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September 2006 (Vol. 24, Issue 18)

Vitamins / Supplements
Beyond the Headlines: The Apparent Failure of Calcium and Vitamin D to Reduce Fractures
G. Douglas Andersen, DC, DACBSP, CCN

Your Practice / Business
Model ER Student Internship Program
John Cerf, DC

Education & Seminars
Chiropractic Featured at Inaugural Research Conference on Integrative Medicine
Michael Devitt

Billing / Fees / Insurance
Third-Party Fee Reductions
Samuel A. Collins

Your Practice / Business
Fighting for Your Practice, Your Patients and Your Profession
James Edwards, DC

News / Profession
Fighting Unfair Insurance Reimbursement in New Jersey
ANJC, ACA complete administrative hearing against Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield; decision expected by late September/early October.

Your Practice / Business
Cheap Money
Stanley Greenfield, RHU

Chiropractic Techniques
Sacro-Occipital Technique's "Category Two": A Remedy for Fixated Thinking
Charles L. Blum, DC, FICS

News / Profession
MassHealth Enrollees Regain Access to Chiropractic
Michael Devitt

News / Profession
News in Brief
Editorial Staff

Musculoskeletal Pain
Changes in Bone Due to Radiation Therapy
Deborah Pate, DC, DACBR

Chiropractic (General)
Why Does Chiropractic Finally Have a National Advertising Campaign?
Donald Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h)

Chiropractic (General)
The New Chiropractic
Reed Phillips, DC, PhD

Education & Seminars
Life University Breaks New Ground in Practice Management Education
Guy Riekeman, DC, President, Life University

Chiropractic (General)
Occam's Razor and Subluxation: A Close Shave
Anthony Rosner, PhD, LLD [Hon.], LLC

Chiropractic (General)
Subluxation Issues: The "Curse of Chiropractic" According to R.W. Stephenson
David Seaman, DC, MS, DABCN

Musculoskeletal Pain
The Simple Bone Cyst
John M. Bassano, DC, DACBR

Health & Wellness / Lifestyle
Society Shifts Values

Health & Wellness / Lifestyle
We Get Letters & E-Mail

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)