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December 2006 (Vol. 24, Issue 26)

Vitamins / Supplements
These Are the Best Supplements, Part 2
It Can’t Be the Best If It’s Not What the Patient Needs!
G. Douglas Andersen, DC, DACBSP, CCN

News / Profession
Australasian College of Chiropractors Formed
Editorial Staff

Your Practice / Business
Advances in Hospital Chiropractic
John Cerf, DC

News / Profession
ChiroMall Unveils New Web Site
Editorial Staff

Philosophy
"Thanks for What You Do!"
James Edwards, DC

Your Practice / Business
Bedside Manner Matters
Michelle Geller-Vino, CA

Back Pain
A Good, Quick Test to Avoid Bad (Mal) Practice
John R. Bomar, DC

News / Profession
Horizon Persisting With Its Discriminatory Tactics
Reimbursement for E&M Services Apparently Does Not Apply to DCs
Editorial Staff

Philosophy
Chiropractic & Christmas
Joseph Keating Jr., PhD

News / Profession
Kiro for Kids: To Thailand With Love
Thanks to an innovative humanitarian project called Kiro for Kids, suffering children in northern Thailand are receiving the gift of chiropractic care.

Vitamins / Supplements
Choline: A Nutrient to Remember
John Maher, DC, DCBCN, BCIM

Health & Wellness / Lifestyle
The Heart-Healthy Spine
Charles Masarsky, DC, FICA

Diagnosis & Diagnostic Equip
Case Report: Scoliosis and the Short Leg
Nancy Martin-Molina, DC, QME, MBA, CCSP

News / Profession
Coming Next Issue ... To Your Health
The Magazine to Educate and Inform Your Patients About Chiropractic
Donald Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h)

News / Profession
Chiropractic Colleges Endorse WFC Identity Statement
Peter W. Crownfield

News / Profession
WFC Quarterly Report - Country Reports
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)