Part of the Evidence in Action series by Palmer College of Chiropractic By Heather Mai-Roecker, DC, ARNP, and Christopher B. Roecker, DC, MS The public primarily perceives the chiropractic profession as a healthcare discipline involved with the management of spine-related...
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Back Pain Treatment is Harming Patients: The Lancet Low Back Pain Series
*Member-Exclusive Content* Low back pain (LBP) is by far the most common reason people seek care from chiropractors all over the world. The Lancet, one of the world’s leading medical journals, just published a series of three papers dealing with...
Cooking Techniques and Financial Management
Whether baking a cake or preparing unique dishes, both require the necessary and assorted ingredients: time, expertise, finesse and the ability to tweak the recipe to obtain the desired results. Guess what? Portfolio construction and financial management may not be...
Congressional Caucus on Integrative Health, Wellness Holds Inaugural Meeting
*Member-Exclusive Content* With the burgeoning opioid epidemic serving as backdrop, the Integrative Health and Wellness Caucus (IHWC) held its inaugural meeting March 15 on Capitol Hill. The Caucus was founded by Reps. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) and Mike Coffman (R-Colo.) with...
VA Chiropractic Residents: Where Are They Now?
Part of a series on the chiropractic residency program in the VA health care system The blog posts in the VA Chiropractic Residencies series thus far have been focused solely on the current residents’ experiences as they unfold throughout the...
On Leadership: Lighting the Way for the Future with Grilled Cheese, Candles and Beer
Anticipation for the McAndrews Leadership Lecture at this year’s National Chiropractic Leadership Conference (NCLC 2018) was heightened by the mystery surrounding the title of the talk – “Grilled Cheese, Candles and Beer”—and what it could possibly have to do with...
Despite Obstacles NCLC 2018’s Advocates Boost Chiropractic on Capitol Hill
Regular attendees of ACA’s National Chiropractic Leadership Conference (NCLC) have learned to expect nature to play a supporting role during this action-packed event, and this year did not disappoint. With wind storms topping out at more than 70 mph, and...
Research Review: Spinal Manipulation vs. NSAID (Diclofenac) for Acute Low Back Pain
Article: Spinal high-velocity low amplitude manipulation in acute nonspecific low back pain: a double-blinded randomized controlled trial in comparison with diclofenac and placebo. Authors: von Heymann WJ, Schloemer P, Timm J, Muehlbauer B. Publication Information: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2013...
Evidence-based Diagnosis for Low Back Pain
Health professionals from different disciplines use diverse diagnostic methods to inform clinical management for patients with low back pain.1 One person may diagnose someone as suffering from sacroiliac joint pain while another might classify the same patient with a movement...
Taxes, Football and Conflicting Rules
When you play in a sport and follow the rules there is an expectation of a fair game with a winner and loser. If you watched the recent Super Bowl you may have seen two touchdowns by the Philadelphia Eagles...
