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Alternative Health News
Tackling the Opioid Crisis: Big Insurance Victory for Rhode Island DCs
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo has signed legislation requiring insurers to reimburse chiropractors for medically necessary non-opioid pain treatments.
Coding for Maintenance Care
You are indeed correct that S8990 is indeed a code for maintenance for physical therapy or manipulation. It is a Health Care Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) code and not part of the CPT coding set. HCPCS is a collection of codes that represent procedures, supplies, products and services which may be provided to Medicare beneficiaries and individuals enrolled in private health insurance programs.
Exposing the Bias for Acupuncture
A pair of papers published recently in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine challenge the United Kingdom's NICE clinical practice guidelines for osteoarthritis of the knee, specifically the guideline's recommendation against the use of acupuncture as a treatment option for knee OA.
An Acupuncture Parallel in the Everyday
It was a breezy spring evening in San Francisco when I stepped out of the car in front of Quince restaurant. As I walked toward the front entrance, I could not help but notice the well-groomed trees, and neatly swept sidewalk.

Treating Gulf War Illness: The Lasting Effects of Desert Shield/Storm
Clinical and registry programs indicate that 25 percent of the 700,000 veterans of the first Gulf War (Operation Desert Shield/Storm, years 1990-1991), have been affected by clusters of symptoms, and co-morbid medical diagnoses.

News in Brief
National, Western States Forge CE Partnership; New Appointments at NYCC; Core Products Acquires Swede-O.
A Herbal Guide for Digestive Complaints
One of the most common presentations in the clinical setting is digestive complaints. Almost daily I see patients presenting with a wide array of digestive issues ranging from simple issues such as gas or bloating to complex issues such as IBS or chronic food allergies.

Canada Keeps Cutting Chiropractic
Manitoba is the only remaining Canadian province that covers a portion of chiropractic care for all residents, but a new funding formula effective June 1 cuts $4.8 million from Manitoba Health's annual subsidies for chiropractic.
Coming to Grips With Our Professional Realities
As an American citizen, watching divisions in our society sharpen and grow more barbed and distinct over the past decade has been painful.
Coming to a Hospital Near You: Acupuncture
Revised pain management assessment and management standards1 by The Joint Commission require accredited hospitals to "provide nonpharmacologic pain treatment modalities" as a necessary performance element.
Prescription Rights: Be Careful What You Wish For (Part 2)
Some chiropractors hold the view that if given the authority to prescribe drugs, they would also have the right to counsel patients to modify or stop the use of at least some of the drugs prescribed by other professionals.
Denied Care: The Art of the Appeal (Pt. 1)
One of my patients was involved in an accident that left him permanently disabled. Although he finds welcome relief through an evidence-based, integrated approach to his injuries, the managed care organization (MCO) denied his care.
Senior Care: Don't Forget the Feet
A number of significant health conditions begin to have a greater impact on our patients as they age. Some of these are not immediately symptomatic, and often patients are unaware of the deterioration until they develop a loss of functional capacity and independence.
The Wellness Center Solution
Most of us didn't go to chiropractic school for the money. We did it because we genuinely wanted to be doctors. The dream of one day opening our own practice and having our own patients?
The News Shaping Your Future
As Ferris Bueller said during his infamous "day off," "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." Such is the case with the most recent events shaping the role of chiropractic in America's health care.
AHPA is Taking the Lead: A Proactive Approach to Herbal Safety
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) and Chinese Herbal Products Committee (CHPC) has taken the lead when it comes to defining "Good Herbal Compounding and Dispensing Practices."

3 Reasons Patients Fire You
Any successful DC knows the secret to running a thriving practice involves having patients who return time and time again for your health-related services. But how do you get them to want to continue to walk in your door? You keep them satisfied.
A Name Change Will Save Our Profession
When the art and science of chiropractic was established in 1895, the art and science of marketing, advertising and public relations was virtually nonexistent.
University of Missouri Adds Chiropractic
The Missouri Orthopedic Institute, a branch of the University of Missouri (MU) Health Care System, has added chiropractic to its list of available services and named K. Jeffrey Miller, DC, MBA and Jose Ramirez, DC, MS, CCSP, assistant professors of chiropractic.
What's Causing That LBP? Facets vs. Discs vs. the SI Joint
Let's discuss some simple ways to differentiate the three major spinal joint sources of low back pain a chiropractor needs to address. Differential diagnosis is one of the keys to accuracy and success.
Needling in Nepal: World Healing Exchange
In 2009 Acupuncturists Without Borders (AWB) traveled to Nepal for the first-ever "World Healing Exchange" trip. While they were there they visited rural villages, met with traditional healers of the region (particularly traditional Tibetan medicine healers), and got to know the acupuncture community.

