Time to Change Course

Time to Change Course of Treatment The Epidemic of Low-Back Pain By J.C. Smith, MA, DC The huge costs and suffering from low-back pain (LPB) in the United States are staggering, according to international researchers. The documented facts about LPB are astronomical in...

Think Out of the Box

Think Out of the Box By JCS The paradox of low back pain has received enormous attention lately for good reasons. Different approaches and treatments abound among practitioners of different skill levels. Considering the huge costs involved in this epidemic, the...

Thick Skins

Thick Skins by JC Smith, DC  SOMETIMES I WONDER IF 15,000 MEDICS OR DENTISTS WOULD GO TO JAIL for practicing their healing arts like chiropractors did in the first half of the twentieth century. I once asked an orthopedist here in my town that question, and he flatly...

Trend to Alternatives

The Trend to Alternatives – the Chiropractor as Hero By J.C. Smith, MA, DC With the growing publicity of “alternative” health care in the media, I have found it odd that the chiropractic profession has been, for the most part, ignored. Just recently,...

The Paradoxical Backache

The Paradoxical Backache By JCS  It never ceases to amaze me the huge amount of conflicting information about the epidemic of back pain in this country. One thing is true no matter who discusses this issue—back pain is a costly epidemic that is only getting worse....

Tear down this wall

“Tear down this wall” By JCS The ACA has a serendipitous opportunity that comes on the heels of the AMA’s House of Delegates that recently announced a formal apology for its historical racism toward African American medical doctors. (“AMA apologizes to black doctors...