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January 1998 (Vol. 16, Issue 1)

Whiplash / Neck Pain
Late Whiplash Syndrome: a Disease of the Psyche?
Arthur Croft, DC, MS, MPH, FACO

News / Profession
Children Use "Alternative Therapies"
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
Troubles Keep Mounting for AMA
Top Executive Resigns; Leadership Continues Pushing Endorsements
Editorial Staff

Ergonomics / Posture / Sleep Habits
Ergonomics and the Law: a Practical Look at How Ergonomics and the Americans with Disabilities Act Intertwine

News / Profession
College News
Editorial Staff

Diagnosis & Diagnostic Equip
Evaluating Patterns of Function: Effects of Kinetic Chain Dysfunction on the Neck and Back
William D. Charschan, DC, CCSP

Philosophy
Food for Thought 1998
G. Douglas Andersen, DC, DACBSP, CCN

Headaches & Migraines
Rebound Headache: Some Helpful Charts to Monitor Medication Use

Philosophy
Philosophical Openness Towards an Integrated Profession
Humpty Dumpty Sat on a Wall
David Prescott, MA,JD,DC,FIAMA

News / Profession
National Congress on Improving Care of Low Back Pain
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
Interesting Quotes
Editorial Staff

Rehab / Recovery / Physiotherapy
Rehabilitation and Support Considerations for Obese Patients
Kim Christensen, DC, DACRB, CCSP, CSCS

Philosophy
Sell My Practice? Retire? Me?

Back Pain
An Enigma: Left-Sided Cervical Fixation Patterns
Joseph D. Kurnik, DC

News / Profession
The Millennium Bug: Preparing Yourself for the Year 2000
Michael Devitt

News / Profession
DOD Chiropractic Demonstration Project Expands
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
Northeast Forum News
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
Moment of Silence for the Remarkable Robert Thompson, DC, PhC
Glenn Hultgren

News / Profession
PARCA Reaches 203 Co-Sponsors
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
1997's Chiropractic Philanthropists of the Year
Over $10 Million Donated Back to Chiropractic
Editorial Staff

Musculoskeletal Pain
Hyperabduction Syndrome of the Upper Extremities and Associated Conservative Treatment
R. Vincent Davis, DC, PT, DNBPM

Philosophy
The Importance of Relevance
Robert Mootz, DC

News / Profession
A Last Look Back
Editorial Staff

Your Practice / Business
Yield
Stanley Greenfield, RHU

Your Practice / Business
Intern Insights
James Chandler Womelduff IV

Philosophy
Three Masons

News / Profession
Complete Wellness Centers under Federal Investigation
Editorial Staff

Philosophy
We Get Letters & E-Mail

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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)