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February 2010 (Vol. 28, Issue 5)

Herbs/ Teas & Homeopathy
Ginkgo Biloba and Alzheimer's Disease
G. Douglas Andersen, DC, DACBSP, CCN

Billing / Fees / Insurance
How to Retain More of Your Medicare Money, Part 2
The Treatment Plan
Ronald Short, DC, MCS-P

Chiropractic (General)
New Practice Statute in New Jersey
Revises state's outdated chiropractic scope-of-practice law.
Editorial Staff

Headaches & Migraines
Treating TMD With Chiropractic: Here Comes the Research
Editorial Staff

Patient Education
Patients (Eventually) Become What They Read
Donald Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h)

Chiropractic (General)
Chiropractic Around the World: WFC Quarterly Country Reports

Politics / Government / Legislation
Time for Health Education Reform
Meridel I. Gatterman, MA, DC, MEd

Musculoskeletal Pain
Proximal Tibiofibular Joint Dysfunction
Manuel Duarte, DC, DABCO, DACBSP, CSCS

Chiropractic Techniques
Chiropractic Care of Cervical Stenosis With Hemiangioma
Nancy Martin-Molina, DC, QME, MBA, CCSP

Nutrition / Detoxification
Super Breakfasts for Blood Sugar Balance
John Maher, DC, DCBCN, BCIM

Billing / Fees / Insurance
The "Perfect" SOAP Note: A Chiropractic Holy Grail
Tom Necela, DC

Diagnosis & Diagnostic Equip
An Important Shoulder Test Not Often Used
Warren Hammer, MS, DC, DABCO

Diagnosis & Diagnostic Equip
Managing Chronic Neck Pain: Screening and Exercise Protocols
Jasper Sidhu, BSc, DC

Your Practice / Business
Proper Focus Leads to Clinical and Practice Excellence
Mark A. King, DC; Steve W. King, DC

Chiropractic (General)
State Board Bullies: Lessons Learned
James Edwards, DC

Health & Wellness / Lifestyle
Turning Vision Into Opportunity
An Interview With Dr. Scott Donkin
Joseph J. Sweere, DC, DABCO, DACBOH, FICC

Chiropractic Techniques
The Coccyx Revisited: External and Internal Exam Correction Procedures
Marc Heller, DC

Diagnosis & Diagnostic Equip
The Reference Range Is Not Normal
Daniel Hough, DC

Acupuncture Techniques
The Ultimate Acupuncture Point Formula for Relieving Low Back Pain
John Amaro, LAc, DC, Dipl. Ac.(NCCAOM), Dipl.Med.Ac.(IAMA)

Chiropractic (General)
The FCP: Raising the Bar in 2010
And Looking Back at a Productive 2009
Kent Greenawalt

Billing / Fees / Insurance
How Patients Are Taking Charge of Their Own Health Records
The Power of the PHR and What It Means to You
Steven Kraus, DC, DIBCN, CCSP, FASA, FICC

Diagnosis & Diagnostic Equip
Conversion Disorder: A Mixed Bag of Symptoms
Richard Beck, DC

Chiropractic (General)
The Challenge of Chiropractic Integration
David J. Brunarski, DC, MSc, FCCS(C)

Chiropractic (General)
News in Brief
Editorial Staff

Chiropractic (General)
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)