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March 1994 (Vol. 12, Issue 7)

Billing / Fees / Insurance
A Matter of Ethics
Arnold Cianciulli, BS,DC,MS,FICC,FACC

Chiropractic (General)
Chiropractic Goes to the Odessa-Pirogov Medical Institute in Ukraine
Thomas Bache-Wiig

Back Pain
Occipitalization of the Atlas
Brad McKechnie, DC, DACAN

Billing / Fees / Insurance
Chiropractic Scope of Practice, Part III
Craig Nelson, DC, Associate Professor Wolf-Harris Clinical Research Center, Northwestern College of Chiropractic

News / Profession
California College News
Palmer College of Chiropractic West
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
CCF Historical Research Awards Announced
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
Consumer Reports Looks at AMA Ad Campaign
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
Palmer Administrators Meet with President Clinton
Editorial Staff

Personal Injury / Legal
HMO Hit for $89,100,000
Shawn Steel, JD

Musculoskeletal Pain
Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Abstracts for March/April 1994
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
A Moment of Silence
Walter Vern Pierce, DC
Editorial Staff

Back Pain
Spinal Manipulation May Help Reduce Spinal Degenerative Joint Disease and Disability, Part I
James Brantingham, DC, CCF  ; Randy Snyder, DC, CCFC; David Biedebach, DC, CCFC

Philosophy
Dental Discrimination: Is this Wilk et al., II?

Philosophy
Those Funny MDs
Another Lesson Learned at Their Expense
Donald Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h)

Health & Wellness / Lifestyle
Chiropractic Perspectives on Bloodborne Pathogens
Elizabeth Olsen, RN, DC

Chiropractic (General)
IQ -- Interesting Quotes
Editorial Staff

Your Practice / Business
If you cannot reproduce the patient's signs and symptoms should you treat them anyway?
What do you do in your office?

Philosophy
Presidents' Forum
Reed Phillips, DC, PhD

Your Practice / Business
Gems
Stanley Greenfield, RHU

Philosophy
We Get Letters & E-Mail

Soft Tissue / Trigger Points
Why Did Dan Jansen Slip in the 500 Meters?
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)