Back pain: a movement problem

A clinical approach incorporating relevant research and practice”

By Josephine Key

“Back Pain: a movement problem…” is a practical manual to assist all students and clinicians concerned with the evaluation, diagnosis and management of the movement related problems seen in those with spinal pain disorders. It offers an integrative model of posturomovement dysfunction which describes the more commonly observed features and related key patterns of altered control. This serves as a framework, guiding the practitioner’s assessment of the individual patient.

• Examines aspects of motor control and functional movement in the spine, its development, and explores probable reasons why it is altered in people with back pain
• Maps the more common clinical patterns of presentation in those with spinal pain and provides a simple clinical classification system based upon posturo-movement impairments
• Integrates contemporary science with the insights of extensive clinical practice
• Integrates manual and exercise therapy and provides guiding principles for more rational therapeutic interventions:
• which patterns of movement in general need to be encouraged
• which to lessen and how to do so
• Abundantly illustrated to present concepts and to illustrate the difference between so-called normal and dysfunctional presentations
• Written by a practitioner for practitioners

All but one of the reviews at Amazon have been very favorable, rating it 5 out of 5 stars. The only negative review was from a reader who blasted the volume for its poor editing, but then went on to reveal his true objection: he thinks non-medical approaches are — in his words — “alternative therapy mumbo-jumbo.”
In Hardback – and now in Kindle edition.  (Don’t have a Kindle yet? Check out the new Kindle Fire … incredible!)

Eat For Life

by Harvey Diamond

Diamond’s last book – “Fit For Life” spent 40 straight weeks as the #1 New York Times bestseller, selling more than 12 million copies. Now, he tackles what may be the #1 health problem in America (and much of the developed world): obesity and the myriad of health issues associated with it.

But he swears this isn’t a diet book. Instead, he explores a natural lifestyle where healthy nutritional choices can bring about amazing changes. The books emphasizes the value of food proper combining, the role of enzymes, the importance of exercise, and the benefits of raw food (with recipes by top raw food chef Natalia KW).

The wellness lifestyle he promotes is one which many chiropractors already enjoy, but there’s no such thing as hearing this kind of information too often. If we’re lucky, we’ll learn something we hadn’t known before (or had forgotten). At the very least, our understanding of the advantages of healthy eating habits will be reinforced.

The book also provides a wealth of information for patients and doctors might consider buying a few extra copies for their waiting room, circulating library, or even as promo items in their practice.

Diamond’s personal story is a key to the success of his books: he was afflicted with peripheral neuropathy after being exposed to Agent Orange while serving in Vietnam. While many MDs would have given up on him, he chose to change his diet and lifestyle completely and, as a result, is one of the longest known survivors of that condition.

Some doctors may find his breezy style a bit too casual or even over-simplified for their taste. Even he admits that “I don’t write for doctors and scientists. I write for folks. You won’t need a dictionary by your side in order to understand what you read.”  Other DCs will find that a welcome change to clinical texts.

“Eat for Life” was released in March and is available in paperback and Kindle formats.

Order now from Amazon: Paperback edition or Kindle version.

The Kindle Fire

After recently purchasing a Kindle e-book reader, I’m absolutely addicted to it. I haven’t given up “real” books, but I have more than 100 books on my Kindle right now, and I carry it everywhere.

Kindle books for (by and of interest to!) chiropractors are beginning to come available and I thought it would be helpful to list a few of them here. Don’t forget — you don’t have to own a Kindle to read a Kindle book. You can also download the free Kindle Reader and read them right on your PC.

Don’t yet have a Kindle? Check out my two recommended models:

Kindle Fire, Full Color 7″ Multi-touch Display, Wi-Fi

or …

Kindle Keyboard 3G, Free 3G + Wi-Fi, 6″ E Ink Display – includes Special Offers & Sponsored Screensavers

The Kindle Keyboard version (I suggest getting the one with 3G so you can connect anywhere, even without wi-fi, like your smart phone does.)

And now … for the books:

Let’s start out with the book that’s getting a lot of attention in the media:

The Power of Self-Healing: Unlock Your Natural Healing Potential in 21 Days!
by Fabrizio Mancini, DC

As president of Parker University, Dr. Fabrizio Mancini has built a worldwide reputation as an expert in health and communication. His newly published book is directed to lay people and provides the fundamentals of wellness and self-healing. It explores solutions to restore well-being that don’t involve drugs, surgery, or other medical procedures.

Published by the famed Hay House, and with information compiled from numerous researchers and clinicians, “The Power of Self-Healing; Unlock Your Natural Healing Potential in 21 Days” reflects research discoveries and empirical findings that have emerged to support breakthrough, non-drug, non-invasive self-healing technologies.

Chiropractic Business Plan: How to Start a Low Overhead, High Profit Margin Practice by Dan Perez, DC

Learn how to set up a small but hugely successful, low-overhead and low-stress chiropractic business. This book can benefit established chiropractors, recent chiropractic school graduates, newly licensed chiropractors, and even those considering a chiropractic career. It summarizes the different chiropractic business models available today, the pros and cons of each, and encourages the selection of a low overhead, high productivity model where you keep 80-90% of the revenue you generate. The current economic squeeze is putting many health care providers in a crunch. Author Dan Perez, DC says that the small scale, personalized service model is the best way to overcome tough economic times and teaches you, step by step, how to build one from scratch. Includes a sample floor plan.

