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December 2005 (Vol. 23, Issue 25)

Chiropractic (General)
An Open Letter to the Chiropractic Profession

Weight Loss / Eating Habits
U.S. Food Consumption Data Is Now More Accurate: Part 2 - Guarded Optimism
G. Douglas Andersen, DC, DACBSP, CCN

Your Practice / Business
Chiropractic Practice: Public Health Issues and Wellness
Michael Haneline, DC, MPH; Rand Baird, DC, MPH, FICA, FICC

Pediatrics
Childhood Foot Concerns and Orthotic Support
Mark Charrette, DC

News / Profession
Win a $1,500 Shopping Spree From Sweetsong Productions and ChiroMall
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
Chiropractic Patient Takes 2005 World Amateur Boxing Title
Jonice Owen, DC,FACO,Chom

News / Profession
Chiropractors Reach Out to Their Community
Editorial Staff

Chiropractic (General)
Foot Levelers, NCMIC Each Donate $1 Million to Campaign for Chiropractic
Editorial Staff

Chiropractic (General)
Working Together Works Miracles!
Kent Greenawalt

Soft Tissue / Trigger Points
Intervertebral Disc Prosthesis
Warren Hammer, MS, DC, DABCO

Chiropractic (General)
Remembering Joe Janse in Pictures: The Early Years
Joseph Keating Jr., PhD

Back Pain
Vision: Your Neurological Window
Charles Masarsky, DC, FICA

News / Profession
MDs Split on Alternative Medicine's Overall Impact
Half Consider Chiropractic Effective to Some Degree
Michael Devitt

News / Profession
News in Brief
Editorial Staff

Back Pain
Symptoms of Lower Back Pain May Be a Medical Emergency
Deborah Pate, DC, DACBR

Health & Wellness / Lifestyle
Picking Up Where Med School Left Off
Donald Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h)

Back Pain
Allodynia Misinterpreted as Mechanical Pain
David Seaman, DC, MS, DABCN

News / Profession
Stephen Barrett Loses Major Defamation Trial in Hometown
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
"Uncle Paul" Files Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
Editorial Staff

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)