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AMA’s “Contain and Eliminate” Tactics Are Alive and Well

By Frank M. Painter|July 15, 2010|News|

AMA’s “Contain and Eliminate” Tactics Are Alive and Well

Below you will find an exerpted article about new and devious actions by the AMA House of Delegates, copied from a recent issue of Dynamic Chiropractic, and penned by the illustrious Louis Sportelli, DC

As a modern-day doctor of chiropractic, you may think this article is born of ancient paranoia. Perhaps you’re convinced this is about AMA bashing and yesterday’s news. But just look around and you will see clear and compelling evidence that the long-standing war between the AMA and everyone else who does not come under the AMA umbrella is far from over.

The names have changed, the venue has changed, the approach has changed and the legality has changed, but the intent has remained the same: to maintain monopolistic control over the delivery of health care.

AMA Policies Continue to Discriminate (more…)

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New Research Characterizes “The Chiropractic Care of Children”

By Frank M. Painter|July 14, 2010|News, Research|

New Research Characterizes “The Chiropractic Care of Children”

The Chiro.Org Blog

SOURCE: J Altern Complement Med. 2010 (Jun); 16 (6): 621–626

Joel Alcantara, Jeanne Ohm, and Derek Kunz

International Chiropractic Pediatric Association, Media, PA 19063, USA. dr_jalcantara@yahoo.com

Joel Alcantara, D.C., Research Director for the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association (ICPA) just published a new article titled “The Chiropractic Care of Children” in the prestigious Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine.

This study was a cross-sectional descriptive survey of 548 chiropractic practices. When asked to characterize the care and services rendered to children, the participants replied: (more…)

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Thank you to our sponsors

By Michael Beattie|July 4, 2010|Tweets|

A big thank you to our sponsors -with their support we have just donated $2,500 to Chiropractic research!

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Basic Principles and Practice of Chiropractic

By Frank M. Painter|July 1, 2010|Education|

Basic Principles and Practice of Chiropractic

The Chiro.Org Blog

We would all like to thank Dr. Richard C. Schafer, DC, PhD, FICC for his lifetime commitment to the profession. In the future we will continue to add materials from RC’s copyrighted books for your use.

This is Chapter 1 from RC’s best-selling book:

“Basic Chiropractic Procedural Manual”

These materials are provided as a service to our profession. There is no charge for individuals to copy and file these materials. However, they cannot be sold or used in any group or commercial venture without written permission from ACAPress.

CHAPTER 1: BASIC PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF CHIROPRACTIC

This introductory chapter describes the general causes and effects of the subluxation complex.

The role of subluxation as an etiologic or perpetuating factor in disease is determined by the extent of the neuropathologic and/or biomechanical processes involved and how they relate to the creation, maintenance, or progress of such disorders.

The study of pathology shows that disease is not a static state. It is a process, and as such it manifests in certain signs, symptoms, functional alterations, and morphologic changes. These occur as an action of the body to motor responses of a somatic, visceral motor, or vasomotor nature that begin by noxious sensory stimulation. Such initial sensory irritation arises from the environment, are of a varied and complex nature, and their effects depend on an inherent or conditioned resistance of the organism at a given time. It can therefore be said that disease states essentially depend on irritations from the environment overcoming constitutional resistance and response mechanisms and reserves, with the nervous system acting as the mediating factor between. As life is a stimulus-response phenomenon in its normal homeostatic functions, disease can be considered an abnormal response to stimuli that is beyond the capacities of the organism to adapt.

THE CAUSES OF DISEASE: AN OVERVIEW

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Clinical Biomechanics: The Upper Extremity

By Frank M. Painter|June 29, 2010|Diagnosis, Education|

Clinical Biomechanics: The Upper Extremity

The Chiro.Org Blog

We would all like to thank Dr. Richard C. Schafer, DC, PhD, FICC for his lifetime commitment to the profession. In the future we will continue to add materials from RC’s copyrighted books for your use.

This is Chapter 10 from RC’s best-selling book:

“Clinical Biomechanics: Musculoskeletal Actions and Reactions”

Second Edition ~ Wiliams & Wilkins

These materials are provided as a service to our profession. There is no charge for individuals to copy and file these materials. However, they cannot be sold or used in any group or commercial venture without written permission from ACAPress.

CHAPTER 10: THE UPPER EXTREMITY

This chapter considers forces acting within and upon the shoulder girdle, arm, forearm, and hand, and their related clinical problems, with emphasis on the related musculoskeletal disorders. Therapy can be directed efficiently when the mechanisms of injury are appreciated and correction is applied in harmony with proven biomechanical principles.

The Shoulder Girdle and Arm

The structure of the upper extremity is composed of the shoulder girdle and the upper limb. The shoulder girdle consists of the scapula and clavicle, and the upper limb is composed of the arm, forearm, wrist, hand, and fingers. However, a kinematic chain extends from the cervical and upper thoracic spine to the fingertips. Only when certain multiple segments are completely fixed can these parts possibly function independently in mechanical roles. (more…)

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European Guidelines for the Management of Acute and Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain in Primary Care

By Frank M. Painter|June 25, 2010|Guidelines, Low Back Pain, News, Unnecessary Surgery|

European Guidelines for the Management of Acute and Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain in Primary Care

The Chiro.Org Blog

You will enjoy these recent European evidence-based guidelines for the management of acute and chronic low back pain.

Both the Acute Back Pain Guideline and the
Chronic Back Pain Guideline recommend spinal manipulation
as an effective conservative treatment.

Interestingly, MOST of what’s considered “standard medical treatment” are listed as
Invasive treatments, that should NOT be recommended for non-specific CLBP.

Non-recommended medical treatments include:

Bed rest,

Acupuncture,

intradiscal injections,

epidural corticosteroid injections,

intra-articular (facet) steroid injections,

local facet nerve blocks,

trigger point injections,

prolotherapy,

botulinum toxin,

radiofrequency facet denervation,

intradiscal radiofrequency lesioning,

intradiscal electrothermal therapy,

radiofrequency lesioning of the dorsal root ganglion,

and spinal cord stimulation

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