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July 2012 (Vol. 30, Issue 16)

Pain Relief / Prevention
Putting National Focus on the Pain Problem
NIH establishes 11 university-based pain centers to better educate health care professionals on effective pain management.
Peter W. Crownfield

Politics / Government / Legislation
Avoiding the NRCME Trapdoor
Don't take the competency requirements lightly.
Clinton M. Smith, DC

Billing / Fees / Insurance
Worker's Comp Costs Call for Chiropractic
Anthony Rosner, PhD, LLD [Hon.], LLC

Chiropractic (General)
Why You Need to Join World Spine Care
Donald Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h)

X-ray / Imaging / MRI
SCuBA: A Useful Mnemonic for Reading Skeletal X-Rays
K. Jeffrey Miller, DC, MBA

Pain Relief / Prevention
When Patellofemoral Pain Meets Conservative Care
Thomas Michaud, DC

Personal Injury / Legal
Are IME and Peer-Review Doctors Accountable in the Doctor-Patient Relationship? (Part 2)
Mark Studin, DC, FPSC, FASBE(C), DAAPM

Vitamins / Supplements
Vitamin C and Blood Pressure
G. Douglas Andersen, DC, DACBSP, CCN

Back Pain
More Low Back Explorations: Disc vs. Facet vs. Sacroiliac
Marc Heller, DC

Chiropractic (General)
Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
June 2012 Abstracts Volume 35, Issue 5

Education & Seminars
Who's Watching the Hen House?
Stephen M. Perle, DC, MS

Acupuncture & Acupressure
Improving Treatment Outcomes by Understanding the Physiology of Acupuncture
Mark Kestner, DC, FIAMA, CCSP, CSCS

Nutrition / Detoxification
Helping Families Get the Nutrition They Need: The Art of Juicing (and Pureeing)
Claudia Anrig, DC

Politics / Government / Legislation
Unraveling Health Care Reform and Identifying Our Opportunities
Guy Riekeman, DC, President, Life University

Sports / Exercise / Fitness
Elbow Overuse Injury in an Adolescent Female Tennis Player
Nancy Martin-Molina, DC, QME, MBA, CCSP

Pain Relief / Prevention
Chiropractic and Surgery: Separate, But Not Divided
Brian Capaldi, DC

Chiropractic (General)
News in Brief
Editorial Staff

Chiropractic (General)
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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)