How to Build a Sports Health Care Practice
Preface In business, “toke wa karinary” is the Japanese term for “time is money.” The Japanese feel that maximizing these two factors is the key to the success of any endeavor,1 especially the...
Want to double your practice?  Double your services!
We live in a service oriented society. Just ask anyone and you’ll always get the same answer: They want service and to be served. So serve them. Give them what they want. In our particular profession, that...
Don’t Limit the Subluxation
Using different terminology, D.D. Palmer (chiropractic), A.T. Still (osteopathy) and Samuel Hahnemann (homeopathy) all recognized life as a triune of matter (physical), energy (emotion) and consciousness...

Columnists

Herniated Discs & Advanced Imaging

The patient enters your office and has significant pain radiating into an extremity. Being responsible,...

Hope

We were greatly saddened to hear of a chiropractor that we knew who recently took his own life. Unfortunately...

INTERNAL HEALTH: A Chiropractic Specialty The Lower Extremities—Part I

Successful doctors treat the cause of the problem, not the symptoms.  They are able to quickly and...

What the Obesity Epidemic Means to Chiropractic

All kinds of tips and tricks for losing weight can be found everywhere in the media these days. However,...

Obese Patient Benefits from Orthotic Support

History and Presenting Symptoms A 31-year-old male office worker reports a history of mild-to-moderate,...

The Post-Chemotherapy Cancer Patient—A Growing Chiropractic Patient Population

A cancer diagnosis is terrifying. The questions, the fear and the concept of facing their own mortality...

Cobb Angle: Friend or Foe

Cobb angle should not be the Gold Standard for radiographic evaluation of scoliosis. While Cobb angle...

RAC Audits: Preparing for Medicare’s Hired Guns

If you haven’t heard, Medicare is utilizing third parties, otherwise known as Recovery Audit Contractors...

The Professional Liability Risk Dynamic

The doctor of chiropractic in active practice has a lot to be concerned about and a host of issues and...

The Role of Chiropractic in an Integrative Cancer Treatment Setting

Conventional oncology and alternative medicine are often considered to be on opposite ends of the medical...
View all authors

Most Read Articles

Dr. Stephen Kaufman, D.C.
Case History: Gall Bladder Attack Responds Instantly To Chiropractic Care!
Marjorie was a 62 year old chiropractor’s wife who presented in my office with classic signs of acute cholecystitis- a gall bladder attack, along with the presence of gallstones. She had severe right-sided abdominal pain,...
 

 

Ronald Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O., M.S.
Is Your Patient’s Teenager at Risk of Dying from Heart Failure? What Every Parent MUST Know to Prevent Sudden Death!
An athletic 20-year-old man is playing basketball and suddenly collapses on the court and dies. On a hot July day, a young and vibrant college football player suddenly makes a great tackle and never gets up, only to be...
 

 

Dr. Terry R. Yochum, D.C.; D.A.C.B.R.; Fellow, A.C.C.R. and Dr. Chad J. Maola, D.C.
Thoracic Spine Compression Fractures
CASE HISTORY This 70-year old female lost her balance and stepped off the curb and experienced severe lower thoracic pain. DIAGNOSIS Observe the compression fractures of the T7, T8 and T9 vertebral bodies. Note...
 

 

William H. Koch, D.C.
Interview with Dr. George Gonzalez
The story of how Dr. George Gonzalez developed the technique he calls Quantum Neurology® Rehabilitation will serve as inspiration and example of what a man can do when motivated by passion and the need to help a loved one....
 

 

Don Oyao, MA.,DC.(USA)ND., MA Sp.Chiro Sci(Australia)
Hall of Famers Metallica Swear by Chiropractica
What do rock stars and Olympic athletes have in common? No, this isn’t the lead up to a punchline. Both share a need or desire for chiropractic care to enhance their demanding performances. Having been a team doctor for six...
 

 

Dennis Domarzalski
The Amazing Chiropractor Series Moving Forward with Dr. Kenzo Kase
Dr. Kenzo Kase expects that when it comes his time to, well, die, he will do so slumping, lurching or somehow moving forward. The 67-year-old inventor of the Kinesio Taping® Method and Kinesio® Tex Tape won’t be able to help...
 

 

John A. Amaro D.C., L. Ac., F.I.A.M.A., Dipl. Ac. (N.C.C.A.O.M.), Dipl. Med. Ac.
Acupuncture and Chiropractic…. Is there a relationship???
It is a historical fact, throughout numerous cultures in the world, spinal vertebral mobilization has been used extensively for literally centuries. Evidence exists from the ancient Mayans, Babylonians, Greeks, Egyptians,...
 

