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October 2008 (Vol. 26, Issue 21)

News / Profession
Appreciating the Skills and Services You Provide
Amid ongoing AMA efforts to restrict chiropractic and other non-MD/DO professions, an orthopedic surgeon speaks out.
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
Taking Aim at Big Pharma
"NEJM" amicus brief supports failure-to-warn claims against Wyeth Labs.
Tina Beychok

Education & Seminars
When Chiropractic Meets Public Health
San Diego hosts this year’s annual meeting of the APHA.
John Stites, DC, DACBR

Education & Seminars
Orlando Hosts Third Chiropractic Summit
Editorial Staff

Herbs/ Teas & Homeopathy
Caffeine and Diuresis
G. Douglas Andersen, DC, DACBSP, CCN

Chiropractic Techniques
Non-Dermatomal Findings, Differential Straight-Leg-Raising Tests and Other Waddell Signs
Arthur Croft, DC, MS, MPH, FACO

Back Pain
The Fountain of Youth for the Lower Back
Acute and Chronic Case Presentations
Mark C. Yezak, DC; Andrew Varaday, MD, DABR; Jill Elder, BS, MHA

Philosophy
Chiropractic Summit Promotes Unity
Kent Greenawalt

Education & Seminars
Pearls From the Task Force on Neck Pain
Warren Hammer, MS, DC, DABCO

Philosophy
Where's the Evidence for Evidence-Based Chiropractic?
Christopher Kent, DC, Esq.

Your Practice / Business
An Environment Ready for Your Clinical Competency
Steven Kraus, DC, DIBCN, CCSP, FASA, FICC

Chiropractic (General)
Looking Back: 2003
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
Looking Forward to the Future of Chiropractic
National Board of Chiropractic Examiners: 25-Year Perspective
Vernon Temple, DC, DABCO

Women's Health
Counseling Patients About Calcium Requirements for Their Teenage Daughters
Prevent Osteoporosis Down the Road
James P. Meschino, DC, MS

News / Profession
News in Brief
Editorial Staff

Your Practice / Business
Mastering Your Report of Findings
Perry Nickelston, DC, FMS, SFMA

Your Practice / Business
It IS What You Know…
Donald Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h)

News / Profession
Politics – Can It Get Any Stranger?
Louis Sportelli, DC

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)