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November 2007 (Vol. 25, Issue 23)

Anti Aging / Healthy Aging
Anti-Aging Medicine and Why It Must Be Part of Your Practice
Ronald Klatz, MD

Whiplash / Neck Pain
Automobile Safety: A Public Health Issue of Special Interest to Chiropractors
Michael Haneline, DC, MPH

Your Practice / Business
Cash Practice or Insurance Practice? That Is the Question
Lisa Bilodeau, CA

News / Profession
Close Call in California
SB801 passed by legislature, then vetoed. Future of the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners remains unclear.
Editorial Staff

Billing / Fees / Insurance
Discounting Services for Certain Patients
Samuel A. Collins

Soft Tissue / Trigger Points
Calcific Tendonitis
Warren Hammer, MS, DC, DABCO

Back Pain
JMPT Abstracts for September 2007 • Volume 30 – Issue 7
Editorial Staff

Chiropractic (General)
Early Mile-High Chiropractic
Joseph Keating Jr., PhD

Pediatrics
Kentuckiana Children's Center: 50 Years and Going Strong

News / Profession
Manual Therapy Funding Opportunity Available From NCCAM
Editorial Staff

Vitamins / Supplements
Breakthrough Study Suggests Additional Way Omega-3 Fats May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk
James P. Meschino, DC, MS

News / Profession
New President at SCU
Christie Bondurant

Chiropractic (General)
It's All in the Relationship
Donald Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h)

Orthotics & Orthopeadics
The Basics of Gait

Chiropractic (General)
We Get Letters & E-Mail

News / Profession
WFC Country Reports
Editorial Staff

Billing / Fees / Insurance
Electronic Medical Records: The Future of Private-Practice Documentation

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)