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The Riches Are in the Niches
When thinking about the target market for your chiropractic practice, it is important to establish your niche, especially if you want to be a cash practice and move away from insurance dependence. A product or service that is for "everyone" is really for "no one."
To Vape or Not to Vape?
Smoking can be harmful in so many ways. Not only are there a multitude of negative health consequences from smoking, but recent research even shows a connection between smoking and back pain.
Why You Should Care About Prebiotics (Pt. 2)
In my last article [January 2017], I discussed the concept of prebiotics (also known as microfood, as a way to avoid the consumer confusion that can occur between the terms probiotic and prebiotic) and began exploring the literature supporting the health benefits of prebiotic soluble fiber.
Are You Putting the Spine in Jeopardy?
Every chiropractor knows a strong, well-coordinated core is essential for maintaining spinal health. Unfortunately, none of the typically prescribed core exercises targets the most active core muscle: the diaphragm.
Heat or Cold? Choosing the Best Option for Pain
One item of contention between practitioners of Western and Eastern medicine is whether to use heat or cold in treating an area of pain.
Needle Sequencing: Something I Wish I'd Known Sooner
The pathways in Chinese medicine are first presented in the Mawangdui medical texts that date to the warring states, a period of the Zhou dynasty (403 BC-221 BC). Hundreds of years later a more comprehensive and precise pathway syste
Chiropractic for Older Adults: Updated Practice Recommendations
A systematic literature review and consensus process undertaken by Dr. Cheryl Hawk and colleagues has yielded the latest evidence-informed best practices for doctors of chiropractic regarding appropriate evaluation, management and manual treatment of older patients.
Is It Time to Rethink Mental Illness? (Pt. 2)
In the scientific literature, chronic inflammatory conditions such as obesity, diabetes, malignancies, rheumatoid arthritis, and multiple sclerosis, have been associated with depression and bipolar disorder.
News in Brief
NBA Coach - Don't Get Back Surgery; Accreditation for Barcelona College of Chiropractic; First Annual Roberto Clemente Sports Chiropractic Award; Life West Achieves Next Level of Accreditation; In Remembrance: Dr. Stanley KaPlan.
Herbal Education: What You & Your Patient Need to Know
Long ago I had a patient that didn't fill her herb prescription. I asked her why and she began to reply hesitantly. I stepped in and said, "I understand if you have concerns about products from China.
2017 AOM Scholars
The Trudy McAlister Foundation (TMF), a 501c3 non-profit corporation, has announced the recipients of the 2017 AOM scholarship awards. Five students have received scholarships totaling $11,000.
More Than a Documentary: An Ancient Craft in Mainstream Medicine
If you haven't heard of Doug Dearth (director and producer of the award winning film, 9000 Needles), you're about to ... when Doug's younger brother Devin suffered a brain stem bleed, and subsequently a stroke, he was left partially paralyzed.
Resolving Atypical LBP Presentations
We have all experienced patients with an uncomplicated lesion or misalignment of the sacroiliac joint whose complaints were not resolved with even the best care we could render using conventional diagnostic and adjusting strategies.
Acupuncture Law in Wyoming: 47th State to Regulate
After the Wyoming Acupuncture Society (WAS) worked with the authors of HB 165 (also known as the Wyoming Acupuncture Practice Act), they were there to witness the signing of the newly passed bill by Governor Matt Mead.
Tight Hips, Tight Back: Essential Exam Flow
When examining a patient with tight hips, my exam progresses from observing the patient while sitting in a consultation chair, to standing, to walking, to a treatment table.
A Question of Ethics
Recently, after I had finished teaching a class on ethics, I  read a blog post on the AAAOM website regarding "gainful employment." The published information made me reflect on what I had just discussed with the students — the acupuncturists' ethical responsibility to the patient, the profession and the public.
Medicare 101: New ABN, Fee Reductions
Medicare has updated the ABN and the newest version is required after June 21, 2017. The Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN), Form CMS-R-131, is issued by physicians, practitioners and suppliers to original Medicare (fee-for-service) beneficiaries when Medicare payment is expected to be denied.
What the Escalator Was Trying to Say
One of the hazards of my work is time spent in airports. While I greatly enjoy meeting with DCs across the country and participating in major events, flying is not my favorite part of the journey.
If You Build It, They Will Come
Building a successful practice is all about building productive, lasting relationships with patients, families and the health care community. Here are five easy ways to forge relationships that will help ensure a sustainable, successful practice for years to come.
How Does Creativity Influence Qi?
What a wonderful inquiry. We can parse it out by beginning with the aspect we regularly occupy ourselves with, and that is Qi. If we agree that everything in the universe is a form of Qi in varying degrees of manifestation from material (i.e. the body) to the immaterial (i.e. thoughts, mind, Shen), as depicted by the character of Qi denoting rice as the material, and vapor or steam as the immaterial, then we can say that Qi and Life Force are synonymous.
Hope & Healing for HIV/AIDS Patients: Emperor's College Develops Difference Makers
On the main drag through West Hollywood, a stone's throw from the famed Sunset Strip, sits Being Alive, a nonprofit organization that focuses on the health and wellness of people living with HIV and AIDS.
The Earth Element Within Us
The Stomach, known as "the Official of rotting and ripening food and drink," with its paired Official, the Spleen, represents the Earth Element within us.
Practice Potential: When Less Is More
We live in a more culture these days, but as too many people find out the hard way, more isn't always better in life, and the same is true for your practice.
Was Chiropractic Philosophy Created as a Ruse to Beat the Law?
For more than three decades, chiropractic historians have advanced the notion that chiropractic "philosophy" was born in a courtroom in 1907.
An Honor for Yo San University
Doctors, Daoshing Ni and Mao Shing Ni, brothers who founded Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Culver City, will be honored with the Leadership in Caring award or their lifework and community service.
Bastyr & AOMA: New Partners
A new venture between Bastyr University and AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine has united the two schools.
Eczema & Acupuncture: A Sound Solution (Part 2)
The points used and selected were modified slightly during each successive treatment based on JA's constitution at the time of the follow up consultations.
Let Your Fans Spread the Love
Nirvana in marketing is when you can create a team of brand evangelists or people who completely, 100 percent not only believe in your brand, but also willingly, without being prompted, share your brand story with others.
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