Robert Cooperstein graduated from Life Chiropractic College West in 1984 and has been a professor at Palmer Chiropractic College West since 1989. Dr. Cooperstein also serves as PCCW's administrative research coordinator and chairs the department of technique and management at the school.
Dr. Cooperstein maintains a regular column in Dynamic Chiropractic entitled "Chiropraxis" and has authored articles in many peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Chiropractic Education and the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. He has also written two course textbooks: "Introduction to General Pathology" and "Chiropraxis."
In addition to his work at Palmer West, Dr. Cooperstein maintains a private chiropractic practice in Oakland and is a consultant on several of the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (NBCE) test committees.
Previous Articles
Putting the Patient First
February 1, 2014 (Vol. 32, Issue 03)
Ten of My Favorite Clinical Chiropractic Trade Secrets, Part 1
October 7, 2009 (Vol. 27, Issue 21)
25th Anniversary Meeting of the American Back Society, Las Vegas 2008
September 23, 2008 (Vol. 26, Issue 20)
10 Questionable "Do's and Don'ts" in Chiropractic Technique
July 15, 2008 (Vol. 26, Issue 15)
Where Is the Inferior Angle of the Scapula?
April 8, 2008 (Vol. 26, Issue 08)
Chiropractors Eating Their Own
January 15, 2008 (Vol. 26, Issue 02)
Patient-Centered Care: Our Newest Spectacle
December 17, 2007 (Vol. 25, Issue 26)
On the Fundamentals and Philosophy of Evidence-Based Care, Part 2
September 24, 2007 (Vol. 25, Issue 20)
On the Fundamentals and Philosophy of Evidence-Based Care, Part 1
July 2, 2007 (Vol. 25, Issue 14)
ABS Annual Meeting: San Francisco, Nov. 16-19, 2005 (Part 2 of 2)
June 6, 2006 (Vol. 24, Issue 12)
ABS Annual Meeting: San Francisco, Nov. 16-19, 2005 (Part 1 of 2)
April 10, 2006 (Vol. 24, Issue 08)
Normal, Ideal, and Optimal Spines
November 20, 2005 (Vol. 23, Issue 24)
American Back Society 2004, Part II
July 16, 2005 (Vol. 23, Issue 15)
American Back Society 2004, Part I
March 26, 2005 (Vol. 23, Issue 07)
The Anterior Cervical Break
January 15, 2005 (Vol. 23, Issue 02)
The 2003 Meeting of the American Back Society, Part II
August 16, 2004 (Vol. 22, Issue 17)
The 2003 Meeting of the American Back Society, Part 1
April 22, 2004 (Vol. 22, Issue 09)
American Back Society Focuses on the "Industrial Back"
October 9, 1992 (Vol. 10, Issue 21)
Better Care, More Cheaply: The Advent of Practice Guidelines
November 5, 1993 (Vol. 11, Issue 23)
"Old Fashioned Competency in History Taking and Physical Examination"
August 13, 1993 (Vol. 11, Issue 17)
American Back Society -- Quarterly Report
May 21, 1993 (Vol. 11, Issue 11)
American Back Society: The Industrial Back
February 26, 1993 (Vol. 11, Issue 05)
Montreal 94: ABS Meeting Nets High Scientific Yield -- Part II
September 1, 1994 (Vol. 12, Issue 18)
Montreal 1994: ABS Meeting Nets High Scientific Yield -- Part I
July 29, 1994 (Vol. 12, Issue 16)
Spinal Surgery Mission to Croatia
May 6, 1994 (Vol. 12, Issue 10)
ABS Meets in San Francisco
February 25, 1994 (Vol. 12, Issue 05)
Grand Rounds: Barometer of Professional Consciousness The Cinema-Verite of Back Pain
September 12, 1995 (Vol. 13, Issue 19)
On Hybrid Vigor and Creative Disaccord: The Panel of Advisors to the ACA Council on Technique
June 19, 1995 (Vol. 13, Issue 13)
ABS Fall Symposium: The Brave New World of Managed Care, Part II
March 27, 1995 (Vol. 13, Issue 07)
ABS Fall Symposium: The Brave New World of Managed Care, Part I
February 27, 1995 (Vol. 13, Issue 05)
Spinal Graffiti: The Rise and Fall of the Harrison Spinal Model
October 21, 1996 (Vol. 14, Issue 22)
Cost-Benefit Analysis: a Chiropractic Blind Spot
September 1, 1996 (Vol. 14, Issue 18)
In Defense of the Audible
May 6, 1996 (Vol. 14, Issue 10)
Investigating the Short Leg Phenomenon: The Friction-Reduction Hypothesis
January 15, 1996 (Vol. 14, Issue 02)
Announcing the ACC Technique Consortium
November 17, 1997 (Vol. 15, Issue 24)
Ten Theses on the Tyranny of Unfettered Factoids
September 22, 1997 (Vol. 15, Issue 20)
The Reverse Double Whammy Leg Check
July 28, 1997 (Vol. 15, Issue 16)
Would You Believe a $50 Roll?
