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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.

Have You Surfed the Site Lately?

By Frank M. Painter|May 22, 2009|General, News|

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!

The Cost-Effectiveness of Chiropractic

By Frank M. Painter|May 19, 2009|News, Research, Safety|

Chiropractic services have been included in a spectrum of managed care programs since the early 90s. Because of their focus on cost savings, retrospective analyses are made periodically to compare the costs of management across the spectrum of providers. (more…)

Research And Your Bottom Line

By Frank M. Painter|May 16, 2009|General, News, Research|

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?

What Does Chiropractic Mean To You?

By Frank M. Painter|May 7, 2009|News|

What Does Chiropractic Mean To You?

The Chiro.Org Blog

We’d love to hear your comments. We’re also curious about what you like or dislike about the website.

Are You Too Young To Supplement?

By Frank M. Painter|May 5, 2009|News, Nutrition, Research|

Are You Too Young To Supplement?

The Chiro.Org Blog

SOURCE: J Bone Miner Res 2008 (May); 23 (5): 741–749

The whole point of nutritional supplementation should be about prevention, not reproducing the medical model of symptom treatment after the fact.

A new study involving 5,201 female U.S. Navy recruits puts this into clear perspective.

Half this group was given calcium and vitamin D supplementation during basic training, and the amazing result was a reduction of 25% in stress fractures. Considering that 21% of recruits usually experience a stress fracture, this was a big deal for the Navy.

Consider this: the average cost of a single soldier’s being discharged from basic training is estimated to be $34,000. By that standard alone, this study saved the Navy about 2.5 million dollars by reducing the discharge rate by 25%.

Enjoy the rest of this review

NOW!

Alternative Medicine Approaches to Disease

By Frank M. Painter|May 4, 2009|Nutrition, Research|

Alternative Medicine Approaches to Disease

The Chiro.Org Blog

You will enjoy this vast collection of articles from the excellent Alternative Medicine Review journal. They are conveniently sorted by condition, so that you can review them quickly. Almost all categories give you immediate access to the FULL-TEXT article, in Adobe Acrobat format.

Because most of these articles involve nutritional supplementation as a component of case management, you may also want to refer to the Nutrition Section for more on that topic.

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