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Last year’s hottest technology is currently available for 20-40% of what it cost last year, when you buy your parts and assemble them yourself. Better than that, your system will not contain unnecessary background programs that steal away your prosessing power. And best of all, you know ecactly what’s in your box, and you’ll have a pretty good idea how to fix it. Visit our Computers Page to learn what parts you need, and how to create the system of your dreams while saving a bundle! Chiropractic Training vs. Medical TrainingI was surprised to learn that, when I graduated from chiropractic school, that I would have taken 200 more class hours than a graduate of Johns Hopkins Medical School This table is an eye opener because chiropractors receive more hours in diagnosis, orthopedics, microbiology, and more than twice as many hours in hours in neurology and radiology. WOW!
Continue reading … Happy Fourth of July to you all from Chiro.org Drop by and enjoy the fireworks! I’m not sure how many chiropractic schools teach extremity adjusting (ankles, wrists, elbows, shoulders), but if you do extremity work, then you will love the The Shoulder Girdle Page. The page starts with scholarly papers by Richard Schafer, D.C. on managing shoulder and joint trauma. It also contains several other FULL-TEXT papers on shoulder management. I hope you will find this of interest!
Continue reading … The Rehabilitation Corner ~ Part 2Dr. Richard C. Schafer, DC, PhD, FICC gave us permission back in 1998 to reproduce a series of his rehabilitation Monographs on our website. Dr. Schafer is the most-published chiropractic author, and his textbooks were best sellers through the 80s and 90s. RC was the first DC author to be picked up by a medical publisher (Williams & Wilkins), and his books made millions for the ACA.
Continue reading … Do you provide rehabilitation in your practice? If so, you may find the Chiropractic Rehabilitation The Rehab Page contains free materials from the leaders in chiropractic rehab, many useful articles, and also links to other rehab websites of value. Drop in for a look-see.
Continue reading … Do you use Outcome Assessment in your practice? Patient improvement, documented with pre- and post- scoring on questionnaires (QAs) like the Neck Disability Index, or the SF-36, are indisputable evidence of medical necessity and patient progress. Our Outcome Assessment Page contains, or links to, many of the most supported QAs. They are especially helpful in PI or WC claims, when your files are closely scrutinized.
Continue reading … Like is too short. Stop and smell the roses! Visit The FUN! Page now! Enjoy the Illusions and Paradoxes Page, or laugh at some of George Carlin’s humor. You’ll be glad you did! Have you reviewed our Guidelines Section? Besides containing numerous articles about the weaknesses, mis-uses, development, and adoption of guidelines, it also contains a section at the bottom of the page that details guidelines developed specifically for “alternative medicine”, low back pain, Workers Compensation, neck injuries, rehabilitation, subluxation and a host of other interesting categories.
Continue reading … Patient Files and Complete DocumentationOur Clinical Documentation Page is devoted to a full description of what is considered “complete” patient file documentation, as described by National Associations, Medicare, and Third Party Payors. It is the intention of this section to inform our profession about the most efficient means of communicating patient information, as well as outlining what is considered an “adequate” presentation.
Continue reading … Although our “front page” is now a Blog, all our original Sections are still available on the left-hand ToolBar under Resources. They are all still updated frequently. Many of these Sections have their own Search Tool built into them, so you can find what you want easily. In fact, we also have a nifty Search Page which can look site-wide (via Google) or can explore each section individually. This will reduce the number of “hits” you get with any search, making it much easier to find what you want. Do you know how to do a Boolean Search?? Enjoy! How often has this happened in your practice? You submit an insurance claim, only to receive a denial, labeling the treatment or diagnostic testing you conducted as “observational” or “investigational.” It’s a response familiar to many doctors of chiropractic. “This is happening so frequently now,” says Charles Herring, DC, president of the Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research (FCER). “Someone representing the insurance company does a literature search and writes up a policy position stating that X is not a covered benefit, because it’s been determined from the literature [to be] an observational or investigational service.” These documents, usually called “clinical policy bulletins,” mean that even before your claim can be considered, you have to come up with scientific literature to effectively counter the insurance company’s ruling. That’s what our Research Section is for. It’s a vast collection of articles supporting the documented benefits of chiropractic care. Would you like to read the rest of the Research and your Bottom Line article? An excerpt from the wonderful History archive that Dr. Joseph Keating entrusted to chiro.org. These pdf’s form the data source that Dr. Keating used for his many published articles on chiropractic history and are available for browsing.
“Chiropractic arrived so recently in Mexico, that the history of its Commonly Used Diagnosis Codes (ICD-9)You may find value in this list of diagnostic codes commonly used in chiropractic offices, sorted by body regions.
The Treatment of Radicular Pain (Radiculopathy)
The medical approach entails their version of “conservative” treatment (such as physical therapy, medications, and selective spinal injections) for six to eight weeks. Then, if their conservative treatment does not alleviate the pain, decompressive surgery, such as laminectomy and/or discectomy/microdiscectomy, may be recommended. Chiropractors aptly describe radiculopathy as “nerve root irritation”, and the chiropractic approach for resolution is straightforward. If you have a rock in your shoe, and your foot hurts…. do you need physical therapy, medications, or spinal injections? NO!!! You need your doctor (who is supposed to be the Sherlock Holmes of illness) to determine the CAUSE of the nerve root irritation (the rock), and to remove that obstacle from your path, so you can return to health.
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