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October 1992 (Vol. 10, Issue 21)

News / Profession
ATTENTION!
Editorial Staff

Billing / Fees / Insurance
A Call to Arms
Are They Stupid, Blindly Prejudiced, or Fraudulent?
Chester Wilk, DC

Nutrition / Detoxification
Problems with Utilizing Nutrition in the Chiropractic Practice
G. Douglas Andersen, DC, DACBSP, CCN

News / Profession
CCCLA Clinic Donates Food to the Homeless
Editorial Staff

Sports / Exercise / Fitness
LACC Competes and Treats in International Karate Championships
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
U.S. Dept. of Education Denies SCASA Accreditation Renewal
SCASA Accreditation Expires June 4, 1993
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
Hurricane Relief Fund Set up for Florida DCs
John Gentile, DC

News / Profession
A Moment of Silence for John Mennell, M.D.
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
NYCC News
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
North Carolina Researches Feasibility of New Chiropractic College
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
Division of Chiropractic Medicine Established at Philadelphia Hospital
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
Reactions to the SCASA Decision
FCLB, CCE, ACA, SCASA President, and SCASA Students Respond
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
What's In It For Me?
New Book Further Reveals Drs. Rondberg and Immerman's Involvement in AzScam
Editorial Staff

Diagnosis & Diagnostic Equip
Reference Your Method of Mensuration
Deborah Pate, DC, DACBR

Education & Seminars
Didn't Somebody Forget Something?
Donald Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h)

Chiropractic (General)
Live and Let Live -- The Ostrich Posture
Fred Barge, DC, PhC

Chiropractic (General)
Do We Have a Problem in Our Profession?
Helen K. Peet, DC

Soft Tissue / Trigger Points
Soft Tissue: Structure vs. Function?
Joseph Cimino

Your Practice / Business
The Chiropractic Annuity
Kenneth Satin, JD

X-ray / Imaging / MRI
Definition of a Chiropractic Radiologist
Norman W. Kettner, DC, DACBR, FICC

Pediatrics
Kids Need Chiropractic Too
Peter Fysh, DC

Back Pain
American Back Society Focuses on the "Industrial Back"
Robert Cooperstein, MA, DC

Your Practice / Business
Believe It Or Not
Stanley Greenfield, RHU

Chiropractic (General)
The Critical Importance of the Pre-Employment Physicals
Theodore Oslay, DC

Your Practice / Business
Recycling in the Office
Tim Perdian, DC

Rehab / Recovery / Physiotherapy
Eccentric Exercise for Tendinitis
Warren Hammer, MS, DC, DABCO

Billing / Fees / Insurance
A Survey of Workers' Compensation Claims Adjusters: A Report Card
Alan Tuthill, DC; Wayne M. Whalen, DC, FIACN, FICC

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)