Dynamic Chiropractic

Improving Your Headache Care: New Guideline Chiropractic Guideline Clarifies Care for Cervicogenic and Tension-Type Headache Nick Karapasas, DC, MS A new clinical practice guideline offers current, comprehensive, evidence-based guidance for chiropractic and integrative management of CGH and TTH. The guidance covers the full arc of a patient encounter: history taking, red-flag screening, physical examination, diagnosis, imaging decisions, care planning, and treatment selection.

Warren Hammer, DC, MS, DABCO, whose career helped advance the assessment and treatment of soft-tissue disorders within chiropractic, died July 1, 2026, at his home in Westport, Conn. He was 92.

A Challenge to the AMA’s CPT Monopoly Dynamic Chiropractic Staff |  DIGITAL EXCLUSIVE PatientRightsAdvocate.org (PRA), a healthcare-transparency nonprofit, filed suit on Aug. 13, 2026, in federal court in Illinois. The complaint asks the court to declare that PRA can reproduce and publish the CPT code set without infringing the AMA’s copyright. The potential benefit is lower friction and greater competition around the tools practices utilize to work with CPT.

On July 21, 2026, the New Jersey Board of Chiropractic Examiners made a precedential decision, concurring with the Association of New Jersey Chiropractors' (ANJC) position paper on chiropractic X-ray guidelines. In plain terms, the board ruled, consistent with the ANJC position, that insurance companies cannot use medical X-ray rules or recommendations, like those written by the American College of Radiology (ACR), to decide whether a chiropractor's X-ray was necessary.

Cervical chiropractic manipulation remains linked with the potential for vertebral artery dissection (VAD) and stroke in the minds of many consumers, medical professionals, and attorneys. The common, unfortunate assumption: a patient receives a cervical adjustment, later suffers a stroke, and the adjustment is presumed to have caused the vascular injury.

Musculoskeletal pain is one of the most common complaints among women in perimenopause and menopause, yet it remains underrecognized and frequently mischaracterized. Women often present with shoulder pain, hip stiffness, tendon discomfort, or diffuse joint aches without a clear history of injury. These symptoms are typically approached as isolated orthopedic conditions. However, the timing, progression and systemic nature of these presentations suggest a broader physiologic origin.

Healthcare / Public Health Christopher Proulx, DC, PhD(ABD), CSCS |  DIGITAL EXCLUSIVE WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW A growing segment of patients are now seeking earlier, prevention-oriented answers. They want more details on trajectory and strategy as well as asking how to reduce the recurrence. This timing shift matters because pain is an imperfect delegation for tissue status.

And Why Your Practice Isn’t Your Retirement Plan Jamy Antoine, DC, BCN, CFP® WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Most doctors already know what they should be doing: save more, invest consistently, be tax-efficient, plan ahead. But when income starts to increase, lifestyle tends to follow. Most chiropractors will make plenty of money over the course of their careers – that’s not the concern. The concern is whether they’ll convert that income into something that provides long-term financial freedom.

Chiropractic care has always been about more than the adjustment. At its core, our profession is built on the principle that the body has an innate ability to heal itself – and that our job is to remove the barriers standing in its way. For decades, that mission has focused primarily on spinal health, nervous system function and musculoskeletal correction.

Low back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide and the hybrid worker is at risk, like everyone else. Hybrid workers are looking for solutions that are accessible and effective, and the solutions span from ergonomics to increasing proprioception and intrinsic core stability. Before discussing the variable-height desk (which presents issues of its own), the demands of sitting need to be addressed.