There were many excellent scientific posters presented at the Association of Chiropractic College's (ACC's) 4th Annual Education Symposium. Among them was the poster "Vertebral Subluxation Complex: Basic Model & Clinical Application" by Charles "Skip" Lantz, DC, PhD, director of research at Life Chiropractic College West. Dr. Lantz has kindly given permission for this poster to be reproduced and offered to the chiropractic profession in the center of this issue of Dynamic Chiropractic (please see pages 28-29). Feel free to remove this poster and utilize it in your practice.
For those interested in obtaining a copy of the poster that is suitable for framing, you may write to Dr. Lantz at 492 Scenic Road, Fairfax CA 94930, or contact him at:
Tel: (415) 459-7092
Fax: (510) 526-6660
e-mail: bpuinc@aol.com
Many relevant diagnostic signs are not performed deliberately by the examiner or by the patient at the examiner’s direction. They are observed as the patient reacts to their condition. Fortin’s finger sign, Minor’s sign, and Vanzetti’s sign are three examples of this principle.
On Feb. 1, 2024, two more legislators – John R. Carter (R-Texas) and Robert “Bob” Good (R-Va.) – co-sponsored the Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2023, bringing the co-sponsor total to 155, two more than the total achieved over the entire two-year congressional cycle in which identical legislation last appeared (2021-22).
While working at the Lovelace Medical Center in Albuquerque, N.M., one of the primary care physicians stated that imaging every patient prior to receiving chiropractic was not medically necessary. It was at that point I reconsidered the need for the imaging of every patient to avoid malpractice.
