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November 1993 (Vol. 11, Issue 23)

Your Practice / Business
No Brakes
William Esteb

News / Profession
New CCF Institutional Member
Editorial Staff

Sports / Exercise / Fitness
DCs Visit Chinese National Olympic Training Center
Spencer Baron, DC, DACBSP

News / Profession
FACE Challenges Logan College
$75,000 Matching Research Grant Largest in Logan's History
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
"Hooked on Health" -- the Largest Gathering of Chiro Patients Ever!
An event so big, it had to be held in the Nassau Coliseum
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
PMA on Trial in California
Jury Renders Verdict -- Judge to Decide Enforcement of PMA Contracts
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
Nat'l Chiro Health Care Advisory Committee Submits Nondiscriminatory Clause to Health Proposal
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
N.Y. Chiropractic Council Lets the Public Know
New York Times and Home Shopping Network
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
News from Western States Chiropractic College
Editorial Staff

Chiropractic (General)
Imagine
Donald Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h)

Back Pain
I.Q. -- Interesting Quotes
Editorial Staff

Chiropractic (General)
Are You an RD?

News / Profession
California Forum
Editorial Staff

Chiropractic (General)
SLOW PROGRESS
Joseph Keating Jr., PhD

Your Practice / Business
Society of Chiropractic Management Consultants CAN Do the Job
Linda Elyad, DC

Your Practice / Business
Answers to Every Patient Question
Mary Goble

Chronic / Acute Conditions
Chiropractic and Infectious Disease: Expanding the Viewpoint, Part I
Michael A. Schmidt, BS, DC, CCN

News / Profession
Palmer College Celebrates Founder's Day
Editorial Staff

Your Practice / Business
Better Care, More Cheaply: The Advent of Practice Guidelines
Robert Cooperstein, MA, DC

News / Profession
Washington State's Depart. of Labor and Industry Selects DC as Assoc. Med. Dir. for Chiropractic
Editorial Staff

Your Practice / Business
Cover Your Asset
Stanley Greenfield, RHU

Chiropractic (General)
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)