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August 2007 (Vol. 25, Issue 17)

Your Practice / Business
Improve Communication, Patient Retention and Cash Flow
Lisa Bilodeau, CA

Billing / Fees / Insurance
Billing Secondary Insurance
Samuel A. Collins

Whiplash / Neck Pain
Whiplash Quiz: Test Your Knowledge
Arthur Croft, DC, MS, MPH, FACO

Philosophy
The Power of ONE
Kent Greenawalt

Sports / Exercise / Fitness
Stretching the Tendon
Warren Hammer, MS, DC, DABCO

News / Profession
In Defense of Legitimate Chiropractic
The World Federation of Chiropractic has sanctioned Dr. Tedd Koren for teaching chiropractic to lay practitioners in Germany.
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
Is YOUR Name on This List?
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
Leander Health Technologies Under New Management
Dr. Dennis Anthony Selected as New President
Editorial Staff

Your Practice / Business
Legal Practicalities and Chiro-Practicalities
Growing Your Practice and Keeping the Lawyers Away

Sports / Exercise / Fitness
Core Training: The Importance of the Diaphragm
Craig Liebenson, DC

Chiropractic (General)
Artificial Intelligence
J. Michael Menke, MA, DC, PhD

Vitamins / Supplements
It Takes More Than Vitamin D Supplementation to Help Your Patients Optimize Their Defense Against Cancer
James P. Meschino, DC, MS

News / Profession
News in Brief
Editorial Staff

Soft Tissue / Trigger Points
Normal vs. Abnormal Gas in the Abdomen

News / Profession
Remembering Dr. Carl Ferreri

Chiropractic (General)
Spinal Health Specialist? Oh My!
John Riggs III, DC, MBA

News / Profession
WFC Country Reports

Your Practice / Business
Consumers Are Demanding a High-Tech, High-Touch Doctor
Steven Kraus, DC, DIBCN, CCSP, FASA, FICC

Philosophy
The Trend Is Going the Wrong Way
Donald Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h)

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)