May 1, 2012

May 1, 2012

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Jean Marie Irelan Busch

Chiro Racing to Make Debut at Indy 500

By John Wagner

IME & Peer Review Doctors: 2012 Malpractice Coverage Leaves You in Grave Peril Part 2

By Mark Studin

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Jean Marie Irelan Busch

The AmerJcan Chiropractor Celebrates the Life of Editor, Wife & Mother, After 34 years of consistent service to the chiropractic profession through her work here at the magazine, on March 29th, 2012, TAC Editor Jean Marie Irelan Busch made the trans

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Chiro Racing to Make Debut at Indy 500

When Brandon Wagner steps into his IndyCar, few truly understand how chiropractic health and guiding a 200-mph missile while strapped into tight quarters conic together. Actu­ally, it's a challenge that the future chi­ropractor would confront every

By John Wagner

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IME & Peer Review Doctors: 2012 Malpractice Coverage Leaves You in Grave Peril Part 2

In part 1 of this 2 part series, pub­lished in the April. 2012 edition of The American Chiropractor. I reported the exposure that IME and peer review doctors have in states with no "duty of care." I reported. "While an 'independent and peer review e

By Mark Studin

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The Importance of Good Form What Scoliois Can Teach Us about Postural Rehab

Manifestation of any health problem is not a spontaneous event: before the clinical onset, precluding factors exist. Although these factors are unique in each patient, under­standing how they contributed to the malady is the first step in reversing

By Dr. Dennis Woggon, Dr. Josh Woggon

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Can the Chiropractic Profession Be Saved?

Can the profession be saved? The jury is still out. One of the funda­mental problems with the chiropractic profession (thankfully with a corresponding fundamental solution) is that DCs spend the vast majority of their non-patient business time react

By Rick Sapio

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Fractures of the Pubis and Ischium

[Case History] This patient presents following severe trauma to the pelvic region after a motorcycle accident. Diagnosis: This patient has bilateral fractures of the superior and inferior pubic rami which has been referred to as a STRADDLE FRACTURE.

By Terry R. Yochum, Alicia M. Yochum

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Create Your Own Stimulus Plan

There is no doubt that obtaining $44,000.00 from the govern­ment is very enticing. In this hard economy, who would say "No" to such a gift? A gift? Well, not exactly. If you arc interested in Electronic Health Record software programs, you already k

By Claude Cote

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Look Closer: The Answer May Not Be Obvious

Even with everything we do in the evalu­ation process of our patients, sometimes outside forces like activities of daily living, job. family and financial stress can compli­cate the presenting vertebral subluxation complexes and its resulting signs

By Kirk Lee

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What is Laser Therapy and Does it Really Work?

The history of laser began in 1917 when laser theory was first postulated by Albert Ein­stein in his fundamental work "Zur quantum theories dcr strahklung". 1 The actual word LASER stands for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation a

By George Gedevanishvili

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Poor Posture and the Tweet Generation

Consider the conclusions from two recent studies: "A significant linear trend for increasing sagittal plane postural translations of the head, thorax, pelvis, and knee was found in children age from 4 years to 12 years."1 "Poor posture was diagnosed

By Joseph Ventura

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