Foot Stabilizers
Foot Levelers Inc offers Dynamic Response System (DRS) as an enhancement for the company’s various in-shoe Stabilizers, Shoethotics®, and Sandalthotics®, now available in mocha. DRS absorbs shock, supports locomotion, and transfers gait energy. It also works within the Stabilizer to support the body during the mid-stance phase of gait. This helps the foot and body remain balanced, whether moving on even or uneven terrain.
Foot Levelers Inc
PO Box 12611
Roanoke, VA 24027
(800) 553-4860
www.footlevelers.com
Natural Supplements
Standard Process Inc offers natural supplements designed for female patients to help maintain balanced and vibrant hormonal systems and strong, flexible bones. The following Standard Process® and MediHerb® products provide whole food and botanical ingredients: Symplex® F, Cruciferous Complete, Calcifood®, Chaste Tree, Cramplex, and Fe-Max Iron Tonic Phytosynergist.
Standard Process
1200 W Royal Lee Dr
Palmyra, WI 53156
(800) 848-5061
www.standardprocess.com
Customized Web Sites
Officite offers to develop a customized Web site free for 60 days without up-front fees or obligations. The Web site will contain more than 100 comprehensive pages of chiropractic specific content, including information on subluxations, nutrition, exercise, anatomy, treatments, and health tips.
Officite
700 Commerce Dr, Suite 150
Oak Brook, IL 60523
(800) 908-2483
info@officite.com
www.officite.com
Stretch Strap
NZ Manufacturing Inc introduces the MediCordz Stretch Strap (M500), used for stretching and elongating hamstrings, quadriceps, and calf muscles. Padded for comfort, it allows smooth movement patterns. MediCordz products are ideal for therapy and rehabilitation needs.
NZ Manufacturing Inc
143 Northwest Ave, Suite 202
Tallmadge, OH 44278
(800) 866-6621
www.nzmfg.com
Back Conference
The Multidisciplinary Approaches to Low Back and Pelvic Pain Conference will be held June 11–13, 2004, at the Safety Harbor Resort and Spa in Tampa Bay, Fla. The conference is sponsored by the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies and the International Alliance of Healthcare Educators, and presenters include Leon Chaitow, ND, DO; Judith DeLany, LMT; Judith Aston, MFA, MT; Jan Dommerholt, PT, MPS, FAAPM; John Downes, DC; and Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC, CICE.
International Alliance
of Healthcare Educators
11211 Prosperity Farms Rd, Suite D-325
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 34410
(800) 311-9204
www.iahe.com
Hot Tub
In collaboration with the Arthritis Foundation, ThermoSpas has developed a hot tub that specifically addresses the needs of people with arthritis. The Healing Spa™ features specially designed jets that target joints commonly affected by arthritis. The hot tub features a design that is easy for those with limited mobility to use.
ThermoSpas
155 East St
Wallingford, Conn 06492
(800) 925-0550
www.warmwatertherapy
Exercise Booklet
OPTP offers Cervical Spinal Stabilization Exercises, by Donald Murphy, DC, and Gary Ierna, DC, a booklet designed to increase patient home exercise. Included is a section for notes and special instructions, which enables clinicians to make customized exercise programs. The 24-page booklet provides easy to follow instructions and photographs. The exercises are performed standing, seated, and quadruped. Specific exercises include hanging head, neck ball, cervical bracing, chin tucks, and active assisted range of motion.
OPTP
PO Box 47009
Minneapolis, MN 55447
(800) 367-7393
www.optp.com
Health Supplement
Enzymes Inc introduces a new formulation of Vascular Maintenance, which now contains Nattozimes™, an enzyme blend that breaks up blood clots. Other herbal ingredients contained in Vascular Maintenance that support health cardiovascular function include garlic bulb extract, ginkgo biloba, globe artichoke leaf extract, guggul, and vitamin E. Vascular Maintenance also contains lipase, which breaks down fats and oils into free fatty acids, diglycerides, and monoglycerides, and physioProtease™, a proprietary protease blend that supports the body’s natural anti-inflammatory processes.
Enzymes Inc
8500 NW River Park Dr, Suite 223
Parkville, MO 64152
(816) 746-6461
www.enzymesinc.com
Onsite Diagnostic Services
ClarigoMed LLC introduces a practice model to enhance continuity of care for patients and capture lost revenue opportunities for chiropractic practices through the delivery of onsite diagnostic therapeutic services. The company assists doctors to develop ancillary, therapeutic, and diagnostic services for their patients, which allows chiropractors to focus on providing optimal care for their patients.
