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ACA Sues Its Own Nutrition Council
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ACA Sues Its Own Nutrition Council

The American Chiropractic Association has filed a lawsuit in Arlington County, Va., against the Council on Nutrition/National Nutrition Standard and Robert Galloway, III, DC, individually, the council’s volunteer president. The complaint cites four counts with almost 40 pages of supporting documents.

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From Taboo to Treatment: The Resurgence of Psychedelic Medicine
From Taboo to Treatment: The Resurgence of Psychedelic Medicine

Spearheaded by burgeoning scientific and clinical research literature, psychedelics have reached a level of media coverage and popular interest that has not been seen for over half a century. By “psychedelics,” we are referring to the unique class of substances that includes psilocybin (the active compound found in so-called “magic mushrooms”), LSD, dimethyltryptamine (DMT), ayahuasca, 5-MeO-DMT, and mescaline – each of which occurs in the natural world (except for LSD, which is a semi-synthetic compound).

Manesh Girn, PhD; Melanie Pincus, PhD
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CCE to Accredit Chiropractic Residency Programs
CCE to Accredit Chiropractic Residency Programs

At its March 11, 2024, meeting, the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) Committee on Recognition reviewed the formal request for a change in the CHEA-recognized scope of accreditation submitted by the Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE). The new CHEA-approved scope statement is: “The Council on Chiropractic Education accredits doctor of chiropractic degree programs and chiropractic residency programs in the United States, its territories and Canada (2024).”

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Diagnosis & Diagnostic Equip
Dynamic Diagnosis: Fortin's Finger, Minor's and Vanzetti's Signs
Dynamic Diagnosis: Fortin's Finger, Minor's and Vanzetti's Signs

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.

K. Jeffrey Miller, DC, MBA
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Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Can You Evaluate and Manage It?
Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

During my 33 years of chiropractic practice in New Mexico, I experienced anxious mothers with adolescent daughters presenting with a similar question: “I have been told my daughter needs spinal surgery for scoliosis. Can chiropractic help her without surgery?” My response was, “I don’t know if I can help her, but I suggest we examine her and find out.”

James Lehman, DC, MBA, DIANM
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Recession-Proofing Your Practice
Recession-Proofing Your Practice
Follow the Three C’s to Keep Your Practice Thriving

Meeting and exceeding patient expectations is the best way to recession-proof your practice. The recession conversation is ongoing, but no one can deny that costs are increasing. No practitioner wants an existing or new patient to delay booking an appointment due to concerns over cost. Follow these three C’s to keep your practice thriving during these challenging times.

Antonio Arias
Evidence / Research / Science
How Much Evidence Is There in "Evidence-Based Medicine"?
How Much Evidence Is There in 'Evidence-Based Medicine'?

A treatment or diagnostic guideline cannot stand alone. It needs evidence; hence the name, “evidence-based medicine.” The components of EBM are said to be threefold: clinical experience, patient values and preferences, and the best available research evidence. But what if that evidence is statistically fraudulent, corrupt in its intent, or bought and paid for by nefarious forces or institutions?

John Hanks, DC
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The Pain and Inflammation Connection: The Biochemistry of Pain Management

Sadly, most MDs have essentially no education in treating pain, beyond offering a few toxic medications. Then they tend to steer people with pain away from those health practitioners who are trained. This puts the chiropractic ommunity on the front lines for addressing this epidemic. Structural issues are critical, as is biophysics. This article addresses a third key issue in pain management: biochemistry.

Jacob Teitelbaum, MD
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Effective Nutrients for Neuropathy
Effective Nutrients for Neuropathy

There is a good chance your diabetic patients are experiencing symptoms of neuropathy. If so, they may want to know what they can do about the “pins and needles” sensations in their feet, legs and fingers.

Holly Lucille, ND, RN
Chiropractic Techniques
Endonasal "Balloon Assisted" Cranial Adjusting: The Why & How
Tap Into the Other 80% of the Nervous System

Are you insane? were the first words that came to mind when I was first introduced to this unique technique in 1984 at a seminar. Years later, I took the seminar and quickly realized what had been missing from my practice.

Adam Del Torto, DC
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Dead Butt: Gluteal Amnesia
Dead Butt: Gluteal Amnesia

Gluteal amnesia, AKA dead butt syndrome or dormant butt, has become an increasing problem over the past decade. The term dead butt seems to have gotten the public’s attention more than gluteal amnesia or dormant butt. Other terms for the same condition are gluteus medius syndrome, gluteus medius tendinosis and lower crossed syndrome. I personally prefer lower crossed syndrome, coined by Valdimir Janda.

Deborah Pate, DC, DACBR
Politics / Government / Legislation
Election Year Advocacy: Time to Recharge
Election Year Advocacy: Time to Recharge
If We Don’t Have a Seat at the Table, We May End Up on the Menu

Chiropractic can argue that it will always have a seat at the table because of patient satisfaction, but a relatively low number of patients seeking chiropractic services reduces that argument. There must be something more about why our profession continues to survive even though the AMA and some insurance carriers would like to absorb or eliminate us.

Garrett Cuneo, BA
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The On-Site Chiropractic Project: Progress Report
The On-Site Chiropractic Project: Progress Report

In April 2022, we  told our story in Dynamic Chiropractic and shared a unique project we started in northwestern Wisconsin. The project began in 2016 with chiropractic care for the employees of our school district and morphed into chiropractic care for students. Over the past year and half, we have been on a mission to help this happen for our profession.

Amanda (Haines) Blonigen, DC
Billing / Fees / Insurance
Legitimate Strain / Sprain Treatment Plans
Legitimate Strain / Sprain Treatment Plans

Insurance carriers' premise and “long-term mantra” that soft tissue injuries such as strains or sprains may involve no treatment because many of these kinds of injuries resolve without any intervention is based on rhetoric that ignores human physiology and the evidence in the literature.

Mark Studin, DC, FPSC, FASBE(C), DAAPM