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April 1993 (Vol. 11, Issue 9)

Diagnosis & Diagnostic Equip
Visual Analog and Numeric Rating Scales
Brad McKechnie, DC, DACAN

News / Profession
Chiropractic Centennial Foundation to Benefit from New Series of Foot Levelers Seminars
Half of All Seminar Fees Will Go to the CCF and Chiropractic Colleges
Editorial Staff

Philosophy
Round 14 of a 15-Round Fight -- We Need a Knockout Punch
Chester Wilk, DC

Vitamins / Supplements
A Quick Review of Vitamin Toxicity, Part II
Water-Soluble Vitamins
G. Douglas Andersen, DC, DACBSP, CCN

News / Profession
AMA Challenges Chiropractic Profession
It's Time to Put Up or Shut Up!
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
AMA Calls on Government to Prevent DCs Harming Patients
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
CARE Update
CARE Told to "Cease and Desist" in Five States
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
California Chiropractic Assoc. Update
CCA Holds Legislative Conference
Editorial Staff

Chiropractic (General)
Health Care Task Force Reps Hear Chiropractic's Side
Dr. Lawrence Goes to Washington
Dana Lawrence, DC, M. Med. Ed., MA

News / Profession
Frank B. Hall Asks for Fair Treatment
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
Straight Colleges Apply for CCE Recognition
Chiropractic Educational Unity in Sight
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
You Asked for It ...
Editorial Staff

Chiropractic (General)
The Good Work of DCs -- A follow-up on the JCDA's Negative Stereotyping of Chiropractors

Billing / Fees / Insurance
Health Care by Computer
Welcome to the 21st Century
Donald Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h)

Philosophy
IQ -- Interesting Quote
Editorial Staff

Philosophy
Dispelling Some Myths About Old Dad Chiro
Joseph Keating Jr., PhD

Your Practice / Business
Personal Questions
Linda Elyad, DC

Chiropractic (General)
National Health Reform Still Top Washington Priority
Larry D. Meyers, ICA Senate Lobbyist

Pediatrics
Learning Together
Cow's Milk Revisited
Lendon H. Smith, MD

Chiropractic (General)
Do the Right Thing
The View from Oregon
J. Michael Burke, DC

Sports / Exercise / Fitness
Therapeutic Exercise in the Chiropractic Practice, Part II
Michael P. Thille, DC

News / Profession
Iranian Chiropractic Association Formed
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
Hearing Broadcast Nationwide on C-SPAN
Editorial Staff

Your Practice / Business
Financially Free in '93
Stanley Greenfield, RHU

Education & Seminars
Who Should You Believe
Terry Elder, DC

Philosophy
We Get Letters

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)