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December 2008 (Vol. 26, Issue 25)

Education & Seminars
Advanced Nursing Degrees for DCs
How would it impact your practice and the profession?
Editorial Staff

Sports / Exercise / Fitness
NFL Legend to Promote Chiropractic
Kent Greenawalt

News / Profession
Medicare and the Chiropractic Practice
Part 1: Top 10 Medicare Myths and Facts
Editorial Staff

Health & Wellness / Lifestyle
Dawn of a New Era of Wellness Integration
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
A Tremendous Loss
Remembering Charles “Tremendous” Jones
Louis Sportelli, DC

Nutrition / Detoxification
Ayurvedic Supplements and Toxicity
G. Douglas Andersen, DC, DACBSP, CCN

Your Practice / Business
Buying an Existing Practice Versus Starting One From Scratch
Mark A. King, DC; Steve W. King, DC

Your Practice / Business
Denial for Services Done by Staff
Samuel A. Collins

Your Practice / Business
The Power of the Electronic Age
Arlan Fuhr, DC

Chiropractic Techniques
New Positions for Treatment of Tight Posterior Shoulder Capsule
Warren Hammer, MS, DC, DABCO

Chiropractic Techniques
Into the Fray: Medicolegal Testimony
John R. Bomar, DC

Your Practice / Business
Going Paperless, Part 2: Lessons From the Summit
Steven Kraus, DC, DIBCN, CCSP, FASA, FICC

Chiropractic (General)
Looking Back: 2007
Editorial Staff

Chiropractic (General)
Looking Forward to the Future of Chiropractic
Embracing the Chiropractic Journey
Fabrizio Mancini, DC

Chiropractic Techniques
Local Stabilizer Rehabilitation: Myths and Understandings
Marc Heller, DC

Nutrition / Detoxification
Essential Fats for Child Brain Development
DHA: Important During Pregnancy and Lactation
James P. Meschino, DC, MS

Chiropractic Techniques
Muscle Activation Concepts
Jeffrey Tucker, DC, DACRB

Your Practice / Business
Are You Ready for Electronic Personal Health Records?
Ready or Not, Here They Come…
Donald Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h)

Chiropractic (General)
Some Lumbar Differentials
Douglas R. Briggs, DC, Dipl. Ac. (IAMA), DAAPM, EMT; Kymberlie S. Combs, LMT

Chiropractic (General)
We Get Letters & Email
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)