ClarigoMed LLC
3820 N Ventura Dr
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
(866) 425-2744
www.clarigomed.com
Thompson Technique Videos
Wayne Henry Zemelka, DC, introduces the revised and expanded two-part video series for the Thompson Technique titled, “Segmental Drop Adjusting.” These videos are used by chiropractic colleges and doctors to learn the gentle methodology of drop table adjustments. Contact points, line of drive, and line of correction are explained in the videos. The five basic categories of leg length inequality and adjusting procedures are covered to provide an easy to follow learning environment. Additional moves cover alternate and advanced adjusting procedures as well as introducing people to the drop-table style of adjusting.
Wayne Henry Zemelka, DC
(563) 386-8585
http://showcase.netins.net/web/chirohealth
Nutrition Software
BioEx Systems offers Nutrition Maker Chiropractic Edition, which establishes metabolic baselines, tracks dietary goals, provides dietitian created meal plans, performs diet history and food nutrition analysis, and screens for health risks. It also prints shopping lists, recipes, and nutrition handouts. A calorie to activity calculator is included.
BioEx Systems Inc
PO Box 926
Smithville, TX 78957
(800) 750-2756
sales@bioexsystems
www.bioexsystems.com
Outcomes Assessment
The Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research offers the 2004 Outcomes Assessment CD-ROM, which contains more than 40 authorized questionnaires that are computer scored providing interpretation on every summary report. New features include four functional back evaluations (initial, secondary, intermediate, and advanced), four functional neck evaluations (neural tension, initial, intermediate, and advanced), and 150 functional spine exercises specific to functional deficits.
The Foundation for Chiropractic
Education and Research
PO Box 400
Norwalk, IA 50211
(800) 622-6309
www.fcer.org
Salt Alternative
Wysong Corp offers High Calcium/Potassium Whole Salt™, a nutrient-enhanced alternative to table salt. The natural ingredients include coral, milk, eggshell, desiccated sea plankton, and potassium citrate. The salt base is a nonprocessed source of more than 74 trace minerals and has a milder, sweeter flavor than refined table salt without excess sodium.
Wysong Corp
1880 N Eastman
Midland, MI 48642
(989) 631-0009
wysong@wysong.net
www.wysong.net
Rehab System
The Fenix Rehab System, by FRE Inc, uses techniques such as trigger point therapy, to treat chronic pain of the neck, back extremities, headaches, and fibromyalgia. The system allows chiropractors to direct patients in a home program of active myofascial therapies, allowing chiropractors to treat pain causing trigger points with less stress and strain to their bodies and schedules. The system includes a step-by-step 25-page guidebook and a 38-minute CD-ROM.
FRE Inc
1955 130th Ave
Mora, MN 55051
(888) 299-6647
www.fre-inc.com
Fatigue-Preventing Supplement
Enzymatic Therapy offers Fatigued to Fantastic supplements. The regimen contains the nutritional requirements needed to conquer occasional fatigue symptoms. The sugar-free drink mix, which is citrus-flavored, was formulated with the help of Jacob Teitelbaum, MD, director of the Annapolis Research Center for Effective FMS/CFS Therapies.
Enzymatic Therapy
825 Challenger Dr
Green Bay, WI 54311
www.enzy.com
Body Support System
Love Your Back offers Klass Vaki Body Support System, designed to alleviate back pain via a multi-level cushioning system that conforms to the spine’s natural shape and provides balanced support for aching back muscles. Used at home on top of a regular firm mattress, Klass Vaki reduces pressure between the body and sleep surface, and improves blood circulation and oxygen supply to strained areas. Benefits, according to the company, include pain relief and recovery of back related problems, alleviates muscle spasms, eases breathing, lowers blood pressure, reduces the incidence of bedsores, prevents potential back stress, and it is lightweight and portable.
Love Your Back
PO Box 634, 45 Art School Rd
Monterey, MA 01245
(413) 644-9868
www.loveyourback.com
Shoe Inserts
PEL Supply offers PQ (Professional Quality) Dress Shoe Comfort Inserts, manufactured by Riecken’s Laboratories. Made from visco-elastic polymer, a gel-like substance that can move, the inserts abosorb impact and quickly return to its original shape. The patented design provides vertical offset, which allows the polymer to flow horizontally to dissipate the forces of shock and shear while standing or walking. Each 1/16-inch insert fits into any dress shoe. The 3/4-length inserts are available in sized 5 to 12 for women, and sizes 7 to 15 for men.