May 31, 1997 (Vol. 15, Issue 12)
American Back Society Meeting, Part II
April 7, 1997 (Vol. 15, Issue 08)
Back Society Meeting, Part I
February 10, 1997 (Vol. 15, Issue 04)
Sacroiliac Function and the Gait Mechanism
September 7, 1998 (Vol. 16, Issue 19)
The Supply Side of Chiropractic Services: Do Doctors Work More for Less, or Less for Less?*
July 13, 1998 (Vol. 16, Issue 15)
American Back Society Meets in San Francisco, Part II
March 23, 1998 (Vol. 16, Issue 07)
American Back Society Meets in San Francisco
January 26, 1998 (Vol. 16, Issue 03)
Toward an Intentional Chiropractic: The Economics of Destruction
December 1, 1999 (Vol. 17, Issue 25)
Confessions of a Mild-Mannered, Part-Time, Mom-and-Pop Chiropractor
October 4, 1999 (Vol. 17, Issue 21)
Start Points in ROM Measurement: Not a Trivial Problem
September 6, 1999 (Vol. 17, Issue 19)
Specificity Failure and Petrified Thought
June 14, 1999 (Vol. 17, Issue 13)
American Back Society Meets in Las Vegas: Part II
April 19, 1999 (Vol. 17, Issue 09)
American Back Society Meets in Las Vegas, Part I
February 22, 1999 (Vol. 17, Issue 05)
On Wedge Angles and Stuff
January 1, 1999 (Vol. 17, Issue 01)
Twice Upon a Time, in St. Louis . . .
November 15, 2000 (Vol. 18, Issue 24)
The Technique Committee of the ACC
August 6, 2000 (Vol. 18, Issue 17)
American Back Society: Millennium Meeting Sums It All Up, Part III
May 29, 2000 (Vol. 18, Issue 12)
American Back Society: Millennium Meeting Sums It All Up, Part II
May 15, 2000 (Vol. 18, Issue 11)
American Back Society: Millennium Meeting Sums It All Up
February 21, 2000 (Vol. 18, Issue 05)
What's Going on with "The Table"...
November 19, 2001 (Vol. 19, Issue 24)
The Listings Continuum: Driving a Truck through a Paradox
September 24, 2001 (Vol. 19, Issue 20)
Report of the American Back Society Meeting in Vancouver (Part II)
May 21, 2001 (Vol. 19, Issue 11)
American Back Society Meeting: Vancouver, Dec. 7-9, 2000 (Part I)
February 12, 2001 (Vol. 19, Issue 04)
Growing Pains? We Don't Think So!
September 13, 2002 (Vol. 20, Issue 19)
American Back Society Meets in Orlando, Part II
July 1, 2002 (Vol. 20, Issue 14)
The ABS Meets in Orlando, Part I of II
June 3, 2002 (Vol. 20, Issue 12)
Once Upon a Time in Chiropractic Research
October 6, 2003 (Vol. 21, Issue 21)
Derifield and Me
June 30, 2003 (Vol. 21, Issue 14)
Mortimer Levine and the Spirits of Chiropractors Past
April 21, 2003 (Vol. 21, Issue 09)
Twenty-Nine Years Ago in Chiropractic
February 10, 2003 (Vol. 21, Issue 04)
