You Have Noticed… The Chiro.Org Blog On the left-hand toolbar of our Blog the recent addition of links to the rest of our sections on the PAGES section. When the Blog replaced our original home page, traffic to the Blog did increase…but, unfortunately at the cost of reduced traffic to the various sections which actually [...]

Podcast host Dr. Brett Kinsler speaks with Dr. James Winterstein, president of National University of Health Sciences and Dr. Gerry Clum, recently retired president of Life College of Chiropractic West about prescription rights for chiropractors.

WARNING: Conducting an Orchestra Can Cause Vertebral Artery Dissection and Stroke The Chiro.Org Blog J Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases 2011 (Mar 24) During the past decade, the issues of cerebrovascular accidents [CVAs] and spinal manipulation have become linked in a debate of ever-increasing intensity. A copious number of studies have investigated spinal manipulation as a [...]

The Art of the Chiropractic Adjustment, Part VII The Chiro.Org Blog SOURCE: Dynamic Chiropractic By Richard C. Schafer, DC, FICC This series has strived to define certain general principles that underlie almost all chiropractic adjustive technics. Parts I and II reviewed depth of drive, the articular snap, segmental distraction, timing, the advantages of placing the [...]

The Art of the Chiropractic Adjustment: Part VI The Chiro.Org Blog SOURCE: Dynamic Chiropractic By Richard C. Schafer, DC, FICC The aim of this series is to define certain general principles that underlie almost all chiropractic adjustive technics. Parts I and II reviewed depth of drive, the articular snap, segmental distraction, timing the advantages of [...]

J David Cassidy, DC DrMedSc, PhD is a senior scientist in the Division of Health Care & Outcomes Research at Toronto Western Research Institute (TWRI).  He is also a professor in the Division of Epidemiology at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and professor in Clinical Epidemiology in the Department of Health Policy, Management [...]

Is the Spinal Subluxation a Risk Factor? The Chiro.Org Blog SOURCE: Dynamic Chiropractic By Meridel I. Gatterman, MA, DC, MEd Risk factors come in a variety of distinctions, from those for cardiovascular disease and some forms of cancer to those less than life-threatening but nonetheless undesirable conditions affecting the quality of a person’s life. A [...]

The Vertebral Subluxation Syndrome The Chiro.Org Blog SOURCE: Dynamic Chiropractic By Meridel I. Gatterman, MA, DC, MEd The term subluxation has been used to describe the lesion treated by chiropractors since its inception. D.D. Palmer [1] described it in 1910 as “a partial or incomplete separation, one in which the articulating surfaces remain in partial [...]

“Basic physiology books describe the spinal cord as a relay system, but it’s part of the central nervous system and processes information just like parts of the brain do,” explains Dr. Stroman, director of the Queen’s MRI Facility and Canada Research Chair in Imaging Physics. The technique involves capturing multiple images of the spinal cord [...]

Recognizing Subdural Hemorrhage in Older Adults The Chiro.Org Blog Topics in Integrative Health Care 2010; 1 (2) By: Mark T. Pfefer, RN, MS, DC and Richard Strunk MS, DC The Abstract: A subdural hematoma, also known as a subdural hemorrhage (SDH) is caused by a post-traumatic accumulation of blood within the potential space between the [...]

The Art of the Chiropractic Adjustment: Part V The Chiro.Org Blog SOURCE: Dynamic Chiropractic By Richard C. Schafer, DC, FICC This series of articles has strived to define certain general principles that underlie almost all chiropractic adjustive technics. Parts I and II reviewed depth of drive, the articular snap, segmental distraction, timing the adjustment, the [...]

Got An Opinion on Tort Reform? The Chiro.Org Blog SOURCE: MedScape NOTE: Registration is free on MedScape Medscape’s new headline trumpets: “Tort Reform Bill Would Reduce Deficit by $40 Billion”. Sounds pretty intoxicating doesn’t it. Aren’t we all just dying to see the deficit shrivel down to where it was when Bill Clinton was in [...]