Complacency Can Be a Practice Killer
Master motivator Zig Ziglar frequently told audiences in his lectures how to cook frogs. "If you throw them in hot water, they quickly jump out," he explained. "If you place them in warm water and slowly heat them with a small candle, they relax and get cooked."
Integrative Healthcare: An East West Perspective
Acupuncture and Oriental medicine schools educate their students to understand that a patient's specific health concerns are important to understand, as well as the patient's more general concerns about elevating personal stress levels in navigating the health care system.

The Do's & Don'ts of Office Humor
The new patient was a young, athletic-looking male who towered over me. As I shook his hand, I judged he was at least 6'6" tall. Walking back to the consultation room with him, just to be friendly and warm things up, I said, "I promise not to ask you if you ever played basketball in school!"
Penetrating the Myserious: Strange Diseases & Hidden Qi
Often the root of our problems come not from what we can identify and explain, but from a deeper, hidden place. This is true for both physical problems as well as mental-emotional issues.
Let's Restore Ilium Motion
If you are a practitioner who routinely evaluates sacroiliac function during standing hip flexion, you should notice the loss of sacroiliac motion on one or both sides following lumbar spinal injury, dysfunction or degeneration.
Chronic LBP: New Study Suggests Orthotics Can Help
A new study touted as "the first large-scale clinical trial assessing orthotics for treatment of LBP" suggests custom orthotics are an effective treatment option, alone or in combination with chiropractic care, for relieving pain and improving function in patients with chronic low back pain.
Kudos to Consumer Reports
A well-rounded discussion of back pain, the problems with traditional treatment and the benefits of conservative care including spinal manipulation – now wouldn't that be great?
The Yang of Stress & Fat: Hormones Worth Monitoring in Your Patients
There are many risks associated with obesity, some even severe enough to lead to death, such as a heart attack or stroke.

A Dangerous Cause of Upper Back and Chest Pain
I was scuba diving in the Gulf of Mexico with several other divers to spear lionfish. Our first dive was to 100 feet and proved uneventful. On the second dive, a pair of divers went first while we waited for them to return.

A Better Way to Treat Back Pain
Eight out of 10 people will experience back pain at some point in their life.1 Lower back injuries are seen in patients who are sedentary or athletic or even those whose jobs require no sitting at all, including 37 percent of school-aged children.1

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CranioSacrally Speaking

By John Upledger, DO, OMM

John E. Upledger is president and medical director of The Upledger Institute in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. The Institute is recognized worldwide for its groundbreaking continuing education programs, clinical research and therapeutic services. Dr. Upledger's development of CranioSacral Therapy in particular has earned him an international reputation. He has served on the Alternative Medicine Program Advisory Council for the Office of Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health in Washington, D.C.

