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September 2008 (Vol. 26, Issue 20)

News / Profession
Recognizing the Value of Chiropractic for Chronic Pain
Unlike previous editions, the latest ACOEM occupational medicine guidelines actually recommend spinal manipulation.
Tina Beychok

News / Profession
Brazilian Chiros Take Action Against PTs
Injunction filed to stop weekend certificate course in chiropractic.
Kathryn Feather

News / Profession
Life Signs $71.5 Million Bond Deal
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
A Significant Year in Politics
The chiropractic profession has much to gain - and lose - depending on how things play out in November.
Editorial Staff

Orthotics & Orthopeadics
Osteoarthritis and Knee Pain
Manuel Duarte, DC, DABCO, DACBSP, CSCS

Acupuncture & Acupressure
Who Owns Acupuncture? Can It Be Owned?
John Amaro, LAc, DC, Dipl. Ac.(NCCAOM), Dipl.Med.Ac.(IAMA)

Billing / Fees / Insurance
Coding for Active Care
Samuel A. Collins

Health & Wellness / Lifestyle
25th Anniversary Meeting of the American Back Society, Las Vegas 2008
Robert Cooperstein, MA, DC; Michael Lord

Patient Education
Pain in the Brain, Part 2
Edgar Romero, DC, DACNB

Rehab / Recovery / Physiotherapy
Decompression Facts, Myths and Hyperbole, Part 3
James Edwards, DC; Cynthia Vaughn, DC, FICC

Your Practice / Business
Savvy Secrets of the Successful CA
Michelle Geller-Vino, CA

Soft Tissue / Trigger Points
Things I Have Learned: Keep It Cool
Douglas R. Briggs, DC, Dipl. Ac. (IAMA), DAAPM, EMT; Kymberlie S. Combs, LMT

Your Practice / Business
Supersize Your Cash Fund!
Stanley Greenfield, RHU

Health & Wellness / Lifestyle
Looking Back: 2002
Editorial Staff

Philosophy
Looking Forward to the Future of Chiropractic
Michael Pedigo, DC

Rehab / Recovery / Physiotherapy
Marketing a Spine Practice
Craig Liebenson, DC

Vitamins / Supplements
The Long and the Short of Omega-3 Nutrition
John Maher, DC, DCBCN, BCIM

Chiropractic (General)
Your Other Muscles
Charles Masarsky, DC, FICA

Philosophy
What Is the Future of Health Care, and What Are We Doing?
Robert Mootz, DC

Philosophy
Places of Our Own
Donald Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h)

Education & Seminars
FCER and Educational Consulting
Reed Phillips, DC, PhD

Philosophy
We Get Letters & E-Mail

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)