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June 2006 (Vol. 24, Issue 12)

News / Profession
AMA Creates "Partnership" to Limit Other Providers' Scope of Practice
The Next Attempt to "Contain and Eliminate" Chiropractic?
Michael Devitt

Nutrition / Detoxification
Caffeinated Beverages: The Hypertension Paradox
G. Douglas Andersen, DC, DACBSP, CCN

Pediatrics
Sacro Occipital Technique (SOT) Pediatrics
Claudia Anrig, DC

News / Profession
CCGPP Posts Low Back Document Online for Stakeholder Comment
Julie Engebretson

Billing / Fees / Insurance
Billing for Sunday Visits and Out-of-Office Visits
Samuel A. Collins

News / Profession
ABS Annual Meeting: San Francisco, Nov. 16-19, 2005 (Part 2 of 2)
Robert Cooperstein, MA, DC

Chiropractic (General)
"Scientific" Doesn't Equal "Effective"
Arlan Fuhr, DC

Your Practice / Business
Transform Yourself Into a New-Patient Magnet
Michelle Geller-Vino, CA

Chiropractic (General)
A Simple Request
John Hanks, DC

Back Pain
Changing the Mythology of Back Pain
Marc Heller, DC

News / Profession
Merger in Michigan
Unification Also a Hot Topic in Virginia and Colorado
Kathryn Feather

News / Profession
NBCE Meeting Results in Reform
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
News In Brief
Editorial Staff

Chiropractic (General)
A Public Apology
Donald Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h)

News / Profession
S.1955 Laid to Rest: Controversial Health Care Bill Effectively Defeated
Julie Engebretson

Sports / Exercise / Fitness
Study: Flexion-Distraction Effective for Chronic LBP
Superior to Exercise in Terms of Pain Relief, Patient Satisfaction
Michael Devitt

Musculoskeletal Pain
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Your Practice / Business
What Are the Benefits of Integrating With a Physical Therapist?
Brent J. Detelich, DC

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)