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April 1992 (Vol. 10, Issue 8)

News / Profession
Cost of Care Project: Chiropractic vs. Medical Costs
Editorial Staff

Chiropractic Techniques
Manipulation under Anesthesia: Neurological Effects of Different Modes of Anesthesia
Brad McKechnie, DC, DACAN

News / Profession
"NBC News" Looks at MUA
Medical Editor Finds MUA Controversial, Potentially Dangerous, and Lacking Research: "But Some Patients Show Remarkable Results"
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
Consumer Reports On Health Assesses Chiropractic
Barbara Migliaccio

News / Profession
"Good Morning America" Reports on Chiropractic
Barbara Migliaccio

News / Profession
Congressional Hearing on Commissioning DCs Set
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
The Kimbles Donate $100,000 to Fund Clinical Study
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
ABC's News Program Questions Cost and Safety Based on Absence of Research
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
PMA Loses Attempt to Move Venue to Florida
Judge Determines PMA Doing Business in Massachusetts
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
Is the Purchase of Chiropractic Practices by CliniCorp/PMA Illegal?
California Board's Executive Director Gives Her Opinion
Editorial Staff

Chiropractic (General)
Chiropractic Strives to Reach Primary Status
Steve Kelly, managing editor

Chiropractic (General)
Visual Recovery Following Chiropractic Care -- Part II

Chiropractic (General)
Dr. Mager's Account of the "20/20" Filming
Deborah Ann Mager, DC

Chiropractic (General)
Making It Happen
The Power of Decision
Donald Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h)

Your Practice / Business
Prevention of HIV and Hepatitis B Transmission in the Chiropractic Setting
Elizabeth Olsen, RN, DC

News / Profession
1992 ICSM Is Chicago Bound
Editorial Staff

Soft Tissue / Trigger Points
Why Should I Learn "Meridian Therapy"?
John Amaro, LAc, DC, Dipl. Ac.(NCCAOM), Dipl.Med.Ac.(IAMA)

Chiropractic (General)
What If ...?

Health & Wellness / Lifestyle
Health Styles -- Are We Any Better Now?
Lendon H. Smith, MD

Chiropractic (General)
Serving the Neediest
Mike Greenberg, DC

News / Profession
LACCS Collects Nearly 70,000 Pounds of Food for LIFE
Editorial Staff

Back Pain
Highlights of the Fall Symposium on Back Pain
Robert Anderson, DC,MD,PhD

Chiropractic (General)
"20/20"
Richard Tyler, DC

Sports / Exercise / Fitness
Recognition and Treatment of Head Injuries in Athletics
Michael Reed, DC, CCSP, CSCS

News / Profession
A Chiropractic First: International Jerusalem Sports Medicine Symposium Presentations
A Glimpse of Chiropractic in Israel
Steve Kelly, managing editor

News / Profession
Congressional Hearing Set For Commissioning DCs in Military
Majority of Subcommittee Sponsors Bill
Steve Kelly, managing editor

Health & Wellness / Lifestyle
Only You
Willard Bertrand, 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)