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Oregon's state health plan has made a bold move to place a priority on chiropractic and other complementary therapies that could lead the way for other states to do the same. 

Patients with back pain will be able to move from invasive (and potentially addictive) therapies such as painkillers and surgery as first-line therapies in favor of more conservative and potentially more effective therapies such as chiropractic, which works to treat the underlying condition causing back pain. 

When compared to manual adjusting, instrument-assisted adjusting can offer the same—if not better—results, depending upon the patient. In addition, these ergonomic tools can help protect practitioners from overuse or other injuries related to their work. 

With all the physical impacts that an athlete receives both on and off the field, chiropractic care should be considered as a key part of any athlete's prevention and treatment regimen. But while chiropractic care in the athletic realm is growing, it's still not as prevalent as it could be. In this article from Dynamic Chiropractic, Nancy Martin-Molina, DC, QME, MBA, CCSP, furthers the case of the benefits of chiropractic care for athletic injuries in her treatment of a former long distance runner with persistent knee pain.

A number of high-profile cases have frightened the public regarding chiropractic and a supposed risk of vertebrobasilar artery system stroke. 

VBA stroke is rare but can occur following violent neck movements that apply unusual forces to the neck. However, a number of studies have already demonstrated that there is no assocation between chiropractic visits and VBA strokes in older patients.

Aaaah—nothing beats the feeling of a good back stretch. At its simplest, inversion therapy does just that—helping the body turn nearly upside down to defeat the effects of gravity and gently decompress the spine, stretch your muscles and reduce back pain. Susan Spinasanta of Spine Universe provides valuable information about inversion therapy that you can share with your patients.

In the vast majority of people reporting back pain, their symptoms have absolutely nothing to do with the discs or vertebrae.

It is not uncommon to hear that the average student graduating from a four-year college today has a portion of debt to pay off. One step farther, postgraduate students have even more. This burden has created hardships for recent graduates and much more to consider when moving into the workforce. Every career path is different, especially if you intend to open your own private practice as a chiropractor. There is a lot of upfront cost that may seem like large hurdles to cross. With the help of ChiroFusion, they are paving the way for students and new graduates to find ways to save money in the beginnings of their chiropractic career and set for success.

Over time, chiropractors do some heavy lifting. While manual tables have long been a standard, more practitioners today are looking at electric, or motorized tables. Whether you’re looking at adjusting treatment tables or need a new decompression table, motorized models can facilitate your treatments and improve both patient and practitioner comfort. ChiroEco.com’s Brandi Schlossberg explains.

Forget about slick, overpriced campaigns. Marketing your practice today comes down to five simple strategies that are easy for any practice to implement. Dr. Noel Lloyd, DC, owner of a consulting service based in Seattle, Wash., shares his best advice on how practices can continue to attract qualified new patients in today’s competitive health care environment.

What goes down must go up. At least, that's the goal when patients present with neck pain caused by hunching over their smartphones and other mobile devices. iTrac Extension Traction therapy can help bring sufferers back to a neutral spine and help create a sustainable patient base for your practice. CBS News shares more about "tech neck" and a recent study on this growing issue.