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August 2008 (Vol. 26, Issue 17)

News / Profession
A Moment of Silence for Mary Ann Chance, DC
Editorial Staff

Your Practice / Business
Problems With Medicare Reimbursement
Samuel A. Collins

Chiropractic (General)
Matters of the Human Intervertebral Disc and Spinal Column in the Forensic Context
Arthur Croft, DC, MS, MPH, FACO

Education & Seminars
Examining Exams - Are They Reliable?
Christopher Kent, DC, Esq.

Your Practice / Business
A Campaign for Progress
Kent Greenawalt

Sports / Exercise / Fitness
Tidbits About Shoulder Injuries in Golfers
Warren Hammer, MS, DC, DABCO

Chiropractic (General)
JMPT Abstracts for June 2008 - Volume 31 - Issue 5

Your Practice / Business
Is It Integration or Not? Defining True Clinic Integration
Steven Kraus, DC, DIBCN, CCSP, FASA, FICC

Chiropractic (General)
Looking Back: 1999

Chiropractic (General)
Looking Forward to the Future of Chiropractic
The Establishment of Cultural Authority for Spinal Disorders
Scott Haldeman, DC, MD, PhD

Chronic / Acute Conditions
Helping Your Patients Prevent Mental Decline and Alzheimer's
James P. Meschino, DC, MS

Education & Seminars
National to Offer Its Chiropractic Degree in Florida
Partnership with St. Petersburg College takes the profession one step closer to inclusion at a major public university.
Peter W. Crownfield

News / Profession
News in Brief
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
Palmer DCs Are Detained in Brazil
Physiotherapy leaders force police action in continuing fight to have chiropractic declared a specialty of physiotherapy.
Kathryn Feather

Rehab / Recovery / Physiotherapy
PTs Attempt to Make Chiropractic Their Own
Donald Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h)

Your Practice / Business
Postpayment Audits
Costing Chiropractors Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars
Guy Annunziata, DC

News / Profession
Sherman Placed on Probation for One Year
Editorial Staff

Chiropractic (General)
We Get Letters & E-Mail

Personal Injury / Legal
Herbal Supplement Industry Fights Back
Company files suit against the FTC to protect right to share historical use claims with consumers.
Editorial Staff

Vitamins / Supplements
Top 10 Myths About Vitamin D
Jared Skowron, ND

Weight Loss / Eating Habits
Sugar-Sweetened Drinks and Weight Gain: More Evidence

Herbs/ Teas & Homeopathy
Korean Ginseng and Erectile Dysfunction
A Review of Recent Research
Kerry Bone, BSc (hons), Dipl. Phyto.

Pediatrics
New Research on the Benefits of Breast Milk
Editorial Staff

Trending
Carpal Tunnel / Extremities / Neuropathy
Unlock Relief: Nerve Flossing for CTS
Unlock Relief: Nerve Flossing for CTS

It is estimated that 61% of patients with CTS avoid taking surgical options due to postoperative complications and costly surgical procedures. Chiropractic care offers a comprehensive and effective treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome, addressing the condition from multiple angles. Recent studies also have unveiled a game-changing adjunct to chiropractic treatments for CTS: nerve flossing.

Charles Annunziata, DC, CFMP
Diagnosis & Diagnostic Equip
Dynamic Diagnosis: A Look at Romberg’s Test and Patient Safety
Dynamic Diagnosis: A Look at Romberg’s Test and Patient Safety

The Romberg test is a neurological procedure used to assess balance and can be used to gauge a patient’s risk of falling. Unfortunately, the test itself is a fall risk. The fall risk is not huge, and falls are not frequent. However, I have encountered a few situations that have influenced how I use and teach the test.

K. Jeffrey Miller, DC, MBA
News / Profession
A Chiropractic Therapist Profession in the United States?
A Chiropractic Therapist Profession in the United States?

Sadly, Japan now has over 12,000 chiropractic therapists (Zenkenkai/JCA chiropractors), dramatically outnumbering the fewer than 700 DCs who have graduated from accredited chiropractic educational programs. These chiropractic therapists have a clear economic and political advantage that makes appropriate chiropractic legislation nearly impossible. What if this same thing happenened in the U.S.?

Donald Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h)