Both the International Chiropractors Association (ICA) and the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) have declared May to be an official month for good posture. To announce this event both organizations have issued press releases stressing the importance of posture and it’s relationship to good spinal and nervous system health. Robert J. Hoffman, DC, FICA, President of
read moreOn September 13, 2005, Medical News Today published the announcement of the creation of chiropractic guidelines for pediatric care. The guidelines “The Child Patient: A Matrix for Chiropractic Care” was originally released as a supplement to its peer-reviewed Journal of Clinical Chiropractic Pediatrics (JCCP) Vol. 6, No.3, 2005. The release is noteworthy in two respects.
read moreBecause of the additional weight and stress on the framework of the body in pregnant women, chiropractic adjustments can help lower the incidence of pain in the low back and legs, and between the shoulder blades. In some cases, fewer headaches and problems with nausea and elimination may also result. Many chiropractors care for expectant
read moreAn international study was done involving hundreds of chiropractors and thousands of patients from around the world. The study was published in the June 2005 issue of the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. In the study, doctors and patients from Canada, United States, Mexico, Hong-Kong, Japan, Australia, and South Africa participated. Although the majority
read moreEach year in March in Columbus Ohio, Arnold Schwarzenegger holds his “Fitness Classic” in conjunction with the International Chiropractors Association Symposium on Natural Fitness. During these events thousands of exercise and fitness minded people, along with a few hundred chiropractors get together and attend various events. The highlight of these events for the chiropractors is
read moreIf you’re beginning to think that more and more people are going to a chiropractor, you’re right. Each time a new study is done the numbers of people going to chiropractors continues to rise. This rise is also closely correlated with the rise in usage of other non-medical forms of health care. In 1990, a
read moreA study published in the September 2004 issue of the peer-reviewed scientific journal, “Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics” showed that chiropractic care was more cost effective than medical care for many workers compensation injuries. The study was a retrospective review of 96,627 closed injury claims between 1975 and 1994 that had been archived by
read moreA feel-good story appeared in the March 8, 2006 issue of the Gwinnett Daily Post of Georgia that reported on a mission to Shivpuri, India to render chiropractic care to the people of that area. The story noted that in the span of 10 days, the American team of four doctors and 19 interns estimates
read moreAppearing in the March 2004 issue of the peer-reviewed Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, was a documented case study of a life changing case. The subject of the study was a previously healthy 17 year old who was involved in high school sports. On one particular occasion he was competing as a pole vaulter
read moreAs reported in the March 9, 2001 PRNewswire, Representative Wes Watkins, of Oklahoma, has introduced legislation that would require Medicare to reimburse doctors of chiropractic for the full scope of services they are licensed to provide under state law. The bill has been named the “Chiropractic Patients’ Freedom of Choice Act.” Currently US Medicare only
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