Chiropractic has been practiced for more than 100 years helping millions of people around the world with injury care, chronic pain, and other health-related conditions. To address the health care challenges of the new century, a group of individuals formed the Foundation for Chiropractic Progress in November 2003.
A not-for-profit corporation, the Foundation for Chiropractic Progress (FCP) aims to educate the public on the many benefits associated with chiropractic care.
We invite you to tour this site and learn more about this effective form of treatment.
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Kent Greenawalt
Chairman | Foundation for Chiropractic Progress
Chairman | Foundation for Chiropractic Progress
This newly released hallmark paper documents the value of chiropractic care in the next phase of healthcare delivery. Prepared by the leading consulting firm, DISCERN, this document details the many opportunities for a Chiropractic Doctor to be a fundamental figure within the medical home model. By integrating chiropractic care, medical home care teams are able to effectively care for patients, and therefore meet the criteria and goals of the Patient-Centered Medical Home - - improved overall health outcomes - - affordable healthcare, better access and increased patient satisfaction.
Click here to attain your copy, which can serve as an educational piece and/or a starting point for securing your position as a Doctor of Chiropractic within the medical home.
Optimal Health with Chiropractic Services
As the country experiences innovation and adoption in health reform, the opportunity arises to expand the continuum of care services in order to apply the right mix of resources for each individual. Chiropractic intervention is one area in which new analysis may define the placement in the care continuum. This will be especially important in the transformational years of patient-centered care with low numbers of primary care physicians to serve as medical home quarterbacks. Care that causes early engagement of both the patient and clinician coupled with shared accountability for the outcome is the most desirable of relationships. Chiropractic may be able to support and enhance this relationship.
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Evidence Based Assessment
Low back and neck pain are extremely common conditions that consume large amounts of healthcare resources. Chiropractic care, including spinal manipulation and mobilization, are used by almost half of US patients with persistent back-pain seeking out this modality of treatment. Does the availability of chiropractic care improve the value of health benefit plans?
The peer-reviewed scientific literature evaluating the effectiveness of US chiropractic treatment for patients with back and neck pain suggests that these treatments are at least as effective as other widely used treatments. However, US cost-effectiveness studies have methodological limitations... Click Here to Learn More.
Guiding Transformation:
How Medical Practices Can Become Patient-Centered Medical Homes
The patient-centered medical home has been proposed as a model for transforming primary care and improving efficiency and effectiveness in the health care system. This report outlines and describes the changes that most medical practices would need to make to become patient-centered medical homes. The broad "change concepts," as the report terms them, include: engaged leadership; a quality improvement strategy; empanelment or linking patients with specific providers to ensure the continuity of the patient–provider relationship; continuous and team-based healing relationships, including cross-training staff to allow team members to play various roles; organized, evidence-based care, including the use of decision support systems; patient-centered interactions to increase patients' involvement in their own care; enhanced access to ensure patients have access to care and their clinical information after office hours; and care coordination to reduce duplication of services and increased anxiety and financial costs for patients and their families. Click here to download the full report.
Golf Champion is a Believer
With simple adjustments, ‘Frogman’ avoided serious spinal surgery
Larry Lecomte was facing a major operation and four months of immobility when he began chiropractic treatment. He improved dramatically and was back to work in two weeks. Read the entire article featured in the Vancouver Sun here. In addition, an accompanying video was featured on “Empowered Health” during its April 19, 2012 program. Click here to watch the segment.
Health Maintenance Care in Work-Related Low Back Pain and Its Association With Disability Recurrence
Low back pain (LBP) continues to be one of the costliest work-related injuries in the United States in terms of disability and treatment costs. New research, conducted by medical and healthcare professionals outside the chiropractic profession, compared the occurrence of repeated disability episodes across types of health care providers who treat claimants with new episodes of work-related low back pain (LBP). The overall conclusion was the use of health maintenance care provided by physical therapist or physician services was associated with a higher disability recurrence than in chiropractic services or no treatment.
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Manipulation or Microdiskectomy for Sciatica? A Prospective Randomized Clinical Study
In a recent study, “Manipulation or Microdiskectomy for Sciatica? A Prospective Randomized Clinical Study”, spinal manipulation was found to be just as effective as microdiskectomy for patients struggling with sciatica secondary to lumbar disk herniation (LDH). The patient population studied included people experiencing chronic sciatica (symptoms greater than six months) that had failed traditional, medical management. Overall, 60 percent of patients who received spinal manipulation benefited to the same degree as those who underwent surgery. Click here to read more.
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational Outlook Handbook - Chiropractic Care
Chiropractors, also known as doctors of chiropractic or chiropractic physicians, diagnose and treat patients with health problems of the musculoskeletal system and treat the effects of those problems on the nervous system and on general health. Many chiropractic treatments deal specifically with the spine and the manipulation of the spine. Chiropractic is based on the principle that spinal joint misalignments interfere with the nervous system and can result in lower resistance to disease and many different conditions of diminished health. Click here to read more.
