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Good News, Bad News for DCs in Connecticut
According to the board, the state's chiropractors do not need to alter their current informed consent protocols by notifying patients that a cervical artery dissection or stroke may occur following a cervical adjustment.

Headaches: Trigger Points and Practice Building
While there are many causes for headaches, one contributing factor is the presence of myofascial trigger points and the referred phenomena they produce. Patients commonly report this referred phenomena as a headache or head pain.

Not So Strange
While we like to think we know a lot, there is still a lot we don't know. Some of what may sound outlandish and unbelievable can seem logical once the evidence is known. But in the end, we have to decide what we will and won't believe, pure and simple.

The Healing Path: Seven Simple Exercises for Self Mastery
We live our lives based on what we believe about the world, people and ourselves. Many of our deeply held beliefs were established when we were children and have remained in our subconscious mind silently directing our choices and determining our life patterns.

How Spinal Manipulation Activates Segmental Stabilization of the Spine
The high-velocity, low-amplitude (HVLA) thrust of a spinal adjustment/manipulation has been documented to have many beneficial effects mechanically and neurologically.

News in Brief
News in Brief: National Benefits Big From Vendor's Generosity; Additions to Foundation for Chiropractic Progress Board; Association for the History of Chiropractic Annual Meeting; Parker College Opens New Wellness Center; National Board News.

Research Abstracts From the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Research Abstracts From the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. May Abstracts Volume 33, Issue 4. The JMPT is the premiere scientific journal of the chiropractic profession, dedicated to the advancement of chiropractic health care.

IMA Owner Says He "Sabotaged" the Business
Will Green, the owner and founder of the International Massage Association (IMA), a business that was once a major insurer for the massage therapy community, said Wednesday (July 21) that he "began to sabotage" the association last year, owes his insurance broker "about $600,000," and stopped making payments on insurance premiums.

How to Chase a New Patient Away in 60 Minutes or Less, Part 1
Many of us went through chiropractic school with the vision of creating a practice where families stay for life and we enjoy having multiple generations under our care. After a decade or more in practice, reality tells us something different: Patients leave.

Referred Pain
Referred pain can create confusion; however, once you learn about the specific patterns in which particular injuries refer pain, the confusion quickly diminishes.

B Vitamins Reduce Homocysteine, But Not Disease in Diabetic Patients
Whenever the topic of kidney disease arises in my practice, the first thought that crosses my mind is diabetes, since almost 40 percent will eventually have kidney problems. There is evidence of a correlation between homocysteine levels in diabetic patients and diseases of the kidneys, heart and eyes.

Olympic Bobsledder's Massage
For those of you who watched the Olympic Bobsled events during the Winter Games, you saw the fastest track in the world. I had lots of interest in the events because one of my clients was there and competed, a 28-year-old former Cornell University football player named Jamie Moriarty.

What Do You Bring to the Table?
I recently had to appear before the Industrial Accident Board in my home state (Delaware) to describe my care of a patient. He had suffered a well-documented injury and all of the data supported a chronic diagnosis.

Lasting Health Care Reform Requires a Health Care Revolution
With all of the rhetoric about health care reform, most discussion has focused on health insurance reform and not true reform of the health care system. I pose this question: Is reform enough or is a revolution necessary to emphasize health promotion and wellness rather than disease prevention and treatment?

Know Your Numbers
You've heard the term "wake-up call". All too often we hear our friends or relatives say they have had a "wake-up call" after they have experienced some sort of serious health condition. I heard this comment after someone I know had a heart attack.

CranioSacral Therapies: Three Bodies, One Heart
In 1948, William Sutherland had an "Aha" moment that expanded his perspective on cranial osteopathy, a field he created that eventually gave birth to three bodies of CranioSacral Therapy: Upledger, Biodynamic and Visionary.

Are We Prepared to Take Advantage of Health Care Reform?
By now, every doctor of chiropractic in the country is aware that health care reform was signed into law by President Obama in March and that at least three provisions will impact both DCs and our patients.

We Get Letters & E-Mail
Letters to our editor: Time to Take a Stand; Pro-Solutions: Full of Integrity; Dissatisfied With How I Was Handled.

Will Green Speaks Up: "I am not faultless"
Recently, Massage Today reported on the financial demise of the International Massage Association (IMA), a once major provider of liability insurance to massage practitioners since 1994. After the Massage Today article "What Became of IMA?" posted on Monday, July 19, Will Green owner and founder of IMA, released a statement to IMA members via e-mail.

Safety Guidelines for Aromatherapy
There are some very important things to know in order to work effectively and ethically with essential oils.

