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November 2005 (Vol. 23, Issue 23)

News / Profession
A Call for Submissions
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
ACA House of Delegates Meeting 2005
New Leadership Elected, Key Policies Approved
Editorial Staff

Weight Loss / Eating Habits
U.S. Food Consumption Data Is Now More Accurate (Part 1)
G. Douglas Andersen, DC, DACBSP, CCN

Chiropractic (General)
The Humanitarian Practice
Claudia Anrig, DC

Chiropractic (General)
Attention: Doctors of Chiropractic Who Are Not Members of a National and/or State Association

Sports / Exercise / Fitness
Chiropractic and the Elite Athlete: Care of a Tennis Professional
Gideon Orbach, DC; Vincent Pacilio, DC

Chiropractic (General)
Chiropractic "Turns Heads" in J.C. Penney TV Commercial
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
Win This Waiting Room Video System, Valued at $2,200 - Absolutely Free!
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
Foot Levelers Raises $564,000 (and Counting) for Hurricane Victims
Editorial Staff

Soft Tissue / Trigger Points
Protoplasm
Warren Hammer, MS, DC, DABCO

Back Pain
Pain-Relief Exercise: The Lower Back
Marc Heller, DC

Back Pain
JMPT: Abstracts for September 2005 • Volume 28 - Number 7
Editorial Staff

Billing / Fees / Insurance
Mainstreaming Chiropractic: The Miserable Medicare Model
Michael Schneider, DC, PhD; Donald Murphy, DC, DACAN

News / Profession
News in Brief
Editorial Staff

Your Practice / Business
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Find Out What It Means to Your Patients
Donald Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h)

Chiropractic (General)
An Ounce of Prevention: Lessons From Katrina
Anthony Rosner, PhD, LLD [Hon.], LLC

Nutrition / Detoxification
DC Online
Brian Sutton, DC

Chiropractic (General)
We Get Letters & E-Mail

Whiplash / Neck Pain
Women More at Risk for Injury and Chronicity in Low-Speed, Rear-Impact Collisions (LoSRIC)

Chiropractic (General)
The Chiropractic Profession in Calif. Must Support Prop. 77
Redistricting for Real Representation

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)