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January 2008 (Vol. 26, Issue 2)

News / Profession
Chiropractors Included in 2008 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative
Tina Beychok

News / Profession
World Spine Day Embraced by the World
The Straighten Up curriculum truly is spreading around the U.S and the globe.
Kathryn Feather

Women's Health
Pre-Conception Nutrition
Claudia Anrig, DC

News / Profession
COCSA 2007 in Review
New leadership, programs highlight annual meeting.
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
Parker Seminars: Shaping the Future
Meghan Vivo

Health & Wellness / Lifestyle
IQ: Interesting Quote
Editorial Staff

Nutrition / Detoxification
Nutritional Detoxification, Part Two: Before the Diet
G. Douglas Andersen, DC, DACBSP, CCN

News / Profession
News In Brief
Editorial Staff

Diagnosis & Diagnostic Equip
Gadgets and Gizmos
John Hanks, DC

Orthotics & Orthopeadics
Thirteen Ways Orthotics Can Help Your Patients
Mark Charrette, DC

Billing / Fees / Insurance
New Diagnostic Codes for the New Year
Samuel A. Collins

Chiropractic (General)
Chiropractors Eating Their Own
Robert Cooperstein, MA, DC

Billing / Fees / Insurance
Access to Health Promotion and Wellness Care in the United States
Meridel I. Gatterman, MA, DC, MEd

Chiropractic Techniques
Sitting Side-Bending Intercostal Mobilization Releasing the Rib Cage and Intercostals
Marc Heller, DC

Headaches & Migraines
Pain Relief: Safe Behind the Wheel
Charles Masarsky, DC, FICA

Pain Relief / Prevention
Is it Possible to Eliminate Pain Instantaneously by Applying Neurophysiological Reflexes?

Chiropractic (General)
Looking Back: 1984
Editorial Staff

Musculoskeletal Pain
Bone Marrow Edema
Deborah Pate, DC, DACBR

Chiropractic (General)
Looking Forward to Chiropractic's Future
LeRoy Perry Jr., DC

Health & Wellness / Lifestyle
100 Percent Focused on Chiropractic?
It's All About Patient Perception
Donald Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h)

Chiropractic (General)
Our Self-Image in 2008
Louis Sportelli, DC

Health & Wellness / Lifestyle
When Chiropractic Wellness Care Causes Cervical Radiculopathy
David Seaman, DC, MS, DABCN

Sports / Exercise / Fitness
Functional Exercises: Hamstring Stretching for Low Back Pain
Jeffrey Tucker, DC, DACRB

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)