By Anna-Marie Schmidt, MM, DC, and Robert D. Vining, DC, DHSc Person-centeredness: an approach to health care focused on the person, placing high importance on being respectful and responsive to individual preferences, needs, and values.1 Why is Person-centeredness Important? There are...
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A Heavy Subject: The Impact of Weightlifting on Young Spines
By Tim Bertelsman, DC Is weightlifting safe for adolescents? No, well yes, okay maybe…in the right situations. That is about as clear as it gets concerning the growing epidemic of adolescent injuries via weightlifting and competitive sports. There is no...
Psychological, Social Factors in Chronic Pain: The Impact on Chiropractic Patients
Margaret Chesney, PhD, and Christine Goertz, DC, PhD The current opioid epidemic in the United States brings long overdue attention to nonpharmacological approaches to managing pain. Among the recommended therapies for low back pain by the American College of Physicians,...
ACA Announces Legislative Priorities for 116th Congress
By John Falardeau With the new year and the first session of the 116th Congress underway, the American Chiropractic Association is ready to tackle a number of important legislative issues on behalf of ACA members, patients and the chiropractic profession. Here...
Research Review: Non-surgical Treatment vs. Self-directed Care to Improve Walking in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Review written by: Dr. Brynne Stainsby (for RRS Education) Study Title: Comprehensive non-surgical treatment versus self-directed care to improve walking ability in lumbar spinal stenosis: A randomized trial Authors: Ammendolia C, Côté P, Southerst D, Schneider M et al. Publication Information: Archives of...
Catching Up with ACA President Dr. Robert C. Jones
Robert C. Jones, DC, has been busy since January assuming his new duties as ACA president, and eager to keep the progress moving on ACA’s priorities. The son of two chiropractors, a graduate of Palmer College of Chiropractic, and a...
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Techniques as a Treatment for Healthcare Provider Burnout
By Danielle Aslan, DC Burnout syndrome was defined by Maslach and Jackson in 1981 as a three-dimensional syndrome characterized by exhaustion, cynicism and inefficiency.1,2 They described burnout as the opposite to engagement, which is defined as energy, involvement and efficacy.2 One...
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Research Update
By Tim Bertelsman, DC A significant amount of new data has been published in the past quarter about the management of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). This blog post will equip evidence-based chiropractors with a quick summary of the 10 most...
Your Headshot: Worth a Thousand Searches
Today we hear a lot about sharing – on social media, in chat rooms, at networking events, etc. For American Chiropractic Association (ACA) members, sharing is also a good thing to do in your ACA online profile. The more the...
Guidelines on Disaster Service for DCs Provides Useful Information to Volunteers
The American Chiropractic Association’s Policy Quality Review Committee (PQRC) has been performing an extensive review of all ACA policies. The public-facing policy center on the website is also in the process of being reorganized and will be available soon. As...
