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A Canadian Lawyer’s Rant

By Frank M. Painter|October 18, 2013|Editorial, Uncategorized|

A Canadian Lawyer’s Rant

SOURCE: A Chiro.Org Editorial about Canadian Family Physcian 2013(Oct); 59 (10): 1052

After reading the first 2 paragraphs of this… what… letter to the editor? … I had some thoughts…

As an attorney and advocate for patient safety, I believe the authors of the Motherisk article that appeared in the August 2013 issue of Canadian Family Physician give an insufficient account of the risks that might be associated with chiropractic treatment of pregnant patients. [1]

Many chiropractors continue to base their treatments on the “detection” and “correction” of “subluxations,” ill-defined and unproven spinal lesions unknown to the medical profession. Nevertheless, chiropractors “adjust” these subluxations with any number of treatments, including manual therapy. Thus, the physician whose patient is receiving manual therapy from a chiropractor might be wholly unaware that the chiropractor is actually adjusting these nonexistent subluxations. These adjustments cannot effectively treat back pain or any other condition or disease.

Have we been hoist on our own petard?

I love how this author ramps up his misinformation campaign, stating that the subluxation is: first

ill-defined…then

unproven, and their final death stroke:

nonexistent.

Then, emboldened, he crows that:

“These adjustments cannot effectively treat back pain”

At this point, I am rolling in the aisles!

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World Spine Day – October 16th

By John Wiens DC|October 15, 2013|News|

Source www.worldspineday.org

Every year on October 16th people from around the world join together to raise awareness on World Spine Day as part of the Bone and Joint Decade’s Action Week.

Spinal disorders, such as back pain, neck pain, scoliosis and disc disease, to name a few are common, and they can have a profound effect on a person’s overall health, impacting a person’s ability to work, to enjoy everyday activities and even disrupting healthy sleep patterns.

Research has demonstrated that poor postures and inactivity can contribute to the development of back pain and other spinal disorders.

The good news is that many of these common problems can be easily avoided!

That’s why this year’s theme for World Spine Day is “Straighten Up and Move,” focusing on the importance of proper posture and movement in maintaining good spinal health. To help mark World Spine Day, participating health care providers and organizations around the world will provide important information, tips and tools to help prevent many of these spinal disorders.

WSD received several nominations from across the globe, representing several organizations
and professions all with special interest in spinal health for the interim WSD International
Organizing Committee (IOC). The WSD IOC will be responsible for providing input regarding
themes, content, resource materials and formation of a permanent committee.
Committee members will include:
Dr. Ina Diener- South African Society of Physiotherapy (South Africa)
Dr. Veronika Fialka-Moser- Medizinische Universität Wien (Austria)
Dr. Deborah Kopansky-Giles, BJD ICC and World Federation of Chiropractic (Canada)
Dr. Jennifer Nash, World Spine Day (Canada)
Nick Pahl- British Acupuncture Council (United Kingdom)
Marilyn Pattison- World Federation of Occupational Therapists (Australia)

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African Chiropractic Federation Publishes First Newsletter

By John Wiens DC|October 15, 2013|News|

Source World Federation of Chiropractic

The African Chiropractic Federation (ACF), representing national associations of chiropractors in Africa and newly formed at the WFC Congress in Durban last April, has now published its first newsletter, which may be read here.

Items include biographies of African chiropractors in several countries, news stories, and notice of the first Annual Meeting and Seminar to be held in Nairobi, Kenya from April 3-5, 2014. Keynote speakers are Drs Francis Murphy and Brian McAulay, generously sponsored by Parker University.

Congratulations to ACF News editors Drs Praveena Maharaj, South Africa, and Neera Sharma Maini of Kenya.

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Integration: A Conversation with the Neuroscience Institute

By Frank M. Painter|October 4, 2013|Integrative Care|

Integration: A Conversation with the Neuroscience Institute

The Chiro.Org Blog

SOURCE: ACA News ~ October 2013

By Christina Acampora, DC

It’s happening! More and more we see examples of outreach from the medical community to doctors of chiropractic (DCs). In February 2013, the physicians and staff of the Neuroscience Institute and Comprehensive Spine Center at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center invited all local DCs to a dinner and case presentation by Stephen Troyanovich, DC. The physicians who attended the presentation were seeking information and evidence on the proven health benefits of chiropractic. As someone who spends her days educating and assisting DCs with how to become more integrated, I am always intrigued as to what the mechanisms are behind this phenomenon. I asked for an interview, and, in keeping with its friendly February outreach, the Neuroscience Institute was more than accommodating in granting me time in June 2013.

In attendance:

• Kenneth Candido, MD, Pain Management
• John Song, MD, Neurosurgery
• Raina Gupta, MD, Neurology
• Emily Jakacki, director, Neurosciences Institute & Hospital Based Programs

DR. ACAMPORA: It seems that despite evidence based research illustrating the benefits of manipulation, chiropractic care continues to be a medical treatment of last resort or one into which patients often self-refer. Why do you think that is?

DR. CANDIDO: I think, by and large, people who do interventional pain medicine were always aware of [chiropractic as] the other side to the coin — in other words, alternative therapies — but we had very little appreciation or knowledge of these therapies during our training and early on in our practices. We tend to refer to the people we are most familiar with, to send our patients where we expect we’ll have easy access to them and have them referred back to us in a timely fashion. Chiropractic, while it’s something I have always been interested in, is something we don’t have immediate access to. We don’t have chiropractors on our faculty, in our pain practices or in our neurology or neurosurgery clinic. It’s been difficult to forge a bond or a relationship with people we don’t have immediately on our radar screens.

DR. SONG: For me, in my practice, it’s still about offering patients alternative therapies when they are not a surgical candidate, then letting them help guide their own care plan: chiropractic, physical therapy, acupuncture, yoga. It’s their choice.

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The Government Shut Down

By Frank M. Painter|October 2, 2013|Editorial|

The Government Shut Down

The Chiro.Org Blog

A Chiro.Org Editorial

I’ve got a bone to pick.

99+% of the materials we post on our website are first discovered on PubMed, the incredible search tool for the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM).

Their employees tirelessly add new peer-reviewed journal materials to this immense database, so that professionals LIKE US can keep abreast of the newest studies. That is the core of evidence-based progress.

So here’s my bone: Most of the employees from NLM have been sent home, because Congress is playing political hardball.

That means I can’t locate new journal materials for our edification.

Now I’m REALLY upset.

So, it’s time to consider what these political idiots are up to, and we all KNOW the game they play.

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Chiropractic And Osteoarthritis

By Frank M. Painter|September 27, 2013|Chiropractic Care, Degenerative Joint Disease, Evidence-based Medicine, Osteoarthritis|

Chiropractic And Osteoarthritis

The Chiro.Org Blog

SOURCE: University of Maryland Medical Center

Although the vestiges of medical harassment against chiropractic still resonate, and are now supplanted by fringe web sites which continue to ignore the body of peer-reviewed research supporting chiropractic care, the ice is slowly melting.

Below you can read comments from the University of Maryland Medical Center website , which openly acknowledges the benefits of chiropractic care for patients suffering from the pain of osteoarthritis.

There are many more articles like this @ our:

Degenerative Joint Disease and Chiropractic Page

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