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December 2007 (Vol. 25, Issue 25)

Billing / Fees / Insurance
Codes for Soft-Tissue Work
Samuel A. Collins

Whiplash / Neck Pain
New Research, the AMA Guides, the Cervical Spine DRE-IV and Ligamentous Subfailure
Disentangling Some Serious Misconceptions
Arthur Croft, DC, MS, MPH, FACO

Soft Tissue / Trigger Points
Fascia a Hot Topic at Harvard
Warren Hammer, MS, DC, DABCO

Chiropractic (General)
World Spine Day 2007
DCs educate and empower patients and communities via the Straighten Up spinal health program.
Ron Kirk, DC

Chiropractic (General)
Focus on the Future
An Interview with New ACA President Glenn Manceaux, DC
Editorial Staff

Chiropractic (General)
Your Story Deserves to Be Told
Kent Greenawalt

Soft Tissue / Trigger Points
Can the Posterior Spinal Fascia Be Related to Chronic Back Pain?
Warren Hammer, MS, DC, DABCO

Back Pain
Why Fusions Fail and Other Insights From the First Fascial Research Congress
Marc Heller, DC

Anti Aging / Healthy Aging
Incorporating Anti-Aging Into Your Practice
Ronald Klatz, MD

Your Practice / Business
Why Digital Can't Mean Generic
Looking for Health Care Quality Outcomes With EHRs
Steven Kraus, DC, DIBCN, CCSP, FASA, FICC

Health & Wellness / Lifestyle
Colostrum Peptides Promote Wound-Healing and Block Allergic Response
John Maher, DC, DCBCN, BCIM

Vitamins / Supplements
Essential Fatty Acids and Eicosanoids
Their Role in Preventing Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer
James P. Meschino, DC, MS

Billing / Fees / Insurance
Herding Cats and Other Quality-Improvement Exercises
A Tale From the Trenches
Robert Mootz, DC

Back Pain
New LBP Guidelines Encourage Conservative Approach, Spinal Manipulation
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
News in Brief
Editorial Staff

Musculoskeletal Pain
Patellar Tendonitis/Tendinosis
Mark A. King, DC

Chiropractic (General)
Evidence That Demands a Verdict
Donald Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h)

Chiropractic (General)
Power to the Patient
Anthony Rosner, PhD, LLD [Hon.], LLC

Orthotics & Orthopeadics
The Pedograph as a Window to the Gait Cycle

Chiropractic (General)
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)