participating in the development of Chiropractic in South Africa.
Dr Michael Pritchard
President
President: Dr Michael Pritchard
Dr Michael Pritchard is the owner and clinic director of the Sports Injury Clinic in Fourways, Johannesburg.
Dr Pritchard is a member of Chirosport South Africa. He is also a supervising clinician at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) Chiropractic Campus Clinic.
President: Dr Michael Pritchard
Dr Michael Pritchard is the owner and clinic director of the Sports Injury Clinic in Fourways, Johannesburg. He earned his Mtech: Chiropractic from the University of Johannesburg (UJ) in 2001 and has been a practicing chiropractor ever since. In 2004 he opened the Sports Injury Clinic which operates as a multi-disciplinary centre incorporating the services of chiropractors, podiatrists, biokineticists, sports massage therapists and dieticians.
He has treated many top sportsmen and women and a highlight in the early part of his career was a helicopter flight to a game lodge where he treated the actor Chuck Norris.
Dr Pritchard serves on the council of the Chiropractic Association of South Africa (CASA) in addition to being a member of Chirosport South Africa. He is also a supervising clinician at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) Chiropractic Campus Clinic.
Dr Danella Lubbe
Vice President
Vice President: Dr Danella Lubbe
Dr Danella Lubbe is a registered chiropractor in Kwa-Zulu Natal.
She has served on numerous committees for the chiropractic community on both a regional and national level.
Vice President: Dr Danella Lubbe
Dr Danella Lubbe is a registered chiropractor in Kwa-Zulu Natal. She graduated from DUT with an M.Tech: Chiropractic in 2011 and has completed strapping and various other courses to continually advance her knowledge (in the best interest of her patients health).
Dr Lubbe runs a family practice and is passionate about health and wellness. She has worked as a part- time lecturer at DUT and moderator for examinations.
She is currently a member of CASA and has served on numerous committees for the chiropractic community on both a regional and national level.
Dr Bridget Bromfield
Secretary-General
Secretary-General: Dr Bridget Bromfield
Dr Bridget Bromfield is a licensed chiropractor who uses evidence-based care to treat patients from new-borns to senior citizens at her practice in Amanzimtoti.
Dr Bromfield is currently also professionally registered with the South African Spine Society (SASS), Paediatric Chiropractic South Africa, the African Chiropractic Federation and the World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC).
Secretary General: Dr Bridget Bromfield
Dr Bridget Bromfield is a licensed chiropractor who uses evidence-based care to treat patients from new-borns to senior citizens at her practice in Amanzimtoti. Dr Bromfield has been in private practice for the past 22 years since graduating with her M. Tech: Chiropractic Degree from Technikon Natal.
Dr Bromfield is registered with the Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa and serves on the council of the Chiropractic Association of South Africa (CASA). In addition, she was president of the association from 2003 to 2005. From 2001 to 2011 she held a position on the Professional Board for Chiropractic and Osteopathy as well as being a council member for chiropractic on the Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa.
Dr Bromfield is currently professionally registered with the Chiropractic Association of South Africa (CASA), the South African Spine Society (SASS), Paediatric Chiropractic South Africa, the African Chiropractic Federation and the World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC).
CASA Council Members
Our Council Members make up the rest of our dedicated team, working cohesively to ensure the success of our organisation and to the benefit of all our members.
Dr Cleo Prince
Council Member
Dr Cleo Prince
Dr Cleo Prince qualified in 2015 from Durban University of Technology (DUT) and started private practice in Musgrave in June of the same year.
Dr Prince was appointed as a council member for the CASA National Committee, and enjoys this new venture and her role is furthering and growing the wonderful profession of Chiropractic.
Council Member: Dr Cleo Prince
Dr Cleo Prince qualified in 2015 from Durban University of Technology (DUT) and started private practice in Musgrave in June of the same year.
While she enjoyed private practice immensely, Dr Prince was given the opportunity to lecture within the department of Chiropractic at DUT on firstly, a part time basis from 2015 to 2017, and then she was appointed as a full time academic in 2018.
