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May 2015 (Vol. 33, Issue 9)

Health & Wellness / Lifestyle
Trouble in the Wellness Waters?
Lifestyle medicine and how we could lose wellness care to the MD market.
Donald Hayes, DC

Women's Health
Make Every Day Mother's Day
Doing What's Best for Mom & the Family
Kent Greenawalt

Education & Seminars
Applauding a Legacy of Leadership
A Moment of Silence for Dr. John Miller
Editorial Staff

Software / Hardware
Apple Takes a Bite Out of Research
Will an App Tell Your Patients They Need to Be Adjusted?
Donald Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h)

Politics / Government / Legislation
If Your Pro-Chiropractic Governor Resigned, Would You Be Prepared?
Vern Saboe Jr., DC, DACAN, FICC, DABFP

Rehab / Recovery / Physiotherapy
Functional Impingement of the Hip (Part 2): Rehab Exercises
Marc Heller, DC

Health & Wellness / Lifestyle
Teach Your Patients About External Healing Applications
Natural Remedies: Poultices, Compresses and Wraps
Claudia Anrig, DC

Patient Education
Talking to Patients About Medial Branch Neurotomy (Part 2)
Ronald Fudala, DC, DACAN

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)