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Frank M. Painter

About Frank M. Painter

I was introduced to Chiro.Org in early 1996, where my friend Joe Garolis helped me learn HTML, the "mark-up language" for websites. We have been fortunate that journals like JMPT have given us permission to reproduce some early important articles in Full-Text format. Maintaining the Org website has been, and remains, my favorite hobby.

Working With Extremities?

By |June 16, 2009|Education, General, Health, News|

Working With Extremities?

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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 our   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 material of interest!

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The Rehabilitation Corner ~ Part 2

By |June 14, 2009|Documentation, General, Health, News, Testing|

The Rehabilitation Corner ~ Part 2

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Dr. 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.

Enjoy the rest of Dr. Schafer’s Monographs at:

Rehabilitation Monograph Page

Outcome Assessment

By |June 10, 2009|Documentation, General, News, Outcome Assessment, Research|

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. (more…)

Low Back Pain and Chiropractic

By |June 6, 2009|Chiropractic Care, Health, Low Back Pain, Prevention, Research, Safety, Spinal Manipulation|

Low Back Pain and Chiropractic

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As you may know, until the late 90s, all chiropractic research was funded by our schools, or by research organizations like the FCER and the ICPA.

Even since then, the Federal Government has funneled homeopathic doses of cash towards chiropractic research. For this reason, much of early the funded research focused on Low Back Pain. (more…)