Previous Articles

Farewell: Keep Sharing the Love
  November, 2009 (Vol. 9, Issue 11)
Light-Touch Therapy Eases Pregnancy and Delivery of Twins
  October, 2009 (Vol. 9, Issue 10)
How a Child's Drawing May Enhance Hands-on Comprehension
  September, 2009 (Vol. 9, Issue 09)
Massage Today Reader Discovers "Anything’s Possible"
  August, 2009 (Vol. 9, Issue 08)
Dialoging With the Nonconscious Mind
  July, 2009 (Vol. 09, Issue 07)
The Therapeutic Value of Listening
  June, 2009 (Vol. 09, Issue 06)
Overcoming the CST Language Barrier
  May, 2009 (Vol. 09, Issue 05)
Unwinding Meridians to Reverse Anemia
  April, 2009 (Vol. 09, Issue 04)
CranioSacral Therapy for a Multitude of Health Problems
  March, 2009 (Vol. 09, Issue 03)
It's Music to My Hands
  February, 2009 (Vol. 09, Issue 02)
How to Make Word-of-Mouth Marketing Work for You
  January, 2009 (Vol. 09, Issue 01)
Six Ways to Ease the Pain of an Economic Still Point
  December, 2008 (Vol. 08, Issue 12)
The Pressurestat Model Explains the Craniosacral Rhythm
  November, 2008 (Vol. 08, Issue 11)
The Iterative Process: A CranioSacral Approach to Health and the Human Body
  October, 2008 (Vol. 08, Issue 10)
Straight Talk on Scoliosis
  September, 2008 (Vol. 08, Issue 09)
Is a Miserly Money Mantra Shortchanging Your Practice?
  August, 2008 (Vol. 08, Issue 08)
Working in Concert With Nature
  July, 2008 (Vol. 08, Issue 07)
Releasing Emotions Trapped in the Tissues
  June, 2008 (Vol. 08, Issue 06)
The Controversy of Cranial Bone Movement
  May, 2008 (Vol. 08, Issue 05)
Palpating the Craniosacral Rhythm
  April, 2008 (Vol. 08, Issue 04)
Easing Migraine Pain
  March, 2008 (Vol. 08, Issue 03)
Derailing an Accident’s Effects
  February, 2008 (Vol. 08, Issue 02)
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Cell Patterns
  January, 2008 (Vol. 08, Issue 01)
Tales From the Cranial Frontier
  December, 2007 (Vol. 07, Issue 12)
When a Child Wants to Move But Can’t
  November, 2007 (Vol. 07, Issue 11)
The Hungry Brain
  October, 2007 (Vol. 07, Issue 10)
Autonomic Nervous System Dysfunction
  September, 2007 (Vol. 07, Issue 09)
How the CranioSacral Therapy Paradigm Applies to Other Modalities … and Life
  August, 2007 (Vol. 07, Issue 08)
Autism Spectrum Disorder: How CranioSacral Therapy Can Help
  July, 2007 (Vol. 07, Issue 07)
Strong Enough for Parents, Gentle Enough for Their Kids
  June, 2007 (Vol. 07, Issue 06)
A Touching Experience in Ireland
  May, 2007 (Vol. 07, Issue 05)
Why Incorporate CranioSacral Therapy Into an Existing Manual Therapy Practice?
  April, 2007 (Vol. 07, Issue 04)
Helping the Brain Drain: How CranioSacral Therapy Aids ADD/ADHD
  March, 2007 (Vol. 07, Issue 03)
Scoliosis and CranioSacral Therapy
  February, 2007 (Vol. 07, Issue 02)
The Gift of Therapeutic Presence
  January, 2007 (Vol. 07, Issue 01)
It’s a Family Affair
  December, 2006 (Vol. 06, Issue 12)
Chronic Pain and CranioSacral Therapy, Part 2
  November, 2006 (Vol. 06, Issue 11)
Chronic Pain and CranioSacral Therapy, Part 1
  October, 2006 (Vol. 06, Issue 10)
Understanding the “E” Word in Bodywork
  September, 2006 (Vol. 06, Issue 09)
Easing Seizures
  August, 2006 (Vol. 06, Issue 08)
Truth: The Golden Thread, Part Two
  July, 2006 (Vol. 06, Issue 07)
Truth: The Golden Thread, Part One
  June, 2006 (Vol. 06, Issue 06)
When the Inner Physician Speaks, I Listen
  May, 2006 (Vol. 06, Issue 05)
For Better Client Outcomes, Just Add Water
  April, 2006 (Vol. 06, Issue 04)
Understanding the Contraindications
  March, 2006 (Vol. 06, Issue 03)
Exploring the Therapeutic Value of CranioSacral Therapy
  February, 2006 (Vol. 06, Issue 02)
The Potential Impact of Orthodontia on Whole-Body Health
  January, 2006 (Vol. 06, Issue 01)
No More Earaches
  December, 2005 (Vol. 05, Issue 12)
Taming Osteoporosis
  November, 2005 (Vol. 05, Issue 11)
Quantum Physics and CranioSacral Therapy
  October, 2005 (Vol. 05, Issue 10)
Cellular Conversations
  September, 2005 (Vol. 05, Issue 09)
