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March 2010 (Vol. 28, Issue 7)

Billing / Fees / Insurance
Medicare Patients Give Chiropractic High Marks
Results from demonstration project suggest feasibility of expanding chiropractic services in the Medicare program.
Peter W. Crownfield

Politics / Government / Legislation
Michigan Gets New Scope Law
Editorial Staff

Billing / Fees / Insurance
Medicare and the Chiropractic Practice, Part 5
More Information About Medicare Audits
Ritch Miller, DC

Diagnosis & Diagnostic Equip
Muscle Imbalance: The Goodheart and Janda Models
Scott Cuthbert, DC

Health & Wellness / Lifestyle
Teach Wellness and They Will Come
Donald Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h)

Your Practice / Business
Coaching Patients Toward a Healthier Future
Shelley Simon, RN, DC, MPH, EdD

Chiropractic (General)
Strokes: Causalities and Logical Fallacies
Christopher Kent, DC, Esq.

Personal Injury / Legal
Accurate Prognosis in Personal-Injury Cases Using George's Line
Steven Eggleston, DC, Esq.

Soft Tissue / Trigger Points
First Multidisciplinary U.S. Soft-Tissue Conference
Warren Hammer, MS, DC, DABCO

Your Practice / Business
10 Ways to Improve Your Practice Using Little or No Money
Gilles Lamarche, DC

Chronic / Acute Conditions
Hemisphericity
Edgar Romero, DC, DACNB

Allergies / Asthma
The Case Against Casein
Claudia Anrig, DC

Billing / Fees / Insurance
Meaningful Use of Health Information Technology, Part 1
Steven Kraus, DC, DIBCN, CCSP, FASA, FICC

Rehab / Recovery / Physiotherapy
Steps to Successful Rehabilitation, Part 3
Aerobic Exercise
K. Jeffrey Miller, DC, MBA

Billing / Fees / Insurance
Insurance Waivers and Maintenance Treatment
Samuel A. Collins

Chiropractic (General)
Elevating the Delivery of Chiropractic Care
David J. Brunarski, DC, MSc, FCCS(C)

Nutrition / Detoxification
Top Foods That Fight Cancer
James P. Meschino, DC, MS

Marketing / Office / Staff
Passion = Productivity = Profit
Michelle Geller-Vino, CA

Philosophy
Don't Worry, Be Happy
John Hanks, DC

Philosophy
Chiropractic Needs an Adjustment, Not Drugs
Judy Nutz Campanale, DC, ACP

Chronic / Acute Conditions
The Excuse of Genetics
Douglas R. Briggs, DC, Dipl. Ac. (IAMA), DAAPM, EMT

Chiropractic Techniques
Sacral vs. Lumbar Decompression Traction
Joseph D. Kurnik, DC

Chiropractic (General)
News in Brief
Editorial Staff

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)