...Chiropractic Orthopedics is a Specialized Field Joined by Hoover Chiropractor G. Edwards There are some physicians who are willing to settle for the least amount of education possible, and then there are others like G. Forrest Edwards, D.C., D.A.B.C.O., who have taken their medical expertise the extra mile. As the chiropractor for the Hoover Health and Wellness Center in Alabama, Dr. Edwards has added the specialty of chiropractic orthopedics to his name. A chiropractor is a holistic physician who seeks to find healthy, non-medicated, and non-invasive treatments to ailments which affect the neuromuscular system. These conditions can range anywhere from persistent back pain to degenerative disc disease and sciatica. Through their treatment philosophy,...
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...[pic] ICAK-USA Research The Following is a Compilation of Applied Kinesiology Research Papers Published in the Collected Papers of the International College of Applied Kinesiology for the year 2005-2006 -- Edited by Scott Cuthbert, D.C. Functional Systems Approach to Central Nervous System Evaluation Richard Belli, D.C., D.A.C.N.B. ABSTRACT Objective: This study investigates the clinical utility of testing functional systems within the central nervous system, compared to testing individual motor nerves with manual muscle testing. Design: Private practice. Study Subjects: Patients were examined by the treating chiropractor from his existing patient pool. Methods: Chiropractic management was decided on by the treating chiropractor. A series of twelve tests were designed to discover disorders of functional systems within the CNS. The tests described were to evaluate the function of 12 systems: 1) spinal cord, 2) myelencephalon/reticular formation, 3) vagal system, 4) trigeminal motor system-muscles of mastication, 5) vestibulospinal system, and bulbo reticular area, 6) reticular formation, 7) diencephalons and gait locomotion system, 8) mesencephalon, 9) cardiac sympathetic autonomic system, 10) pyramidal system, 11) limbic system, 12) sensory system. Results: This chiropractic approach tests the nervous system after provocation of functional systems...
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...decrease in daily activity, time lost from work and substantial medical expenses. Treatment for said ailments however are available. Chiropractic manipulation is one of the available rehabilitations used to combat this disorder with Spinal manipulative therapy (SMT), a widely practiced health intervention, being the main source of mediation administered by chiropractors (healthcare professionals dedicated to the non-surgical treatment of disorders...
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...Chiropractic, Osteopathy and Physiotherapy: define, compare and contrast “There are a range of health care professions readily available to the community today. Three of them that are often compared include; Chiropractic, Osteopathy and Physiotherapy. It is important to understand the differences between and the purposes of each form of health care before commencing treatment with one of them. Chiropractic is a form of complementary medicine based on the diagnosis and correction of misalignments and disorders of the musculoskeletal and nervous system. Chiropractors aim to improve the function of the bodily systems, through addressing neuromuscular pain with chiropractic adjustments and by eliminating any interference and discomfort that may be impairing the body’s ability to self heal to reach optimal health. Chiropractic originated in 1895 when DD (Full name here) Palmer, a local grocer with a keen interest in metaphysics, started as a magnetic healer until he put forward the principles of chiropractic, “I was a magnetic healer for nine years previous to discovering the principles which comprise the method know as chiropractic. During this period much of that which was necessary to complete the science was worked out. I had discovered that many diseases were associated with derangements of the stomach, kidneys and other organs...” (1) The word chiropractic literally means in Greek, “done by hand” (2) and public interest in the practice was generated when he “cured” a janitor...
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...I am the second child of seven siblings and a first-generation college student. My older sister currently attends the University of Iowa with plans to attend law school. The five others in my family range from middle school to elementary school-aged children. I plan to attend Simpson College in Indianola to receive a bachelor's degree in biology and to study pre-chiropractic care. After Simpson, I plan to enroll in the class of 2024 at Palmer in Davenport to finish my studies in chiropractic care. I then hope to one day open my own practice near my hometown of Mount Vernon and support the community that has raised me and brought me to where I am today. If someone were to ask who Blaine Schumacher is, I believe their response to be that he is...
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...Healthcare in America Joshua Durfey ITT Technical Institute EN1320 Mr. Joy 24 February, 2014 Healthcare in America “Healthcare reform is not a new concept. In the late 1800s, 11 industrial nations developed social/national insurance.” (Lehman, 2013) The Affordable Healthcare Act has been a big controversy since its conception in 2010. Many people believe it will help, but there are the others who think this is another way for the government to control us. “Despite public perception, it is a fact that the healthcare system in the United States does not deliver the most salubrious care.” (Lehman, 2013) The pros and cons will be discussed in this paper as well as what it means to you and me. One of the biggest helps this bill will give the American people is the ability to have affordable health insurance. The bill lays out the parameters for the insurance companies to follow allowing people to get coverage that is not ungodly expensive. If a person has a preexisting medical condition, such as cancer, will not be turned down for insurance. This is a big help for those who have tried to get insurance and were turned away as a result of prior health issues. The cost of health coverage is no longer based solely on the person, but on the community in which they reside. This allows someone who lives in a poorer part of town to have lower health insurance cost. However, this means people who live in upscale areas will pay more, even if they cannot...
