K. Jeffrey Miller, DC, MBA

Dr. K. Jeffrey Miller is an assistant professor at the University of Missouri School of Medicine and a chiropractic physician in the Orthopaedic Surgery and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation departments at the Missouri Orthopaedic Institute (MOI). Dr. Miller has been a doctor of chiropractic for nearly four decades and a chiropractic orthopedist for over 30 years. He is a prolific writer, publishing over 250 articles and nine books. A sought-after speaker in the U.S. and abroad, Dr. Miller has presented over 300 postgraduate programs in 34 states and several countries.

Previous Articles

The 7-Point Office Visit

June 1, 2026 (Vol. 44, Issue 6)

Difficult Conversations With Patients

February 1, 2026 (Vol. 44, Issue 2)

Diagnosing Radiculopathies Through History & Observation

August 1, 2025 (Vol. 43, Issue 8)

MRI Preauthorization: Approval Criteria and Options If Denied

June 1, 2025 (Vol. 43, Issue 6)

Electrifying Contraindications

February 1, 2025 (Vol. 43, Issue 2)

Person Down

September 1, 2024 (Vol. 42, Issue 09)

Dynamic Diagnosis: Fortin's Finger, Minor's and Vanzetti's Signs

May 1, 2024 (Vol. 42, Issue 05)

Dynamic Diagnosis: A Look at Romberg’s Test and Patient Safety

March 1 2024 (Vol. 42, Issue 03)

The Fifth Question

January 1, 2024 (Vol. 42, Issue 01)

Vacation Can Be Painful

June 1, 2023 (Vol. 41, Issue 06)

The Patient-Care Checklist

March 1, 2023 (Vol. 41, Issue 03)

Dynamic Diagnosis: A Sign of the Times

October 1, 2022 (Vol. 40, Issue 10)

Patient Personality and Clinical Compliance (Pt. 3)

July 1, 2022 (Vol. 40, Issue 07)

Patient Personality and Clinical Compliance (Pt. 2)

June 1, 2022 (Vol. 40, Issue 06)

Patient Personality and Clinical Compliance (Pt. 1)

May 1, 2022 (Vol. 40, Issue 05)

The Clinical Importance of Handedness in Neuromusculoskeletal Care

March 1, 2022 (Vol. 40, Issue 03)

Why Did the ADI Decrease? An Example of Cervical Instability

January 1, 2022 (Vol. 40, Issue 01)

Lumbar Instability: The Case of the Missing Spondylolisthesis

November 1, 2021 (Vol. 39, Issue 11)

Your Most Important Step in Accurate Shoulder Diagnosis

September 1, 2021 (Vol. 39, Issue 09)

Is This What's Delaying Your Patient's NMS Healing?

June 1, 2021 (Vol. 39, Issue 06)

Don't Leave Patients Hanging

March 1, 2021 (Vol. 39, Issue 03)

When Some Patients Get Too Much of a Good Thing

January 1, 2021 (Vol. 39, Issue 01)

Diagnostic Testing: Don't Take the Details for Granted

November 1, 2020 (Vol. 38, Issue 11)

Correct Documentation of Two Common Pain Scales

October 1, 2020 (Vol. 38, Issue 10)

Orthopedic Diagnosis: Differentiate the Similarities

September 1, 2020 (Vol. 38, Issue 09)

Dynamic Diagnosis: Facet Syndromes

August 1, 2020 (Vol. 38, Issue 08)

Dynamic Diagnosis: Crepitus

July 1, 2020 (Vol. 38, Issue 07)

COVID-19: Do Your Patients Pass the Sniff Test?

June 1, 2020 (Vol. 38, Issue 06)

Sclerotomes, Viscerotomes and Angiotomes, Oh My!

April 1, 2020 (Vol. 38, Issue 04)

Calm & Cool Chiropractic

February 1, 2020 (Vol. 38, Issue 02)

Give Plantar Fasciitis the Attention It Deserves

December 1, 2019 (Vol. 37, Issue 12)

Tests for Hip / SI Pathology

October 1, 2019 (Vol. 37, Issue 10)

Make Your Position Clear: Varying Test Positions (Pt. 2)

September 1, 2019 (Vol. 37, Issue 09)

Make Your Position Clear: Varying Test Positions (Pt. 1)

August 1, 2019 (Vol. 37, Issue 08)

Always Tell the Doctor If...