PEL Supply
4666 Manufacturing Rd
Cleveland, OH 44135
(800) 321-1264
www.pelsupply.com
System Seminars
Herman Stoffels, DC, will be presenting 3-day Test & Response System seminars in Los Angeles on April 16–18, 2004, and Salt Lake City on May 14–16, 2004. The system is based on Stoffels, the system’s developer, research into the affect of energy fields on the body. The seminar teaches all aspects of the Test & Response System and permits doctors to immediately incorporatie it into their practice.
Herman Stoffels, DC
4565 Prairie Rd
Paso Robles, CA 93446
(805) 239-9121
www.testandresponse.com
Chiropractic Success Book
Breakthrough Coaching LLC introduces Breakthrough Thinking, an inspirational book by Mark Sanna, DC, president and CEO. This book details how chiropractors worldwide created breakthrough results in their practices and lives. “It is rare to find a book like this that blends smart practice with an intelligent articulation of how to get things done,”said Dr Denis E. Waitley, author of The Psychology of Winning and Seeds of Greatness.
Breakthrough Coaching LLC
529 Rte 515, Suite 205
Vernon, NJ 07462
(800) 723-8423
info@mybreakthrough.com
www.mybreakthrough.com
Treatment Table
Distraction Enterprise LLC offers the Cox® table, designed to treat cervical disc herniations while meeting the protocols for Cox Decompression Adjustment and Manipulation. The physician-controlled motion of long-y-axis distraction opens the spinal canal of a specific segment to help reduce the pressure on the nerve in radiculopathy patients. When the pain is 50% reduced, the ranges of motion are applied to the cervical spine under axial distraction.
Distraction Enterprise LLC
PO Box 416
Laotto, IN 46763
(800) 441-5571
www.coxtable.com
Monthly Health Reports
David Singer Enterprises offers The Singer Health Reports™, monthly reports containing chiropractic studies and articles for patients. Topics include the effectiveness of natural health care, the dangers of prescription and over-the-counter drugs, and medical errors. Monthly or yearly subscription rates are available.
David Singer Enterprises
1130 Cleveland St, Suite 210
Clearwater, FL 33755
(800) 326-1797
www.davidsingerenterprises.com
License Renewal Seminar
Lakeside Chiropractic Seminars Inc (LCS) has developed a continuing education program that will permit small-town chiropractors to earn license renewal credits in their own area. LCS invites chiropractors practicing in under-served areas to suggest locations convenient to them where they would like license renewal seminars to be held. LCS also seeks topic suggestions.
Lakeside Chiropractic Seminars Inc
16511 Northcross Dr, Suite B
Huntersville, NC 28078
(877) 553-4455
www.lakesideseminars.com
Water, Air Purification
Essential Walter & Air offers information and solutions concerning water, air, and energy as they relate to health, and the types of equipment needed to effectively clean, purify, and revitalize these environments. A 6-month unconditional money-back guarantee is available on all products.
Essential Water & Air
10921 Shady Trail, Suite 100
Dallas, TX 75220
(800) 964-4303
www.ewater.com
Sign Products Web Site
Grafia Inc announces a new Web site that offers a full range of sign products designed exclusively for chiropractors. From giant window-clings to bright, bold electric light boxes, there are sign products to promote your practice. This Web site is a one-stop shopping site for chiropractors to obtain chiropractic-oriented signage.
Grafia Inc
1650 N Glassell, Suite J
Orange, CA 92867
(800) 767-5609
www.windowsigns.com
Management Consulting
Practice Perfect offers model clinics as well as national training management consulting. They also offer weekly newsletters, monthly updates, timely statistical analysis, quarterly seminars (174 Modules), and thousands of insurance letter templates.
Practice Perfect has set up more than 890 offices in 45 states. Practice Perfect’s skilled staff consists of some of the country’s most adept doctors who have excelled phenomenally and respectively in their city.
Practice Perfect
1021 Pacific Ave
Long Beach, CA 90813
(888) 67-DAHAN
dahan@dahan.com
www.dahan.com
Free X-ray Reports
PDI offers thorough and comprehensive digitized analysis using patients’ x-rays images imprinted onto photographic paper. It is the nation’s largest provider and sole owner of patented technology registered in Washington DC. PDI ships the doctors’ x-rays to its headquarters where they are read, analyzed, and digitized.
The PDI staff is made up of highly qualified board-certified medical radiologists (MDs and DACBRs) licensed in each state for which the films are being read. This not only efficiently educates patients but also assures to automatically increase patient retention. This is all at no cost to doctors.
PDI
1021 Pacific Ave
Long Beach, CA 90813
(866) 4PDI-PDI
mail@aboutpdi.com
www.aboutpdi.com
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