 

Dr. Terry R. Yochum, D.C.; D.A.C.B.R.; Fellow, A.C.C.R. and Dr. Chad J. Maola, D.C.
C2 to C3 Congenital Block Vertebra
Description. When two adjacent vertebrae are osseously fused from birth, this joined unit is called a congenital block vertebra. Embryologically, this is the result of failure of the normal segmentation process of the somites...

This Month's Featured Articles

Post Disc Herniation Surgery Rehab: A Case Study Using Trigenics® Applied Functional Neurology®Post Disc Herniation Surgery Rehab:...
History in Chief Complaint Patient DH entered our office with a 45-year history of lower back pain.   2 Years prior, the patient travelled to Germany and underwent a lumbar spine operation, whereby he had artificial disks surgically implanted at L3,...
How to Earn $2000 more a week with Public SpeakingHow to Earn $2000 more...
We all recognize the importance of good patient adjusting skills, but if there was one skill that could fill your practice with high quality new patients it would be public speaking.  I believe anyone can double their practice and earn...
Chiropractor Charged with Fraud and Tax-EvasionChiropractor Charged with Fraud and...
PITTSBURGH -- Federal prosecutors on Tuesday filed fraud and tax-evasion charges against a Westmoreland County chiropractor operating two clinics in West Virginia. Joseph Yurigan, 60, of New Alexandria, operates clinics in Weirton and Wheeling. Prosecutors allege Mr. Yurigan made money from procedures...
Agents and Governor  Accuse, D.C., M.D. of Running a Pill MillAgents and Governor Accuse,...
DAYTONA BEACH -- The Florida Department of Law Enforcement, assisted by the FBI, seized records today from a clinic in North Ridgewood Avenue and others in South Florida linked to a doctor under fire for the way he prescribes medications,...
NYCC’s Frank J. Nicchi Earns NYSCA’s Highest Award at Homecoming CeremonyNYCC’s Frank J. Nicchi Earns...
Seneca Falls:  New York State Chiropractic Association past-president Dr. Mariangela Penna presented NYCC President Dr. Frank J. Nicchi with the association’s highest honor, the Ernest G. Napolitano Award, during the College’s Homecoming weekend attended by more than 430 alumni, students...

 

Spotlight On: Dr. Rick Busch III D.C.

 

In Our Next Issue:

Calcium Supplementation Without a Proper Balance of Magnesium Can Increase Risk of Heart Attack, Osteoporosis and Kidney StonesCalcium Supplementation Without a Proper...
ORANGE, Calif., Sept. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The British Medical Journal recently published a large analysis based on the results of 5 clinical trials conducted in the U.S., Great Britain and New Zealand that involved more than 8,000 people. The...
Upper Leg Pain in a Soccer PlayerUpper Leg Pain in a...
History and Presenting Symptoms The patient is a 15-year-old female soccer player, who reports frequent pain for the past several months in her left hip and posterior thigh region.  The pain is most noticeable the day following a highly physical soccer...
Genetics, Diet, and Ankylosing SpondylitisGenetics, Diet, and Ankylosing Spondylitis
Some health problems are purely genetic. Others have nothing to do with genetics but are purely the result of environmental influences, such as diet, infection, or trauma. Then, there are many conditions in which some genetic predisposition interacts with the...
The Power of  Software AutomationThe Power of Software...
Paperwork.  Administration.  Billing.  Employees.  Supplies.  Collection.  Equipment.  SOAP notes.  Insurance claims.  Legal issues.  These are the realities of a chiropractic practice, and we haven't even discussed the adjustment.  Did we all, prior to becoming chiropractors, tell our friends and colleagues...
The Pressure of TechnologyThe Pressure of Technology
Don't you think life is going too fast?  Do you feel you need more free time for yourself?  Do you have some financial pressure? Do you feel the pressure of evolution?   If you have answered “Yes” to any one...

 

Our Readers Are From

United States 78.4%United StatesNetherlands 0.3%Netherlands
Israel 6%IsraelMalaysia 0.2%Malaysia
Canada 3.8%CanadaJapan 0.2%Japan
United Kingdom 2.1%United KingdomFrance 0.2%France
Australia 1.4%AustraliaFinland 0.2%Finland
India 1%IndiaPanama 0.2%Panama
Spain 0.4%SpainBrazil 0.2%Brazil
Germany 0.4%GermanyPoland 0.2%Poland
Philippines 0.3%PhilippinesRepublic Of Korea 0.2%Republic Of Korea
Italy 0.3%ItalyGreece 0.1%Greece



Recent Comments


 
 

 

TAC Publications

The American Chiropractor Magazine: Current Issue | Past Issues | Buyer's Guide | Digital Version

Other Products: Chiro Supplies | Classifieds | Mail List Rental

 

 


More Information


TAC Editorial: About | Customer Service | Circulation | Products | Contact

Sales: Advertising | Subscriptions | Media Kit

theamericanchiropractor.com: Contact | Privacy Policy | Advertise