As of Jan. 1, 2012, candidates for spine surgery must receive “prior authorization to determine medical necessity,” which includes verification that the patient has “tried and failed a 3-month course of conservative management that included physical therapy, chiropractic therapy, and medication.” Read More

Chiro.Org Blog: The kinetic aspects of spinal biomechanics are an important consideration in traumatology since the totality of function is essentially the sum of its individual components. However, although reminders are frequently given, the multitude of causes and effects of an articular subluxation complex (spinal or extraspinal) will not be detailed here that is primarily directed to chiropractic clinicians and advanced students who are well acquainted with standard hypotheses. For a Read More

Thank you to everyone that has been making use of the chiropractic classifieds on Planet Chiropractic. I got some really good feedback from chiropractors that have been using the system nearly 10 years while I was attending the CCA Parker Seminar event in San Diego. Work is regularly done on the classified ad system but it’s not something users usually notice, that’s about to change. Modifications that are expected to be live by June of this year include improved browser Read More

Happy 100th Birthday to Studs Terkel The Chiro.Org Blog Because I live outside of Chicago, our local national public radio channel played a 2-hour show about Studs on what would have been his 100th birthday. I knew he was a colorful character, but has no idea he had been blacklisted by McCarthy for supporting Worker’s [...] Read More

Chiro.Org Blog: The articulations of the scapula, clavicle, and the humerus function as a biomechanical unit. Only when certain multiple segments are completely fixed can these parts possibly function independently in mechanical roles. Forces generated from or on one of the three segments influence the other two segments. Thus, they will be described here as a functional unit. Please underscore this point in your mind as you read this paper. Read More

By Michael Dorausch, DC The California Chiropractic Association (CCA) has mailed election materials and ballots to active CCA members, along with the CCA board’s nominees for the 2012-2013 CCA Executive Committee offices, check your mail for materials if you are a California Chiropractor. Chiropractor Vernon Englund of the CCA The CCA Nominating… This is a planetchiropractic content summary feed. Visit www.planetchiropractic.com for complete content, links, and related media. Read More

Soft-Tissue Neck Trauma The Chiro.Org Blog Clinical Monograph 15 By R. C. Schafer, DC, PhD, FICC The mechanical relationship between the head and neck has been crudely compared to a brick attached to a flexible rod. As the structural mass of the head is so much greater than that of the neck, it is no [...] Read More

Life West News The First WCCS Regional Conference Hosted At Life West Called A ‘Game-Changer’ Hayward, California – On May 3, 2012, Life Chiropractic College West hosted the first World Congress of Chiropractic Students (WCCS) regional event which ran over the course of four days. Chiropractic students from 13 schools in four countries and two… This is a planetchiropractic content summary feed. Visit www.planetchiropractic.com for complete content, links, and related Read More

By Michael Dorausch, DC The California Chiropractic Association (CCA) is hosting a legislative conference on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 featuring Governor Jerry Brown as the keynote speaker. The CCA legislative conference is being held in Sacramento, California and chiropractors as well as chiropractic students are urged to attend. Registration begins… This is a planetchiropractic content summary feed. Visit www.planetchiropractic.com for complete content, links, and related media. – Read More

By Michael Dorausch, DC The California Chiropractic Association (CCA) is hosting a legislative conference on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 featuring Governor Jerry Brown as the keynote speaker. The CCA legislative conference is being held in Sacramento, California and chiropractors as well as chiropractic students are urged to attend. Registration begins… This is a planetchiropractic content summary feed. Visit www.planetchiropractic.com for complete content, links, and related media. – Read More