Chiropractic care is a form of alternative medicine, as chiropractors offer no drugs or surgical treatments.
Chiropractors promise to relieve the burden of a variety of ailments, including headaches, backaches, sports injuries and mental health problems, through physical manipulation of the spine of individuals who use their service. However, a visit to a chiropractor offers so much more!
Patients turn to us when they have musculoskeletal disorders—but unless we take care, we can be at risk for the same injuries that we’re treating. Lauriann Greene, CEAS; Richard W. Goggins, CPE, LMP; and Jennifer Hess, DC, MPH, PhD, explain how the right table, tools and postures can make a huge difference in preventing work-related injuries.
Are you interested in offering low level laser therapy but aren’t sure where or how to start? ChiroEco’s Dava Stewart provides a quick guide for DCs interested in adding this service to their practices.
As chiropractors, we offer terrific and necessary services, but then we wonder: Why aren’t patients knocking down our doors? Chiropractor and consultant Dr. Noel Lloyd offers these five simple (and easy to fix!) mistakes that may be hampering your practice growth in this article from Dynamic Chiropractic.
Pain relief. Tissue healing. More rapid recovery. All at the push of a button. Practices everywhere are adopting low-level laser therapy as a modality that is low cost and high satisfaction, for both patients and practitioners.
Most chiropractors run small practices. However, if a chiropractor decides to hire someone as an employee, it's likely going to be a chiropractic assistant. CAs can play a number of different roles in a practice (and this can vary from practice to practice, depending on what's needed), from receptionist and scheduler to patient educator and even patient care provider.
You no doubt have already recommended turmeric as an excellent medicinal for treating a variety of conditions. It has been showed to treat everything from inflammation and pain to osteoarthritis and viral infections.1-3 Turmeric is actually part of the ginger family, which is a rhizome plant that grows in a variety of regions in Asia and has been a staple of both Ayurvedic and traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years. Turmeric is usually harvested by drying out the root, then turning it into a fine powder.
These days, patients both expect and desire to be proactive in their care. "What can I do at home for myself?" is a common question in clinics of all disciplines, particularly in the economic environment. Fluid movement—undulation—allows for a high level of patient participation without requiring additional specialized spaces or equipment—and leads to improved compliance and overall clinical outcomes. Kimberly Kohr, DC, a chiropractor and exercise instructor, and Anita Boser, LMP, CHP, author of Relieve Stiffness and Feel Young Again With Undulation, explain how.
Not only is it the largest joint structure in the human body, but it is also the most complex and the only one that must bear loads that can be up to four times the body’s actual weight.1 Of course, the time when your patients will become the most aware of just how vital the knee is for proper mobility and stability will be when they have suffered a knee injury or have chronic, debilitating knee pain.
