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Dynamic Chiropractic Staff

What Made You Decide to Become a Doctor of Chiropractic?

Personal Experience Including Being Adjusted - 42%

Experience of Friend/Family Being Adjusted - 4%

The Chiropractic Philosophy - 14%

Wanted a Better Than Average Income - 12%

Wanted to Help People - 27%

These results are based upon answers from 164 respondents who took the survey.

ChiroPoll's current survey asks:

"If a medical doctor wants to become a doctor of chiropractic, how many years of chiropractic college should they attend?"
This question will be featured on ChiroPoll ([url=http://www.chiroweb.com/chiropoll]http://www.chiroweb.com/chiropoll[/url]) from June 15 - June 29. The results will be reported in the July 27, 1998 issue of Dynamic Chiropractic.

The next question will be:

"After a chiropractor gets their DC degree, what degree (if any) should they get next?"
On ChiroPoll from June 29 - July 13
June 1998
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Diagnosis & Diagnostic Equip
When Radiculopathy Isn’t Radiculopathy: A Clinical Series (Pt. 6): Differential Diagnosis
When Radiculopathy Isn’t Radiculopathy

While cervical disc pathology can unquestionably produce radiculopathy, many patients presenting with arm pain, paresthesia or perceived weakness do not exhibit the clinical behavior of true nerve-root compromise. In these cases, failure to differentiate the primary pain generator may lead to unnecessary spinal injections, nerve ablation procedures or surgical consultation despite limited likelihood of benefit.

Ken Kaufman, DC
X-ray / Imaging / MRI
A National Turning Point: N.J. Board Rejects Insurer Medical X-Ray Rules for DCs
A National Turning Point: N.J. Board Rejects Insurer Medical X-Ray Rules for DCs

The New Jersey Board of Chiropractic Examiners has made a precedential decision, concurring with the Association of New Jersey Chiropractors' (ANJC) position paper on chiropractic X-ray guidelines. In plain terms, the board ruled, consistent with the ANJC position, that insurance companies cannot use medical X-ray rules or recommendations, like those written by the American College of Radiology (ACR), to decide whether a chiropractor's X-ray was necessary.

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Jeff Randolph, Esq.
Your Practice / Business
The Relationship Behind the Referral
The Relationship Behind the Referral

For decades, chiropractors have been told the answer to more professional referrals is simple: educate medical doctors about chiropractic. There is some truth in that advice; but it is also incomplete. The modern challenge is not simply getting another healthcare professional to know that chiropractors exist. It is becoming the kind of clinician (and building the kind of professional relationship) that makes collaboration easy and sustainable.

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