June 1, 2019 (Vol. 37, Issue 06)

SLR Variations, Confirmation and Differential Diagnosis

April 1, 2019 (Vol. 37, Issue 04)

Know Your Clinical Flags: 5 Different Colors to Consider

February 1, 2019 (Vol. 37, Issue 02)

Art of the Associateship: It's OK to Trust, But Verify

August 1, 2018 (Vol. 36, Issue 08)

Art of the Associateship: Success Is in the Finances

June 1, 2018 (Vol. 36, Issue 06)

Adding Insult to Injury

April 1, 2018 (Vol. 36, Issue 04)

Simple Screening Tests for Stroke and Other Brain Lesions

February 1, 2018 (Vol. 36, Issue 02)

Documenting Intuition

November 1, 2017 (Vol. 35, Issue 11)

The Perils of the "Oh, While You're at It" Phenomenon

October 1, 2017 (Vol. 35, Issue 10)

Red Flag Alert: New-Onset Headache in an Older Patient

July 1, 2017 (Vol. 35, Issue 07)

How to Bring Headache Patients to Your Door

Paperwork Done Wrong, Done Right

March 1, 2017 (Vol. 35, Issue 03)

DVT: Know the Signs and You Could Save a Life

December 1, 2016 (Vol. 34, Issue 18)

Rewarding Your Employees: How to Do It Right

Physical Examination in an Evidence-Based World

September 1, 2016 (Vol. 34, Issue 15)

Keeping Malpractice Allegations at Bay

July 1, 2016 (Vol. 34, Issue 13)

What You Say Isn't Always What Patients Hear

June 15, 2016 (Vol. 34, Issue 12)

Mother Matters: Caring for the Expectant Mom

April 1, 2016 (Vol. 34, Issue 07)

Patient Care & Customer Service: How Does Your Practice Stack Up?

When Patients Ask About Stray Aches and Pains

February 15, 2016 (Vol. 34, Issue 04)

Tips to Revive Your Ortho / Neuro Test Skills

November 15, 2015 (Vol. 33, Issue 22)

Practice Policy (Gone Bad): The Sign

September 15, 2015 (Vol. 33, Issue 18)

The Winter of Life: A Personal and Chiropractic Practice Perspective

August 1, 2015 (Vol. 33, Issue 15)

Moving Beyond the One-Size-Fits-All ROF

June 15, 2015 (Vol. 33, Issue 12)

Applying the Thin Skull Principle

April 15, 2015 (Vol. 33, Issue 08)

Connecting the Dots

February 15, 2015 (Vol. 33, Issue 04)

Show Up and Show Respect

January 15, 2015 (Vol. 33, Issue 02)

Are You Ignoring the 10,000-Hour Rule?

December 1, 2014 (Vol. 32, Issue 23)

Essential Orthopedic Testing: Tests That Involve Standing on One Leg

November 1, 2014 (Vol. 32, Issue 21)

Watch Out for Red Herrings

October 1, 2014 (Vol. 32, Issue 19)

Don't Turn a 2 Into a 10

September 15, 2014 (Vol. 32, Issue 18)

Are Your Work Orders in Order?

September 1, 2014 (Vol. 32, Issue 17)

Advice for Young Doctors

August 1, 2014 (Vol. 32, Issue 15)

Failing to Plan Is Planning to Fail: Make Your Treatment Plans Count

June 15, 2014 (Vol. 32, Issue 12)

The Recliner Test

May 1, 2014 (Vol. 32, Issue 09)

Look, Listen and Learn to Code

March 15, 2014 (Vol. 32, Issue 06)

The Shoulder Abduction Test for Cervical Radicular Pathology

February 1, 2014 (Vol. 32, Issue 03)

Stay in Tune and in Touch: Risking the Embarrassment of Failure

It's Negative: Everything Counts in Clinical Record-Keeping

January 1, 2014 (Vol. 32, Issue 01)

A Subtle Cause, a Simple Solution

October 15, 2013 (Vol. 31, Issue 20)

Night Pain: An Important Clinical Detail

August 15, 2013 (Vol. 31, Issue 16)

Were the Good Old Days Really That Good? Recognizing Today's Progress

July 15, 2013 (Vol. 31, Issue 14)

Cross-Referencing Regions of Complaint, PART Findings, Diagnoses and CPT Codes

June 15, 2013 (Vol. 31, Issue 12)

What They Don't Say Could Hurt You

May 15, 2013 (Vol. 31, Issue 10)

Aerobic Exercise Programming for Patients With Metabolic Syndrome

April 1, 2013 (Vol. 31, Issue 07)

Training Staff to Perform Ancillary Procedures: Three Topics to Cover

March 1, 2013 (Vol. 31, Issue 05)

Total Immersion: Speaking a Language Your Patients Can Understand

February 1, 2013 (Vol. 31, Issue 03)

Climber's Elbow: Diagnosis and Conservative Treatment Protocols

January 1, 2013 (Vol. 31, Issue 01)

Why It's Important to Know Thyself

Filling in for Another Doctor: 20 Questions to Ask Patients

October 21, 2012 (Vol. 30, Issue 22)

Orthopedic and Neurological Testing as a Practice-Building Tool?

