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August 2014 (Vol. 32, Issue 15)

Personal Injury / Legal
Not Another Typical Drug Company Lawsuit
Monopolizing pain relief by expanding the opioid market? A tale of gross deception.
Editorial Staff

Sports / Exercise / Fitness
Super Bowl Chiropractor
Q&A with Seattle Seahawks team DC Jim Kurtz.

Chiropractic (General)
F4CP: New Campaign to Promote Chiropractic as a Career
Editorial Staff

Chiropractic (General)
Talking to Skeptical MDs: "Just the Facts, Ma'am"
Donald Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h)

Sports / Exercise / Fitness
Post-Concussion Patient Care: Relevance of the Chiropractic Adjustment
Charles Masarsky, DC, FICA

Rehab / Recovery / Physiotherapy
The Gluteal-Knee Connection
William E. Morgan, DC; Amin Javid, DC

Chronic / Acute Conditions
Primary Lateral Sclerosis: A Condition With a Chiropractic Connection
Nancy Martin-Molina, DC, QME, MBA, CCSP

Chiropractic (General)
Advice for Young Doctors
K. Jeffrey Miller, DC, MBA

Marketing / Office / Staff
Offline Marketing Techniques: Opportunities to Help Grow Your Business
Daniel Ruscigno

Weight Loss / Eating Habits
Healing With Simple, Healthy Food
Aimée Gould Shunney, ND

Sports / Exercise / Fitness
Getting Athletes Back in the Game: Low-Level Laser Therapy for Sports Injuries
Robert Silverman, DC, MS, CCN, CSCS

Diagnosis & Diagnostic Equip
Resolving Medial Arch Suspicions: The Navicular Drop Test
Mark Charrette, DC

Chiropractic (General)
Looking Back: Abstracts From Chiropractic History
Summer 2014 Issue

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)