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June 2010 (Vol. 28, Issue 12)

Philosophy
Sickness Cartel Shows No Signs of Slowing
With revenues expected to keep climbing despite recalls and fines, will chiropractic ever be able to break Big Pharma's grip?
Peter W. Crownfield

Chiropractic Techniques
Pro-Solutions Settles With Texas DC
Suits still in progress in several other states.
Editorial Staff

Marketing / Office / Staff
7 Things to Remove From Your Office
Tom Necela, DC

Billing / Fees / Insurance
How to Retain More of Your Medicare Money, Part 5
Protecting Yourself
Ronald Short, DC, MCS-P

Chiropractic (General)
Priceless Promotion: MasterCard Features Chiropractic in Ad
Donald Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h)

Your Practice / Business
Regaining Emotional Vitality: Three Doctors, Three Challenges, Three Strategies
Shelley Simon, RN, DC, MPH, EdD

Pediatrics
Research That Focuses on the Family
Claudia Anrig, DC

Chronic / Acute Conditions
The Neuromuscular Neutral Zone, Dynamic Stability, and Injury/Pain in the Course of Everyday Activity
Malik Slosberg, DC, MS

Nutrition / Detoxification
Soy and Breast Cancer
G. Douglas Andersen, DC, DACBSP, CCN

Your Practice / Business
Money: Use It or Lose It
Tomas McFie, DC, PhD

Diagnosis & Diagnostic Equip
The Case of the Weak Lady, Part 1
Edgar Romero, DC, DACNB

Chiropractic (General)
Comparative Effectiveness Research: No Longer Stuck in Neutral
Anthony Rosner, PhD, LLD [Hon.], LLC

Patient Education
Caught in the Web: Patient Reliance on the Internet for Health Information
John Hanks, DC

Chiropractic (General)
News in Brief
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)