Chiropractor’s Guide to Using Groupon for Maximum Profits by Dan Perez, DC

Learn insider strategies on how to properly use Groupon and similar deal of the day sites to bring in loads of patients into your practice. You will learn: how to make simple adjustments to your office to accommodate the surge of business without sacrificing your current patient load; efficiency tools for hands-off scheduling and appointment confirmations; clever ways to weed out the undesirable coupon clippers; strategies for up-selling to maximize your return on investment; and forms to use that will increase your conversions.

How to Advertise Your Chiropractor Business on Facebook and Twitter by Sarah Charten

A simple and easy-to-apply book in which you will discover new ways you can use Facebook and Twitter to improve your sales & boost your profits, in the shortest time possible.

Healthcare Providers: How to Promote Your Practice to a Well-Pay, Self-Pay Clientele by Lyn Kelley Ph.D.

How to promote your practice — for all healthcare providers who want to build their practices with a well-paying clientele: Physicians, Nurses, Chiropractors, Physical Therapists, Massage Therapists, Dentists, Orthodontists, Nutritionists, Cosmetic Surgeons, Estheticians, Holistic Health Practitioners. This is the most valuable and relevant piece of information available for healthcare providers on how to get new, well-paying, cash-paying patients.

You will gain valuable practice growth information by reading this book and making immediate use of the ideas. All of the 40+ ideas in this book are tried-true-tested in many different healthcare markets, and have proven to work — most of them with very little effort and money.

Traditional Chiropractic: A Layperson’s Guide to How it Works & Why it’s Attacked by Dr. John Reiser

Description by author: “In the eyes of certain organizations, chiropractic and its practitioners represent a major threat to the traditional health care model. Many, medically funded, organizations have made it a top priority, throughout the years, to try and silence chiropractic’s voice of common sense in an otherwise insane industry.

I have always maintained that the beauty of chiropractic rests within the profession’s practice objective. The objective is so simple to understand that even a young child could comprehend how it works with the controlling laws of nature.  After reading this book, I am hopeful that your understanding of health care will change. If I am able to help some members of society see a clearer picture of what is really happening in our health care arena, I will have accomplished one of my very personal life goals!”

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I’ll feature more as they come available…

Food Additives: A Shoppers Guide to What’s Safe and What’s Not!

by ChristineHoza Farlow,DC

The Chiropractor

by D.D. Palmer

One of the most influential books in chiropractic history, this volume contains essays on a wide variety of topics, most as relevant today as they were when Palmer penned them.

Although copies of the original are extremely rare, the book has been reprinted in both soft and hard cover versions, and is even available ina Kindle Edition.

Softcover

Hardcover

Kindle edition

WHAT??? You don’t have a Kindle!  Check it out….

The Power of Self-Healing

by Fabrizio Mancini, DC

As president of Parker University, Dr. Fabrizio Mancini has built a worldwide reputation as an expert in health and communication. His newly published book is directed to lay people and provides the fundamentals of wellness and self-healing. It explores solutions to restore well-being that don’t involve drugs, surgery, or other medical procedures.

Published by the famed Hay House, and with information compiled from numerous researchers and clinicians, “The Power of Self-Healing; Unlock Your Natural Healing Potential in 21 Days” reflects research discoveries and empirical findings that have emerged to support breakthrough, non-drug, non-invasive self-healing technologies.

In chapter five, “The New Healing Arts,” Mancini explains the benefit of the “new chiropractic” in this principle: “The power that made the body heals the body.” He goes on to provide significant examples regarding the application of chiropractic care as preventive maintenance.

Adjustments can boost the immune system, promote the nervous system to function better, restore motion and provide the body with a more effective means to self-heal, he explains.

The book focuses on diet and exercise and includes a 21-day program to “unlock your self-healing powers,” as well as real-life stories of people who have healed themselves even after medical intervention failed.

Order from Amazon.com and get 34% off retail price!

No-Nonsense Nutrition in Bite-Sized Portions

by Kelly Hayford, CNC

The increased need to address nutritional issues in chiropractic practices has spurred interest in general audience books on the topic, and one of the more successful authors in this genre is Kelly Hayford, a chiropractic assistant-turned-Certified Nutrition Consultant.

Building on her previous book, “If It’s Not Food … Don’t Eat It!” Hayford has geared this newer volume toward health care practitioners, fitness trainers, teachers, and coaches. Each of the more than 50 chapters is self contained on two pages and presents a specific “lesson” about various nutrition, diet, and lifestyle topics including: conquering sugar and other food cravings; food allergies and sensitivities; common food allergens including wheat, dairy & soy; basic elimination diet instructions; and organic foods.

According to the author, this book is “specifically designed for chiropractors as a convenient tool to help their patients eat better.” It’s also available on CD, with each article formatted as a separate pdf file for easy printing as handouts or attachments to patient e-mail.

As a complement to her books, Hayford has produced slide show presentations on a variety of nutrition topics such as “Overcoming Our Unhealthy Food Culture” and “From Junk Food to Health Food.” Each presentation contains 80 slides and can be viewed in an automatic, 10-minutes continuous loop for reception room or booth display.

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