Education

Chronic Pain in Persons With Neuromuscular Disease

By Frank M. Painter|August 12, 2009|Education, Health, News|

Chronic Pain in Persons With Neuromuscular Disease

SOURCE: Arch Phys Med & Rehabilitation 2005 (Jun); 86 (6)

You may enjoy reviewing this FULL TEXT article from the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, because Chiropractic scored the highest in reducing pain of 16 different modalities that were tested.

The authors wrote: Pain is a symptom that most clinicians would not typically associate with chronic Neuromuscular Disease (NMD). Most major texts on NMD do not list pain as a symptom of these diseases.

However, and consistent with previous research in other samples of persons with NMD our findings indicate that pain is a common problem in many patients with NMDs. (more…)

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End Medical Mis-Management of Low Back Pain

By Frank M. Painter|August 10, 2009|Education, Health Care, News|

End Medical Mis-Management of Low Back Pain

The Chiro.Org Blog

SOURCE: A Chiro.Org Editorial

The medical “debate” has been going on for years…is spinal adjusting (a.k.a manipulation) effective for Low Back Pain? The original Meade study (British Medical Journal 1990) demonstrated that chiropractic was much more effective for LBP than conventional medical care.

In 1993 the province of Ontario, Canada hired the esteemed health care economist Pran Manga, PhD to examine the benefits of chiropractic care for low back pain (LBP) and to make a set of recommendations on how to contain and reduce health care costs.

Manga’s report A Study to Examine the Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Chiropractic Management of Low-Back Pain cited research demonstrating that:

(1) chiropractic manipulation is safer than medical management for LBP;

(2) that spinal manipulation is less safe and effective when performed by non-chiropractic professionals;

(3) that there is an overwhelming body of evidence indicating that chiropractic management of low-back pain is more cost-effective than medical management;

(4) and that there would be highly significant cost savings if more management of LBP was transferred from medical physicians to chiropractors. (more…)

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Who Are The QuackWatchers?

By Frank M. Painter|August 9, 2009|Education, Legal Action, News|

Who Are The QuackWatchers?

The Chiro.Org Blog

For those who have forgotten, or for those who never knew, organized medicine spent decades and millions of dollars trying to discredit and destroy chiropractic. Today the vestiges of this suppression are still found on fringe web sites that ignore the body of peer-reviewed research supporting chiropractic care.

You may also explore the depths of medical arrogance in this in-depth review of the Wilk case.

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Who Should Adjust (or “Manipulate”)?

By Frank M. Painter|August 8, 2009|Education, Ethics|

Editorial Commentary:

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently crafted and published the WHO Guidelines on Basic Training and Safety in Chiropractic (FULL TEXT Adobe Acrobat 512KB) in consultation with the World Federation of Chiropractic, the Association of Chiropractic Colleges and various chiropractic, medical, osteopathic, and other groups. [1] (more…)

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Want To Build Your Own Computer?

By Frank M. Painter|August 7, 2009|Education, General|

Last year’s hottest technology is currently available for 20-40% of what it cost last year, when you buy your parts and assemble them yourself.

Better than that, your system will not contain unnecessary background programs that steal away your prosessing power.

And best of all, you know ecactly what’s in your box, and you’ll have a pretty good idea how to fix it.

Visit our Computers Page to learn what parts you need, and how to create the system of your dreams while saving a bundle!

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Writing Initial Reports

By Frank M. Painter|August 6, 2009|Documentation, Education, Initial Reports|

Writing Initial Reports

The Chiro.Org Blog

Do you write Initial and Follow-up Reports for Third Parties?

My office does, IF they are paid for in advance by the requester.

You may find value in reviewing templates of these reports.

Initial Report: An Outline for the D.C. (more…)

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