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September 1997 (Vol. 15, Issue 20)

News / Profession
What Is the Value of Back Schools?
Findings of New Study May Surprise You
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
Governor Pataki Signs NY Chiropractic Equality Bill
Editorial Staff

Philosophy
Fear Factor Foretells Future: Fortune or Failure?
Robert D. Borman

Women's Health
DC On-Line (Chiropractic Research)
Brian Sutton, DC

Pediatrics
The Damaging Effects of Secondhand Smoke to Children
Claudia Anrig, DC

News / Profession
Endowing the Chiropractic Bicentennial
Final Meeting of the Chiropractic Centennial Foundation
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
Janet Travell, MD -- Reflections
Craig Liebenson, DC

Sports / Exercise / Fitness
Sports Tuina and the Treatment for Foot Conditions Associated with Hyperpronation

Pediatrics
Joint Pain in Children, Part IV: Lyme Disease
Deborah Pate, DC, DACBR

News / Profession
Quiet Heroes
Editorial Staff

Sports / Exercise / Fitness
Journal of Manipulative Physiological Therapeutics
September 1997 - Volume 20 - Number 7
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
Netiquette: Minding Your Manners Online and the Art of E-mail
Michael Devitt

Chiropractic (General)
It's What We Do
Mark A. King, DC

Chiropractic (General)
Kaiser's Continuing Ed. TV Program Examines Chiropractic
Malik Slosberg, DC, MS

News / Profession
Institute for Health Freedom Now on the Web
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
Sorry, New York, We Goofed
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
Office of Alternative Medicine Goes Online
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
Routine Use of Antibiotics for Otitis Media Unproven, Concludes International Researchers
Clinicians Should Immediately Reconsider Routine Use, Asserts BMJ Paper
Editorial Staff

Education & Seminars
Chiropractic Developments in East Asia
Phillip S. Ebrall

Chiropractic (General)
Ten Theses on the Tyranny of Unfettered Factoids
Robert Cooperstein, MA, DC

Diagnosis & Diagnostic Equip
A Mathematical Basis for Defining Vertebral Subluxations and Their Correction
John A. Dulhunty

News / Profession
The Ammunition You've Always Wanted
Editorial Staff

Sports / Exercise / Fitness
Lower Leg Pain: Part II

Philosophy
We Get Letters & E-Mail

Diagnosis & Diagnostic Equip
Diagnosis of Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction by Palpation
Warren Hammer, MS, DC, DABCO

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)