July 2011
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| Director's Desk |  From the Director's DeskJoseph P. Busch, B.A., D.C.One individual who is really helping to shift barriers in communication between the allopathic profession and the chiropractic profession is Dr. David Brady, Vice-Provost of Health Sciences at the University of Bridgeport. A graduate of Texas Chiropractic College, Dr. Brady...Read More >> |
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| News Across the Profession |  The Spine Journal Calls for End to “Years of Living...TAC StaffJune Issue Examines Controversial rhBMP-2 Research and Publications
(Burr Ridge, IL)— In a bold move, the nation’s leading spine journal is shining a critical light on the limitations of industry-sponsored research and is bolstering transparency initiatives to protect the integrity...Read More >> |
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 Chiropractor Tapped by Cornell and Einstein Medical SchoolsTAC StaffSENECA FALLS, NY: New York Chiropractic College’s first Master of Science in Clinical Anatomy (MSCA) fellow, Kathy Dooley, DC, accepted a teaching consultant (adjunct professor) position at Cornell Medical College and Einstein College of Medicine and will be teaching gross...Read More >> |
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 Dr. Anthony Hamm Is First DC Elected Co-Chair of AMA...TAC StaffAnthony Hamm, DC, FACO, president of the American Chiropractic Association’s Council of Delegates, is the first DC to be elected co-chair of the American Medical Association’s Health Care Professionals Advisory Committee Review Board (HCPAC), which develops recommendations on relative values...Read More >> |
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| Rehabilitation |  Get Those Patients WalkingKirk Lee, D.C.Now that we are in the middle of summer, many of our patients ask us about outdoor activities and what they should do and not do. We usually instruct our patients to warm up a little with some walking and...Read More >> |
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| Practice Management |  “The Associateships from Hell”Peter G. Fernandez, D.C.The 5 types of associateships to avoid…and why.
Becoming an associate doctor is not a demeaning career move. Trying to open a new practice when you or your finances are not ready…is. Being an associate should be an honorable, rewarding...Read More >> |
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 Practice EquityTom Owen III
Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, once said about his basketball franchise, "Everyone has thousands of entertainment choices and we don't want to create any excuses for them to go and spend their money somewhere else." This is the...Read More >> |
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| Low Back Pain |  Atherosclerosis and Low Back PainLaurie Endicott ThomasLow back pain is our major cause of lost workdays and workers’ compensation claims in the United States, and heart attacks are our major cause of death. Research suggests that both problems result from the same underlying cause: the high...Read More >> |
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| Techniques |  Thoracic Kyphosis: Part IDeed E. Harrison, D.C.In my experience, there is a general lack of appreciation of both the need for radiographic views of the thoracic spine and the influence of the thoracic spine on whole body alignment and health potential. It is for these reasons...Read More >> |
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| Perspective |  Adjusting, Manipulation, Pediatrics, Structural Correction, Subluxation Care and the Research:...Mark Studin, D.C., F.A.S.B.E.(C), D.A.A.P.M., D.A.A.P.L.M.Where is the research to explain subluxation?
Where is the research to explain chiropractic? and...
scoliosis?
pediatric care?
asthma?
colic?
infertility?
otitis media?
etc....
The answer...IT DOESN'T EXIST! There is supportive research about chiropractic and musculoskeletal conditions and that is a very, very, very GOOD...Read More >> |
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 Anti-Aging, Homeopathy, and HGHFrank J. King, Jr., N.D., D.C. Our patients today are letting us know that their most pressing needs are keeping healthy naturally (solving health problems) and staying young (anti-aging). Anti-aging research has advanced in the 21st century to the point of becoming its own medical specialty....Read More >> |
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 Money for RetirementPaul B. Bindell, D.C.
Are you financially “well off?” Do you have enough money to continue living your lifestyle after you retire? What will happen to you if the auditor knocks on your door, says your SOAP notes are worthless and demands that you...Read More >> |
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