New LBP Study Reveals Chiropractic Is Superior to PT and MD Care The Chiro.Org Blog Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2011 (Mar 14) This study is unique in that it was conducted by the Center for Disability Research at the Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety and the University of Massachusetts Lowell, Hopkinton, Mass; [...]

ICPA Launches “Chiropractic Care and Wellness” Research Project The Chiro.Org Blog The ICPA is pleased to announce that its Practice Based Research Network (PBRN) has achieved recognition by and affiliation with the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, under the US Department of Health and Human Services. The ICPA/ PBRN is the first chiropractic [...]

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Chiropractic Cost-Effectiveness The Chiro.Org Blog SOURCE: Health Insights Today By Daniel Redwood, DC “Doctors of chiropractic are a vital part of our nation’s health care system. Your services have been proven both effective and cost-effective and every day you help countless Americans with a variety of health conditions.” ~ Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and [...]

The Art of the Chiropractic Adjustment: Part IV The Chiro.Org Blog SOURCE: Dynamic Chiropractic By Richard C. Schafer, DC, FICC The aim of this series is to define certain general principles that underlie almost all chiropractic adjustive techniques. Parts I and II of this series reviewed depth of drive, the articular snap, segmental distraction, timing, [...]

8 drugs doctors wouldn’t takeIf your physician would skip these, maybe you should, too The Chiro.Org Blog Source: ~ updated 6/22/2008 By Morgan Lord With 3,480 pages of fine print, the Physicians’ Desk Reference (a.k.a. PDR) is not a quick read. That’s because it contains every iota of information on more than 4,000 prescription medications. [...]

The Art of the Chiropractic Adjustment: Part III The Chiro.Org Blog SOURCE: Dynamic Chiropractic By Richard C. Schafer, DC, FICC As described in the previous two columns, all adjunctive procedures stand in the shadow of the basis for and the proper administration of the chiropractic adjustment. The goal of this series is to define briefly [...]

For Those Who Wish To Be Medical Chiropractors — Look, Before You Leap The Chiro.Org Blog SOURCE: The New York Times ~ Opinion Page Treat the Patient, Not the CT Scan By ABRAHAM VERGHESE Published: February 26, 2011 THE other day as I walked through a wing of my hospital, it occurred to me that [...]

The Art of Chiropractic Adjustment: Part II The Chiro.Org Blog SOURCE: Dynamic Chiropractic By Richard C. Schafer, DC, FICC The two most important instruments for chiropractors are their hands and a well-designed adjusting table. Some graduates in recent years have not been taught the optimal applications of either. The following suggested procedures, regarding the art [...]

Are Chiropractic Patients Less Likely To Be Vaccinated? The Chiro.Org Blog Influenza vaccination among chiropractic patients and other users of complementary and alternative medicine: Are chiropractic patients really different? SOURCE: Preventive Medicine 2011 (Feb 4) [Epub ahead of print] Davis MA, Smith M, Weeks WB. Center for Health Policy, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy [...]

The Art of the Chiropractic Adjustment: Part I The Chiro.Org Blog SOURCE: Dynamic Chiropractic By Richard C. Schafer, DC, FICC This author acknowledges the value of reflexology and numerous physiotherapeutic applications (along with nutritional supplementation, counseling, “bloodless surgery,” and standardized rehabilitative procedures) in chiropractic case management. Yet, they all stand in the shadow of the [...]

Neck Pain Experienced By Air Force Pilots The Chiro.Org Blog Here’s a fascinating study, published in the January 2011 Military Medicine Journal. This article is of particular interest because the Department of Defense was instructed during the Clinton Administration to start providing chiropractic care through the Department of Veterans Affairs to American servicemen, and even [...]

Source Washington Post More than three decades after smallpox was eradicated, an international struggle has reemerged with new intensity about whether to destroy the only known specimens of the virus that causes one of the worst scourges to plague humanity. Some public health authorities, infectious disease specialists and national security experts maintain that the time [...]