TOKYO -- As the chiropractic profession continues to expand worldwide, staying current on chiropractic matters becomes a real challenge. Actions of DCs in one country can significantly affect chiropractic in other parts of the world. Whether it's the latest research, legislative breakthroughs, or just new ways of addressing common problems, chiropractic is a globally interdependent profession.
The Chiro-Journal is one of the most widely read publications in Japan. Although there are still relatively few graduate DCs in Japan, the Chiro-Journal has a circulation of over 20,000.
In an effort to share chiropractic news between Japan and North America, Dynamic Chiropractic and the Chiro-Journal Japan have formed an editorial alliance. Dynamic Chiropractic is allowing the Chiro-Journal to translate and republish some of our articles and information. In return, the Chiro-Journal Editor Miyako Sakurai will be writing a "Japanese Chiropractic Report" to be published quarterly for readers of Dynamic Chiropractic.
This editorial alliance was made possible during a meeting in Tokyo with Mr. Shinji Saitoh, director of Kagaku Shimbun-sha Co., Ltd., the company that publishes the Chiro-Journal. Mr. Saitoh graciously agreed to keep DC readers up-to-date on chiropractic events in Japan.
Many relevant diagnostic signs are not performed deliberately by the examiner or by the patient at the examiner’s direction. They are observed as the patient reacts to their condition. Fortin’s finger sign, Minor’s sign, and Vanzetti’s sign are three examples of this principle.
Spearheaded by burgeoning scientific and clinical research literature, psychedelics have reached a level of media coverage and popular interest that has not been seen for over half a century. By “psychedelics,” we are referring to the unique class of substances that includes psilocybin (the active compound found in so-called “magic mushrooms”), LSD, dimethyltryptamine (DMT), ayahuasca, 5-MeO-DMT, and mescaline – each of which occurs in the natural world (except for LSD, which is a semi-synthetic compound).
While working at the Lovelace Medical Center in Albuquerque, N.M., one of the primary care physicians stated that imaging every patient prior to receiving chiropractic was not medically necessary. It was at that point I reconsidered the need for the imaging of every patient to avoid malpractice.
