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August 2012 (Vol. 30, Issue 17)

Billing / Fees / Insurance
Billing for Elastic Therapeutic Taping
Samuel A. Collins

Education & Seminars
End of an Era in Chiropractic Education
NUHS President Dr. James Winterstein to retire in 2013.
Editorial Staff

Pediatrics
Removing Toxins to Treat Teen Arthritis
Van Merkle, DC, CCN, DCBCN, DABCI

Health & Wellness / Lifestyle
Completing the Wellness Circle
Donald Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h)

Chiropractic Techniques
A Nonsurgical Approach for Treating Meniscus Injury
Warren Hammer, MS, DC, DABCO

Chiropractic Techniques
Think Outside the Box and the Spine (Part 4): The Hips
Kevin M. Wong, DC

Education & Seminars
Higher Education: The Next Bubble?
Christopher Kent, DC, Esq.

Marketing / Office / Staff
Keeping Hands Out of the Cookie Jar: How to Avoid Practice Embezzlement
Mark Sanna, DC, ACRB Level II, FICC

Weight Loss / Eating Habits
The Foods Cancer Loves
Many of your patients are pursuing cancer as a dietary goal - and don't even know it.
David Seaman, DC, MS, DABCN

Vitamins / Supplements
Celiac Disease Patients Benefit From B-Vitamin Supplementation
James P. Meschino, DC, MS

Herbs/ Teas & Homeopathy
Are Auto-Immune Herbs Safe During Auto-Immune Disease?
Kerry Bone, BSc (hons), Dipl. Phyto.

Sports / Exercise / Fitness
Primal Rolling Patterns for Core Sequencing and Development
Perry Nickelston, DC, FMS, SFMA

Marketing / Office / Staff
You Are Your Own PR Firm – What Message Are You Sending?
Kent Greenawalt

Chiropractic (General)
Going Beyond the Feel Good
Douglas R. Briggs, DC, Dipl. Ac. (IAMA), DAAPM, EMT

Chiropractic (General)
News in Brief

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)