Dr Prince lectures within the undergraduate program, is involved in research and is a clinical supervisor to the postgraduate students, along with running practice on a more part time basis. She enjoys enriching the student’s knowledge with innovative and novel teaching and learning practices, most recently, she teamed up with a university in Amsterdam to carry out an international collaborative project for the 3rd year chiropractic students.
Dr Prince was a member of CASA as a student and later joined as a practitioner. In 2018, she was appointed as a KZN regional committee member where her portfolio focused on student activities at DUT, and assisting the committee members to organise the CASA Congress in 2019. In 2020, Dr Prince was appointed as a council member for the CASA National Committee, and enjoys this new venture and her role is furthering and growing the wonderful profession of Chiropractic!
Dr Justin Adams
Council Member
Dr Justin Adams
Dr. Justin Adams is the owner of Tygervalley Chiropractic in Cape Town and has been a registered chiropractor since 2014.
Dr Adams is the chairman of the Western Cape branch of CASA since 2020 and was elected as a National council member in 2021.
Council Member: Dr Justin Adams
Dr. Justin Adams is the owner of Tygervalley Chiropractic in Cape Town and has been a registered chiropractor since 2014. Dr Adams graduated from the Durban University of Technology (DUT) with an M.Tech: Chiropractic in 2014 after which he served as the Chief Medical Officer at the Varsity College Rugby club, managing the medical team for the University’s various club and USSA rugby teams. Dr Adams also lectured Anatomy and physiology at the Health and Fitness professionals Academy (HFPA).
Dr Adams opened his private practice in Cape town in 2015 and serves the Northern Suburbs of Cape Town. His focus is on family practice but still keeps his passion for sports by treating various professional athletes as well as your day to day sports injuries.
Dr Adams is the chairman of the Western Cape branch of CASA since 2020 and was elected as a National council member in 2021. In the past he served on the Board of Directors of The World Congress of Chiropractic Students (WCCS) as Secretary and African Regional Director. With these positions he aims to grow the profession, promote Chiropractic to the public and facilitate interdisciplinary relationships amongst healthcare professionals.
Dr Keseri Padayachy
Council Member
Dr Keseri Padayachy
Dr Keseri Padayachy is a registered chiropractor based in Malvern, Durban. She has been in private practice for the past 16 years since graduating from DUT in 2006.
In 2021, she was appointed as a KZN regional committee member of CASA.
Council Member: Dr Keseri Padayachy
Dr Keseri Padayachy is a registered chiropractor based in Malvern, Durban. She has been in private practice for the past 16 years since graduating from DUT in 2006. She is based in a multi-disciplinary practice thus treating patients of all ages and diversities.
In 2017, Dr Padayachy graduated with a PhD in Anatomy from the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal (UKZN).
Dr Padayachy is also a clinician at the DUT Chiropractic clinic and the Deputy Chair of the DUT- Institutional Research Ethics Committee. She is dedicated to imparting evidence based Chiropractic knowledge using research as the principal instrument.
In 2021, she was appointed as a KZN regional committee member of CASA.
Dr Padayachy is currently professionally registered with the Anatomical society of South Africa (ASSA), the Chiropractic Association of South Africa (CASA), a Golden Key member (GKM) and World Federation Chiropractic Research Committee Member (WFC).
Dr Rowan White
Council Member
Dr Rowan White
Rowan graduated from Technikon Natal in 2001 and has been in private practice, in Pietermaritzburg for the past 20 years.
He has been actively involved with practical student workshops at DUT, external moderating and presenting online lectures, covering neurological assessment, X-ray and MRI interpretation, to both students and colleagues.
Council Member: Dr Rowan White
Rowan graduated from Technikon Natal in 2001 and has been in private practice, in Pietermaritzburg for the past 20 years.
He has been actively involved with practical student workshops at DUT, external moderating and presenting online lectures, covering neurological assessment, X-ray and MRI interpretation, to both students and colleagues.
Rowan is passionate about the chiropractic profession and eager to be a part of progressing chiropractic into the future.
He is married to Tarryn with 2 young sons, Jordan(12) and Reece(10).
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CASA is committed to the highest levels of excellence in chiropractic education, patient care, standards of practice and continuing professional development.
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