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...have inadvertently been charged to his HMO plan rather than being held out for payment as related to the litigation. You have been asked to calculate the medical expenses and manage the billing of the services. You contact the doctor’s office for Bill’s medical records (with his permission and HIPPA consent) and the billing statements. You also contact Bill’s HMO and ask for their records of services billed. While you await the medical records from one of Bill’s doctors, you decide to do some sleuthing regarding the “typical” costs for various services related to the medical care that Bill received as a result of his accident. You know the agreed to fees have been negotiated as a result of the litigation, but you think that some additional research can’t hurt. The medical records arrive by courier from the doctor’s office (your firm is charged $100.00 for the courier service) and you receive the fax from the HMO. You begin your analysis and comparison of...
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...LIBRARY/APA ASSIGNMENT The purpose of the first part of this assignment is to learn how to use the library and internet to find scholarly research. Print this questionnaire and bring to class and the library on the assigned days. Portions of this will be discussed/ completed in class. All parts must be typed. This assignment is to allow you to learn how to do research on the web and on the library website when searching for articles. Many of you will use these tools for research papers. You will follow the directions listed and fill in the blanks. This is due 4/11. Go to www.google.com to answer the questions below. Type dhmo into the search box. How many results were found? Go to www.dhmo.org and what is the Title of the page? What is this website about? Read the page and evaluate the page using the 6 criteria discussed in class. For each area, explain how the page filled that criteria, or how it didn’t fill that criteria. Authority: Objectivity: Accuracy: Currency: Content/Relevancy: Aesthetics: What is dihydrogen monoxide? Go to scholar.google.com Type “sports injuries” in the search box. How many results were found? Click on the second article. Is the article scholarly or popular? Click the back arrow at the top and look at the 2nd article information. At the end of the 2nd article information, how many articles is the article “Cited by”? Library Search Go to the library website and use the database...
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...SPINE Volume 25, Number 22, pp 2940 –2953 ©2000, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc. The Oswestry Disability Index Jeremy C. T. Fairbank, MD, FRCS,* and Paul B. Pynsent, PhD† tried. The questionnaire had been published in 198038 and widely disseminated from the 1981 meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS) in Paris. The objects of this article are: To present the various versions of the ODI instrument for comparison ● To review the various efforts that have been made to validate this questionnaire ● To compare the scores obtained in studies of different patient population both before and after treatment ● To review the methodology of outcome measurement ● To consider what is actually measured by this and similar instruments ● Study Design. The Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) has become one of the principal condition-specific outcome measures used in the management of spinal disorders. This review is based on publications using the ODI identified from the authors’ personal databases, the Science Citation Index, and hand searches of Spine and current textbooks of spinal disorders. Objectives. To review the versions of this instrument, document methods by which it has been validated, collate data from scores found in normal and back pain populations, provide curves for power calculations in studies using the ODI, and maintain the ODI as a gold standard outcome measure. Summary of Background Data. It has now been 20 years since its original...
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...CAM Therapeutic Modalities Paper In today's world, there are many treatment methods for the different ailments people encounter. Although traditional medical practices are the predominant choice among Americans, many also use complimentary or alternative medicine (CAM) to treat certain conditions. According to NCCAM Clearinghouse (n.d.), CAM is defined as "a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not generally considered part of conventional medicine" (Defining CAM). In this paper alternative, complementary and integrative medicine will be defined and differentiated, and the role of conventional medicine in these medicines will be discussed. There will also be a comparison of the regulations and oversights in conventional and non-conventional medicine in the United States, a review of the CAM philosophy, and a description of the domains of therapies according to the NCCAM website. Finally, a CAM treatment modality within one of the domains will be described and evaluated. Alternative medicine is the use of CAM as a replacement for conventional medicine such as faith healing ("alternative medicine," 2014). Conventional medicine does not play a role in alternative medicine because the conventional methods are discarded for the alternative methods. "An example of an alternative therapy is using a special diet to treat cancer instead of undergoing surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy that has been recommended by a conventional doctor"...
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...Final Paper Christopher A. Malloy PHI 445: Personal & Organizational Ethics Instructor: Sandra Watts June 3, 2013 Final Paper The two organizations I will be focusing on throughout the course are two organizations I have actually donated to. The not-for-profit organization is the American Red Cross and the for-profit organization is Cancer Treatment Center of America. Being in the military and having a family member to have passed from cancer, these two organizations are dear to me and my family. The American Red Cross of America is the type of organization that produces products to support disaster relief, supporting the military families, health and safety training and education, blood drives for lifesaving blood and international services. The majority of their employers are volunteers that have been involved with the Red Cross because of the help they received during a disaster or life-changing event in their family. Their customers are the American people during times of disaster such as tornado, flood, fire or earthquake victims. Their customers are also, internationally whenever disaster strikes. So the treatment of them both, such always is fair and impartial. The American Red Cross manufactures their product through corporate and foundation funding, community partners, individual major donors and a national celebrity cabinet. The way they utilize their product is by teaching their employers and customers how to prepare their home and family, school...
