George Rix, a highly respected and much-loved lecturer within the AECC School of Chiropractic, sadly passed away in March 2025 following a year-long battle with prostate cancer.
Biography
Dr. George Rix qualified as a Chiropractor in 1994 from the Health Sciences University. He graduated with prizes for ‘best academic performance’ (Valedictorian), ‘best clinical performance’ and ‘best project’. In 2009, George earned his PhD from the University of Southampton in the area of functional assessment of the cervical spine, focusing in particular on an aspect of sensorimotor dysfunction (head/neck movement and positional awareness).
Over his time at the Health Sciences University, he developed considerable experience in teaching clinical sciences, with his teaching focused primarily on clinical neurosciences and clinical supervision within the AECC Chiropractic Clinic. His academic and research interests included clinical neuroscience related to cervical spine disorders, as well as the evaluation and reporting of clinical test characteristics.
He was also a co-opted member of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guideline development group for what became the ‘Headache in over 12s: diagnosis and management’ (CG150), published in 2012.
Qualifications
- BSc (Chiropractic)
- DC
- PhD.
Membership
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Fellow of the Royal College of Chiropractors
- Fellow of the European Academy of Chiropractic.
Teaching
- Lead tutor for Neurology element of Diagnosis Units in Year’s 2 & 3.
- Unit Leader for Diagnosis III Unit (Year 3)
Publications
Rix, G. D. and Bagust J., 2001. Cervicocephalic kinesthetic sensibility in patients with chronic, nontraumatic cervical spine pain. Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 82 (7), 911-919.
Thiel H. and Rix G., 2005. Is it time to stop functional pre-manipulation testing of the cervical spine? Man Ther, 10 (2),154-158.
Rix G. D., Rothman E.H. and Robinson A.W., 2006. Idiopathic neuralgic amyotrophy: an illustrative case report. J Manipulative Physiol Ther, 29 (1), 52-59.
Thiel H. and Rix G., 2006. Surgical and radiologic anatomy. Surg Radiol Anat, 28 (2), 214-215.