September 23, 2012 (Vol. 30, Issue 20)

Pop Warner Using Its Head

August 26, 2012 (Vol. 30, Issue 18)

Practice Impossible (Part 5): Office Appearance Matters

SCuBA: A Useful Mnemonic for Reading Skeletal X-Rays

July 29, 2012 (Vol. 30, Issue 16)

Practice Impossible (Part 4): What is On Your "Menu"

Practice Impossible (Part 3): Growing Your People

Practice Impossible, Part 2: The Staff

A Patient History Lesson: 20 Great Questions to Ask

June 17, 2012 (Vol. 30, Issue 13)

Careful Coding: Gaming

May 6, 2012 (Vol. 30, Issue 10)

"Practice Impossible" Leadership Skills for a Thriving Clinic

Careful Coding: Headaches

March 26, 2012 (Vol. 30, Issue 07)

Careful Coding: With or Without Myelopathy

February 12, 2012 (Vol. 30, Issue 04)

Weighing Your Medicare Options

Careful Coding: Spinal Anomalies

January 15, 2012 (Vol. 30, Issue 02)

The Practical Neurological Examination, Part 6: Testing of Reflex Function

October 21, 2011 (Vol. 29, Issue 22)

The Practical Neurological Examination, Part 5: Assessment of Sensory Function

September 9, 2011 (Vol. 29, Issue 19)

The Practical Neurological Examination, Part 4

August 12, 2011 (Vol. 29, Issue 17)

The Practical Neurological Examination, Part 3

June 17, 2011 (Vol. 29, Issue 13)

The Practical Neurological Examination, Part 2

April 9, 2011 (Vol. 29, Issue 08)

Testing for Pain: The Eyes Have It

March 12, 2011 (Vol. 29, Issue 06)

The Practical Neurological Examination, Part 1

February 12, 2011 (Vol. 29, Issue 04)

New Orthotics: A Little at a Time

No Change or Worse: What Should You Do?

September 23, 2010 (Vol. 28, Issue 20)

Billing for Custom-Made Orthotics

Support Your Billing Claims for Bracing Materials

August 12, 2010 (Vol. 28, Issue 17)

Upside Down From the End Backwards

July 1, 2010 (Vol. 28, Issue 14)

Hand Painted

June 17, 2010 (Vol. 28, Issue 13)

Build Patient Confidence With Clinical Testing

Steps to Successful Rehabilitation, Part 4

April 22, 2010 (Vol. 28, Issue 09)

Steps to Successful Rehabilitation, Part 3

March 26, 2010 (Vol. 28, Issue 07)

Steps to Successful Rehabilitation, Part 2

February 12, 2010 (Vol. 28, Issue 04)

Steps to Successful Rehabilitation, Part 1: Understanding Soft-Tissue

January 1, 2010 (Vol. 28, Issue 01)

Test Combinations in Patient Examination, Part 3: Testing by Indirect Method

November 18, 2009 (Vol. 27, Issue 24)

Test Combinations in Patient Examination, Part 2: Tests for the Same Pathology

July 29, 2009 (Vol. 27, Issue 16)

Test Combinations in Patient Examination: Test Sequencing

July 1, 2009 (Vol. 27, Issue 14)

Knowing When to Quit

April 9, 2009 (Vol. 27, Issue 08)

How You Start Is How You Finish

January 29, 2009 (Vol. 27, Issue 03)

Why Wellness?

February 12, 2007 (Vol. 25, Issue 04)

Chiropractic Use of Evaluation & Management CPT Codes

April 8, 2004 (Vol. 22, Issue 08)

Compassion and Patient Care

March 8, 1999 (Vol. 17, Issue 06)

Examinations as Criteria for Ordering Additional Tests

November 4, 2002 (Vol. 20, Issue 23)

Exam Techniques Should Seek to Identify or Rule Out Ominous Conditions and Contraindications to the Chiropractic Adjustment

September 24, 2002 (Vol. 20, Issue 20)

Exam Procedures Should Not Be Limited to Tests Related Solely to Chiropractic Technique(s)

August 16, 2002 (Vol. 20, Issue 17)

Exam Procedures Must Go Beyond Chiropractic Techniques

July 29, 2002 (Vol. 20, Issue 16)

Patient History Should Precede Examination

July 1, 2002 (Vol. 20, Issue 14)

All Things Considered

September 1, 2003 (Vol. 21, Issue 18)