The Natural Effects of Melatonin
  August, 2005 (Vol. 05, Issue 08)
A Natural Approach to Degenerative Diseases of the Central Nervous System
  July, 2005 (Vol. 05, Issue 07)
Changing Hearts and Minds for 20 Years
  June, 2005 (Vol. 05, Issue 06)
Centering the Session With Intention
  April, 2005 (Vol. 05, Issue 04)
Massage Therapists Take Center Stage at Beyond the Dura 2005
  March, 2005 (Vol. 05, Issue 03)
An Obscure Side-Effect of Obesity
  February, 2005 (Vol. 05, Issue 02)
The Will to Persevere
  January, 2005 (Vol. 05, Issue 01)
Performing the Initial CranioSacral Evaluation
  December, 2004 (Vol. 04, Issue 12)
The Still Point
  November, 2004 (Vol. 04, Issue 11)
The Significance Detector
  October, 2004 (Vol. 04, Issue 10)
Direction of Energy
  September, 2004 (Vol. 04, Issue 09)
A Look Inside the Craniosacral System and How CST Helps
  August, 2004 (Vol. 04, Issue 08)
Toxic Brain Injury (Encephalopathy)
  July, 2004 (Vol. 04, Issue 07)
Cholesterol: Friend of Foe?
  June, 2004 (Vol. 04, Issue 06)
CranioSacral Therapy: Who Shall Do It?
  May, 2004 (Vol. 04, Issue 05)
21-Year-Old Looks Forward to Pain-Free Adulthood
  April, 2004 (Vol. 04, Issue 04)
Connective Tissue Leads to the Core of Good Health
  March, 2004 (Vol. 04, Issue 03)
Addressing the Skeptics, Part II
  February, 2004 (Vol. 04, Issue 02)
Addressing the Skeptics, Part I
  January, 2004 (Vol. 04, Issue 01)
CranioSacral Therapy Alters Brain Functioning: A Clinical Overview
  December, 2003 (Vol. 03, Issue 12)
CranioSacral Therapy and Scientific Research, Part II
  November, 2003 (Vol. 03, Issue 11)
CranioSacral Therapy and Scientific Research, Part I
  October, 2003 (Vol. 03, Issue 10)
Releasing the Energy Cyst
  August, 2003 (Vol. 03, Issue 08)
To Breathe Again
  July, 2003 (Vol. 03, Issue 07)
Applications of CranioSacral Therapy in Newborns and Infants, Part II
  June, 2003 (Vol. 03, Issue 06)
Applications of CranioSacral Therapy in Newborns and Infants, Part I
  May, 2003 (Vol. 03, Issue 05)
Cell Talk
  April, 2003 (Vol. 03, Issue 04)
The Practical Pitfalls of Research
  March, 2003 (Vol. 03, Issue 03)
CranioSacral Therapy and the AIDS Patient
  February, 2003 (Vol. 03, Issue 02)
The Facilitated Segment
  January, 2003 (Vol. 03, Issue 01)
Living in the Laboratory
  December, 2002 (Vol. 02, Issue 12)
My Dolphin Mentor
  November, 2002 (Vol. 02, Issue 11)
CranioSacral Therapy vs. Cranial Osteopathy: Differences Divide
  October, 2002 (Vol. 02, Issue 10)
Life, Stress and Health
  September, 2002 (Vol. 02, Issue 09)
TMJ: Primary Problem, or Tip of the Iceberg?
  August, 2002 (Vol. 02, Issue 08)
The Big Picture on Milk Intolerance
  July, 2002 (Vol. 02, Issue 07)
Mighty Joe Defies the Odds
  June, 2002 (Vol. 02, Issue 06)
Intention and Touch
  May, 2002 (Vol. 02, Issue 05)
The Consciousness of Organ Transplants
  April, 2002 (Vol. 02, Issue 04)
The Expanding Role of Cerebrospinal Fluid in Health and Disease
  March, 2002 (Vol. 02, Issue 03)
CranioSacral Dissection Sheds New Light on Effects of Palpation
  February, 2002 (Vol. 02, Issue 02)
Nothing Is Impossible
  January, 2002 (Vol. 02, Issue 01)
Consciousness and Its Therapeutic Applications
  December, 2001 (Vol. 01, Issue 12)
The Role of CranioSacral Therapy in Addressing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  November, 2001 (Vol. 01, Issue 11)
Who's the Smartest of Them All?
  October, 2001 (Vol. 01, Issue 10)
Magnets: A Cause for Pause
  September, 2001 (Vol. 01, Issue 09)
Craniosacral Therapy and Attention Deficit Disorder
  August, 2001 (Vol. 01, Issue 08)
Health Care as a State of Self-Defense
  July, 2001 (Vol. 01, Issue 07)
When the Immune System Attacks, Ask Why
  June, 2001 (Vol. 01, Issue 06)
The Privilege of Being a Witness
  May, 2001 (Vol. 01, Issue 05)
An Eclectic and Integrative Approach to Treatment
  March, 2001 (Vol. 01, Issue 03)
The Magic of Intentioned Touch and Blending
  January, 2001 (Vol. 01, Issue 01)
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