For Non-prescribers: Understanding Chronic Pain Prescribing Practices

October 24, 2023

Chiropractic integration into hospitals and other collaborative interdisciplinary environments remains aspirational for many recent graduates and seasoned providers alike; as the years have gone on, it has also become more commonplace [1]. Even for those chiropractors who don’t work directly...

Resources Supporting Person-Centered Care

September 12, 2023

Person-centered care is respectful of and responsive to individual patient preferences and needs, ensuring patient values guide all clinical decisions.(1) Person-centeredness principles are core elements of chiropractic care. For example, the American Chiropractic Association’s Code of Ethics includes several tenets...

Offering a Choice: A Double Benefit? Paternalism vs. Person Centered Care

August 6, 2023

Modern healthcare grew from a paternalistic model, which simply put, means providers make healthcare decisions for patients. Paternalism is based on an underlying assumption that providers are the most capable of making decisions that generate the best clinical outcomes. An...

Survey Sheds Light on How Chiropractors Adapted During Pandemic

June 13, 2023

“Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.”- Izaak Walton. As a profession, we understand the importance and role we play in many avenues of health care. But sometimes those roles are challenged and perhaps a little less...

Vertebral Artery Dissection: An Evidence Review

May 16, 2023

For several decades, high-velocity low-amplitude cervical spine manipulation has been associated with rare instances of vertebrobasilar dissection and stroke. A simplified summary posits one view pointing to case reports and media stories describing instances of stroke after cervical manipulation. The...

Unpacking a Clinical Guideline

April 25, 2023

High-quality clinical guidelines are summaries of scientific literature designed to assist practitioner and patient decisions about health and healthcare.(1) These guidelines are developed through a systematic process of reviewing and consolidating scientific evidence. Because scientific knowledge evolves over time, guidelines...