Fighting Addiction With Chiropractic Care
The faith-based subcommittee for BRING is launching a pilot project in partnership with the ACACD and the state of Louisiana to provide specialized chiropractic care as a means of giving addicts a drug-free pathway to re-entry into normal life.

Talking About Lasers: NAALT Conference Review
The North American Association for Laser Therapy (NAALT) 10th Annual Conference was held June 4-6, 2010 at the Palm Beach Gardens Marriott Hotel in West Palm Beach, Fla. Approximately 100 clinicians and researchers attended the annual event.

Reinventing the Wheel
I had the great opportunity to present at a virtual roundtable with seven women who lead in the industry. It was for the World Massage Conference last June, and the panel consisted of the women who make up the Massage Today Women in Bodywork Business Blog (WIBB).

Healthier Snacks for Kids: Nuts and Seeds
With the growing concern of childhood obesity - rates have tripled in the last 30 years, and approximately 30 percent of all children are obese - it's past the time to educate parents on their child's snacking habits.

Associations Respond to IMA Owner
Adverse statements made by the owner and founder of the financially-troubled International Massage Association (IMA), once a major insurer for the massage therapy community, have created quite a stir among the major massage associations he recently called out in an email blast to IMA members.

The Second Oncology Massage Healing Summit
In May, I attended one of my favorite conferences of all time: "The Oncology Massage Healing Summit". The setting was fabulous. The Northwestern Health Sciences University in Bloomington, Minnesota hosted the conference.

Radiation Exposure From CT Scans: Is There Increasing Cause for Concern?
Radiation exposure from medical imaging has become a concern with the dramatic increase in scanning over the past several decades. In 1980, 3 million CT scans were performed in the U.S.; this has increased to more than 62 million CT scans per year, 4 million of which are performed on children.

Money: Use It to Grow It
Former National Lampoon managing editor P.J. O'Rourke once wrote, "Money is preferable to politics. It is the difference between being free to be anybody you want and to vote for anybody you want. And money is more effective than politics both in solving problems and in providing individual independence.

What Became of IMA?
In early March of this year, calls went out from Will Green, owner and founder of the International Massage Association (IMA), to at least two major players in the massage insurance industry.

Billing Flexion-Distraction Services
Q: I am very confused as to how to code for the use of flexion-distraction. I have always billed it as traction, but just recently heard that coding it in that manner is incorrect. What is the code that should be used for this type of service?

The Fight for California
An anti-prostitution law was moving quickly in the California legislature that would have dramatically changed the rules for massage therapists. Assembly Bill 1822 was clearly an assault on the profession, yet very little attention was being paid to it, which is exactly what its proponents expected.

First Things First: Marketing Program Essentials
Setting up and implementing a marketing program is a practice-building essential. Whether you consider marketing to be a fun and creative part of your work or simply a business necessity, there are a few basic steps to take to help ensure success, right from the start.

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International Conference Comes to U.S.

By Editorial Staff

In an effort to foster better collaboration between the AOM communities in China and the United States, the World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies (WFAS) and the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (CACMS) will be hosting an international conference on Nov. 6-7, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport. This event will be co-sponsored by the American Association of Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture, the China Association of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, the Center for Integrative Medicine, the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the Society for Acupuncture Research.

Becoming a Patient

By Joe C. Chang, MAOM, Dipl. OM, LAc

It was noon on a Friday afternoon in Las Vegas in late October. After giving my presentation for the American Association of Integrative Medicine, I started exhibiting a low-grade fever, followed by chills and body aches. I had excessive thick and cloudy mucus buildup in my throat and a severe sore throat.

Nutritional Training, Part 2

By Ronda Wimmer, PhD, MS, LAc, ATC, CSCS, CSMS, SPS

An athlete's quality of food intake is just as important as physical training and mental training. Unfortunately, many athletes are not really aware of this concept unless they are diabetic, vegetarian/vegan, gluten intolerant, and/or have food allergies. Food is a major player with exercise to obtain the desired results. While there are individuals who do take eating seriously and watch the quality of food that goes in their body, they are certainly a minority at all levels of athletics and in the general population.

Blood Stasis and Cardiovascular Health

By Craig Williams, LAc, AHG

In several of my previous columns, I have discussed the clinical implications of blood stasis and its impact on the progression of joint disease. In this column, I would like to examine the role of blood stasis in cardiovascular disease and explore ways to integrate two key TCM formulas with an important Ayurvedic medicinal in order to maximize positive clinical outcomes and reduce common risk factors in cardiovascular disease.

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