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...talk page. This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. (November 2010) This article needs attention from an expert on the subject. (May 2014) A literature review is a text of a scholarly paper, which includes the current knowledge including substantive findings, as well as theoretical and methodological contributions to a particular topic. Literature reviews use secondary sources, and do not report new or original experimental work.[1] Contents [hide] 1 Types of Literature Reviews 2 Distinguishing between Process and Product 3 See also 4 References 5 Further reading Types of Literature Reviews[edit] Most often associated with academic-oriented literature, such as a thesis or peer-reviewed article, a literature review usually precedes a research proposal and results section. Its main goals are to situate the current study within the body of literature and to provide context for the particular reader. Literature reviews are a staple for research in nearly every academic field.[2] A systematic review is a literature review focused on a research question, trying to identify, appraise, select and synthesize all high quality research evidence and arguments relevant to that question. A meta analysis is typically a systematic review using statistical methods to effectively combine the data used on all selected studies to produce a more reliable result. Distinguishing between Process and Product[edit] ...
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...Jennifer Zapata Career and Life planning 11/22/2013 Career research #2- Massage Therapist 1.) Massage Therapists 2.) Athletic Trainers, Chiropractors 3.) Nationally, according to ONET, massage therapists are estimated to take home about $35, 970. Based on careerinfonet.com, massage therapists in the state of Oregon take home between $31,700- $84,600. Of course, the wage difference would depend on experience, successfully gaining clients, and promoting well. 4.) Massage therapists typical hours worked can be all over the place. It depends on the environment you work in. The environment can range from personal care services, offices of chiropractors, traveler accommodation, including hotels and motels, and fitness and recreational sports centers. Most massage therapists, especially if they are self-employed, provide their own table or chair, sheets, pillows, body lotions or oils. Based on bls.com, many massage therapists work part time, only about 1 out of 4 worked full time in 2010. So, a massage therapist does not have specific hours and it will vary from week to week. 5.) Benefits will be determined to whether or not you are self-employed or work for a company. If you are self-employed, then you would be taking care of your own medical, dental, vacation, you are your own boss. If you work for a chiropractor’s office, then they may offer benefits and vacation time. 6.) Based on careerinfonet.com, the prompted website from ONET, the trends are...
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...a systematic approach or process to help or assist individual, family, and communities to adopt a well-accepted method which produces healthy life styles by changing their addicted life styles which are danger to their health and could lead to chronic illness or death. Therefore this process can be done through providing information to the said group or by educating them. Health promotion is also the promotion of healthy ideas and concepts to encourage individuals to adopt healthy behaviors. (O’Donnell, 1987, p. 4-5) defined health promotion as “the science and art of helping people change their lifestyle to move toward a state of optimal health”. It was Kreuter and Devore who proposed a broader and complex definition published in their paper commissioned by U.S. Publish Health Service. They stated that health promotion is “they process of advocating health in order to enhance the probability that personal (individual, family, and community) private (professional and business), and public (federal, state, and local government) support of positive health practices will become a societal norm”. The purpose of health Promotion can be achieved in two ways which can be passive and active. The passive strategy involve the government agencies whether Federal, state or local to device programs that will help encourage the health of people in the community by providing clean water to drink or adding Vitamin D in milk to protect children from exposure to sunlight and better growth....
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...more patients preferring alternative medicine to modern scientific medicine (Skeptic dictionary, 2009). Alternative medicine practice falls into five main categories as classified by National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM). These include alternative medical systems such as acupuncture, ayurveda, homeopathy, and naturopathic medicine; mind-body interventions like art therapy, dance therapy, hypnotherapy and meditation; biologically-based therapies like diet supplements, herbal products and megavitamins; manipulative and body-based methods such as chiropractic massage therapy, osteotherapy, reflexology and acupressure and finally energy therapies like biofield therapies (e.g. therapeutic touch and Qi gong) and bioelectromagnetic-based therapies like pulsed fields and magnetic fields (Wong, 2009). With a lot of controversy arising as to whether alternative medicine is quackery, this paper focuses on homeopathy with specific attention on the way it is believed to work and the various controversial issues about homeopathy such as dilution problem, quantum entanglement, and clinical evidence and whether it is simply an elaborate placebo. Homeopathy is a system of medicine whereby individuals are treated with natural substances which are highly diluted. These remedies trigger the body’s natural healing power thereby providing relief from physical and emotional states. The principle of homeopathy is Similia Similibus Curenturc meaning that “let likes cure likes”...
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