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November 2001 (Vol. 19, Issue 24)

Back Pain
The Association of Smoking and Low Back Pain

The 2001 ChiroMaster Award Winners
Editorial Staff

Diagnosis & Diagnostic Equip
What's Going on with "The Table"...
Robert Cooperstein, MA, DC

Whiplash / Neck Pain
CAD Guidelines: We Have Them; Let's Use Them
Results of a Preliminary Practice Survey
Arthur Croft, DC, MS, MPH, FACO; Michael Haneline, DC, MPH

Your Practice / Business
The Weakest Link
Stanley Greenfield, RHU

Soft Tissue / Trigger Points
Weak Abdominals - Tight Lumbodorsal Fascia
Warren Hammer, MS, DC, DABCO

Chiropractic Techniques
Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Abstracts for September, 2001 - Volume 24, Number 7
Editorial Staff

Health & Wellness / Lifestyle
Something for Everyone: Over 10 Reasons Why We Should All be Part of the Nation's Second Largest Health Organization
Lisa Zaynab Killinger, DC; Cheryl Hawk, DC,PhD

Back Pain
The IDSIDS Procedure
Joseph D. Kurnik, DC

News / Profession
Nearly a Half Million in Chiropractor Donations Move Mountains of World Trade Center Rubble

Diagnosis & Diagnostic Equip
Differential Diagnosis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosis
Nancy Martin-Molina, DC, QME, MBA, CCSP

News / Profession
New York and New Jersey Courts Hand Down Key Rulings
Guarding Legality of Integrated Facilities
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
Medical Students on CAM - 39 Percent Would Actively Dissuade Their Patients from Using Chiropractic
Editorial Staff

Education & Seminars
If You Live Like a Doctor when You're a Student, You'll Live Like a Student when You're a Doctor!

Your Practice / Business
Occupational Health Care Testing

Chiropractic (General)
Manipulative Therapy: Just a Placebo?
John J. Triano, DC, PhD

News / Profession
House Approves Chiropractic Care to Veterans in All VA Medical Centers
Bill Allows Veterans to Choose DCs for Primary Care
Editorial Staff

Your Practice / Business
We Get Letters & E-Mail

Chiropractic (General)
Chiropractic Raises $5500,000...for Others
Donald Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h)

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)