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January 2006 (Vol. 24, Issue 3)

Chiropractic (General)
A Hurricane Couldn't Stop Us!
Rand Baird, DC, MPH, FICA, FICC

News / Profession
Chiropractic Organizations Address Documentation Problems
Action Plan Released in Response to Inspector General's Report
Editorial Staff

Billing / Fees / Insurance
Know Your Billing Codes
Samuel A. Collins

Chiropractic (General)
Eighty-Two Cents a Day

Soft Tissue / Trigger Points
Is "Wear and Tear" the Cause of Exercise-Related Osteoarthritis?
Warren Hammer, MS, DC, DABCO

Chiropractic (General)
Secrets of the Chiropractic Masters
Marc Heller, DC

Musculoskeletal Pain
JMPT Abstracts for November 2005 • Volume 28 - Number 9
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
Katrina Relief Medical Team Includes Chiropractic

Back Pain
Lumbar Spine: Old vs. New Compression Fracture
John M. Bassano, DC, DACBR

Vitamins / Supplements
Lies, Damn Lies, and Phytonutrition
John Maher, DC, DCBCN, BCIM

News / Profession
News In Brief
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
NUHS to Host Strategic Planning Conference
Editorial Staff

Diagnosis & Diagnostic Equip
Tarlov Cysts: Are They Symptomatic?
Deborah Pate, DC, DACBR

Chiropractic (General)
17,696 Reasons to Use Chiropractic
A New Headline for a Billboard in Your Community?
Donald Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h)

Chiropractic (General)
Unity: Can It Be Achieved? Another Perspective
Reed Phillips, DC, PhD

Another Anti-Chiropractic Campaign in Connecticut
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)