For more than 35 years, I have spent time with many different sports, many age ranges from elementary school through the 4th decade, at pretty much every level of competition from AYSO soccer up through every school age, Olympic and professional levels. The one thing that all athletes are susceptible to is muscle cramping. Earlier in my career, after I …
PT, DPT, OCS, CIMT, ATC/L
When I was a young boy growing up in New Jersey, I dreamed of playing professional baseball. I was a good baseball player, but as years passed I soon realized my talents did not quite match my desires. As fate would have it, in 2005 I found myself walking into the clubhouse of the Kansas City Royals Spring Training clubhouse …
DC, CCSP, FIAMA and Kansas City Royals Consulting Chiropractor
The chiropractic profession is well-positioned to impact the opioid epidemic and the associated drug overdose death rate that has seized America. Most of those deaths are occurring amongst people who are in the highly productive years of their lives — the years where they’re supposed to be raising kids and becoming leaders of the next generation. As primary, front-line providers …
DC, M.S. (Ed) CCSP, Executive Vice President for the Foundation for Chiropractic Progress
MeyerDC enjoyed seeing everyone at The National FCA in Orlando. We were excited to present demonstrations of Rapid Reboot, CryoNext, Posture Pump and more at our booth, along with a retail display showcase. Here are some of our favorite snapshots from the show.
Doctor of Chiropractic, MeyerDC Vice President, Managing Editor, Communities and Education
If you prescribe rehab exercises, you know how time-intensive it is to accurately measure, store, and communicate objective, force-over-time data during patient exercise. And then you have to spend more time transferring that objective, patient compliance data into your EMR. A new product has hit the market that will change the way you work. The Kiio Sensor and Kiio Solution incorporate …
Physical Therapist and Athletic Trainer
We all know that an exercise programs should be a cornerstone of an effective care plan. This especially holds true for conditions that are primarily caused by muscle imbalances or dysfunctional movement patterns. Research also shows that exercise is instrumental in preventing and treating chronic pain. But we also know that patients often prefer to avoid exercise during episodes of …
Understanding pain starts with understanding its relationship with the brain. Pain stems from the brain. Scientists now know that pain doesn’t originate from bodily tissues, as we once thought. It only exists if the brain interprets signals from the body as “painful.” Everyone experiences pain differently. Some people will feel more pain than others during a similar experience. External factors can influence …
PhD, PT, ATC, CSCS, FACSM, Director of Clinical Education and Research at the Thera-Band Academy.
While scanning my news feed this morning, a few alarming words caught my eye: “Opioids could kill nearly as many Americans in a decade as HIV/AIDS has killed since the epidemic began in the early 1980s.” Across America, people are talking about chiropractic as a safer alternative to opioid medication for pain relief, and yet, I don’t think the magnitude …
Doctor of Chiropractic, President of ChiroHealthUSA
One of the “practice philosophies” we have in our office is: “Get patients better, but at the same time, educate them on what they can be doing outside of the clinic to help with the process.” Sometimes that second part gets lost in diagnosis codes, billing codes, authorization, number of visits… and time, but ultimately many times it proves to be …
Doctor of Chiropractic, DACBSP, Diplomat of the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians, team chiropractor for the Baltimore Ravens, POWERplay in Sports executive board member.
On July 14, TeamCME received confirmation that DCs in a majority of states will be able to participate in the new FAA program that allows private pilots to obtain a BasicMed medical exam in lieu of a 3rd Class Medical Certificate provided by an Aviation Medical Examiner (AME). The BasicMed exam can be performed by an AME or by a …
DC, President, National Registry Certified Medical Examiner
