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May 2007 (Vol. 25, Issue 11)

News / Profession
Chiropractic and National Public Health Week
Five Years of Bridge-Building in the Community
Lisa Zaynab Killinger, DC

News / Profession
Blue Cross of California Fined $1 Million
Steven Eggleston, DC, Esq.

Your Practice / Business
Deadline to Use Updated CMS 1500 Forms Extended – Again
Samuel A. Collins

News / Profession
First Phase of Medicare Chiropractic Demonstration Project Concludes
Profession Awaits CMS Analysis, Expected by Spring 2009
Tina Beychok

Soft Tissue / Trigger Points
Snapping Hip Syndrome
Warren Hammer, MS, DC, DABCO

Chiropractic (General)
Why I Write About Chiropractic History
Joseph Keating Jr., PhD

Your Practice / Business
HIPAA: It's Not About Privacy, It's About Driving You to the Digital Tipping Point
When Will EHR Make It to Your Practice?
Steven Kraus, DC, DIBCN, CCSP, FASA, FICC

Musculoskeletal Pain
Lower Crossed Syndrome and Knee Pain
Perry Nickelston, DC, FMS, SFMA

Pain Relief / Prevention
Pain Relief: The Digestion Connection
Charles Masarsky, DC, FICA

Nutrition / Detoxification
Nutritional Status of Vitamin B12 and Vitamin D: Important Indicators of Cancer Risk
James P. Meschino, DC, MS

Whiplash / Neck Pain
Occupant Collision and Evidence-Based Care
or ... My Mom and the Other Guy
Nancy Martin-Molina, DC, QME, MBA, CCSP

Whiplash / Neck Pain
Neck Pain and Whiplash Associated Disorder (WAD), Part 2
Mark A. King, DC

News / Profession
N.J. Court Rules Against Extraspinal Adjusting
Kathryn Feather

News / Profession
OSCA Board Passes National Unity Resolution
Resolution urges members to withhold their support of the ACA and ICA until a merger is finalized.
Editorial Staff

Your Practice / Business
A Lesson in Ethics
Stephen M. Perle, DC, MS

Your Practice / Business
Clean Up Your Reception Area Before It's Too Late
Donald Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h)

News / Profession
Reviewing Trends in Chiropractic, CAM Utilization
Tina Beychok

News / Profession
Richard Busch Back in the Public Eye
Extradited to Alabama After 7 Years
Editorial Staff

Philosophy
Plotting Your Destiny, Part Two
Louis Sportelli, DC

Your Practice / Business
There Is No Silver Bullet: Turn Your Marketing Mindset Around
Shelley Simon, RN, DC, MPH, EdD

Diagnosis & Diagnostic Equip
Things I Have Learned: The Test You Don't Have to Do
Douglas R. Briggs, DC, Dipl. Ac. (IAMA), DAAPM, EMT

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)