FOCUS: Fall Prevention, Part II: Chiropractic Keeps Patients on Their Feet
By Carol Marleigh Kline, MA, JACA Online editor
Fall prevention is more than a safety check for hazards in the home or community. Older adults must come to understand that just as the body changes on the outside, sensorimotor system degradation and neuroplastic changes take place inside—affecting balance. In this article, we examine how knowledgeable doctors of chiropractic can help delay this process. Full Text >>  

HEALTHY LIVING: Why Older Adults Fall
By Carol Marleigh Kline, MA, JACA Online editor
One of the many changes in the aging body is an increasing inability to know for certain where the feet are. Older adults who have not worked to maintain proprioceptive feedback can be tripped up by hazards that a younger person would barely notice. This article discusses balance assessment tools. Full Text >> 

FEATURE: Lyme Disease: A Hidden Epidemic
By Mark Crawford, contributing writer
Found in all 50 states, Lyme disease is a poorly understood condition that often brings patients with complaints of muscle aches and pains to chiropractic clinics. About 20,000 new cases of Lyme disease are reported every year, making this possibly crippling affliction the most common vector-borne infection in the United States. Full Text >>

BOOK REVIEW
Ed Feinberg, DC, Palmer College of Chiropractic West professor, reviews the 6th edition of Clinically Oriented Anatomy by Keith Moore, Arthur Dalley and Anne Agur and gives it an eight out of 10. Full Text >>  

JOURNAL REVIEW
By Lawrence H. Wyatt, DC, DACBR, FICC
Dr. Wyatt reviews studies about the heritability of spinal pain, spinal manipulation for chronic cervical headache, and neck pain and headache in preadolescents with mechanical dysfunction of the cervical spine.  Full Text >>