147 doi EYWORDS hiropractic; nfant behaviour; olic; leep disorder; nexplained infant rying Summary With 21% of parents taking their excessively crying infant to a healthcare professional, chiropractors are often selected to treat these infants. The personal, family and social costs of this crying syndrome are high, yet there is no agreed treatment protocol. A large number of studies have been a...

Introduction As chiropractors, we pride ourselves in our knowledge of the nervous system. An autonomic nervous system condition common to patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) is autonomic dysreflexia (AD).1 It is a syndrome of massive imbalanced reflex sympathetic discharge occurring in patients with SCI above the splanchnic sympathetic outflow (T5-T6).2 Chiropractors can play an important ro...

Chiropractors regularly assess and provide treatment for a variety of neuromuscular complaints. Many of these respond well to conservative care however some represent conditions that must be referred for further evaluation. This article chronicles the management of a patient who presented with upper limb weakness and was subsequently diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Chiroprac...

Chiropractors in Australia face some challenges that are unique in their history. The value of their primary treatment modality is now widely recognised. The process of professionalisation of this occupation is well advanced. Yet the integration of chiropractic services within the mainstream Australian health care system remains problematic. It is contended in this paper that chiropractors' int...

BACKGROUND The chiropractic profession in Norway has increased five-fold in the last two decades. As there is no academic graduate program in Norway, all chiropractors have been trained outside of Norway, in either Europe, America or Australia. This might have given Norwegian chiropractors heterogenic characteristics concerning practice routines and clinical settings. However, little is known a...

BACKGROUND Chiropractors have expressed both pro- and anti-vaccination opinions. PURPOSE We explored the interest of Alberta chiropractors in participating in immunization awareness and promoting activities. METHODS Data were collected in a cross-sectional postal survey (response rate: 78.2%, 503 respondents) in 2002. Participants indicated their interests in a close-ended checklist of seve...

The future of any profession is in the hands of its students and early career practitioners. The Millennial generation of chiropractors embody attributes that are uniquely suited to the evolving landscape of 21st century healthcare. Globalization and rapid advancements in technology demand different styles of communication, attitudes toward diversity, styles of professional engagement, and perh...

BACKGROUND The authors hypothesized the attrition rate of licensed chiropractors in California has gradually increased over the past several decades. "Attrition" as determined for this study is defined as a loss of legal authority to practice chiropractic for any reason during the first 10 years after the license was issued. The percentage of license attrition after 10 years was determined for ...

There are over 2500 chiropractors/osteopaths in Australia with an estimated 15 million patient visits per year (1). Yet published case studies involving chiropractor/osteopath patients are minimal. Chiropractors/osteopaths often have many interesting cases to discuss and present, however, some practitioners are uncertain of the best procedure to publish these case reports. As a consequence, it ...

OBJECTIVE To examine paramedical (chiropractic, physiotherapy and massage therapy) utilization among high-level BMX athletes following sport-related injury at the 2007 UCI World Championships. METHODS Retrospective analysis was conducted on a dataset from international male and female BMX athletes (n = 110) who sustained injury in training and competition at the 2007 BMX World Championships. ...