New books for your informal continuing education

Are you up-to-date on your reading? Periodically Chiropractic Economics publishes short reviews of books written by chiropractors or individuals close to the chiropractic profession. Here are the latest offerings.

If any of these books pique your interest, please contact the publisher or your local bookstore. (Note: Chiropractic Economics does not promote or endorse any of the products listed.)

• Ask the Chiropractor by Steven J. Pollack, DC. Paperback, 206 pages.

Each short chapter starts with a question and ends with an answer.

The questions are those that patients may ask their chiropractors, such as: “My baby hasn’t been sleeping through the night … Are there any procedures in chiropractic that may help?”, “Does the length of my legs play a role in the balance of my spine?”, “I am an active adult. During the day I feel fine but in the morning my joints ache. Why?”

Available through iUniverse, Inc.,
www.iuniverse.com.

• ProBodX: Proper Body Exercise, The Path to True Fitness by Marv Marinovich and Edythe Heus, DC, with Ronda Spinak and Alan Duncan Ross. Paperback, 336 pages.

The authors provide a new approach to exercise that can benefit everyone — from athletes, to seniors, to children who are learning sports basics.

The ProBodX approach promotes proper eating with multi-plane exercises. According to the authors, the “workout retrains the body as it was meant to work, helping to create optimal fitness through integrated whole body movements.”

Available through HarperCollins,
www.harpercollins.com.

• Clinical Imaging with Skeletal, Chest and Abdomen Pattern Differentials
by Dennis M. Marchiori, DC, MS, PhD (c), DACBR. Hardback, 1,488 pages.

In the forward of this reference book, Joseph W. Howe, DC, professor of radiology at Los Angeles College of Chiropractic, writes: “Dr. Marchiori’s [book] is based on a gamut or pattern approach to radiology. The interpreter begins by using radiological signs to develop a differential list of possible diagnoses and then progresses to traditional discussions of the several diseases or conditions that are within that differential list. Until now, there has not been a book available that incorporates both pattern differentials and detailed traditional discussions of diseases in such a comprehensive format. … The chapter outlines and quick-reference features make it easy to use.”

Available through Elsevier Mosby, www.elsevierhealth.com.

• Colossus: What Every Physician Needs to Know
by Aaron DeShaw, DC, JD. Loose leaf, 465 pages.

According to the author, approximately 70 percent of auto injuries are evaluated by computer assessment software. The best known assessment software is known as Colossus.

DeShaw, who is a chiropractor as well as an attorney, wrote the book to help physicians properly document personal injury cases. He hammers home the fact that the computer can only analyze the information that is provided to it through the physician’s documentation. The book provides a list of the companies using the assessment programs, a list of the factors used by the programs to determine case value and step-by-step procedures on writing narrative reports formatted for computer-assessment software.

Available through Siren Publishing, www.colossusbooks.com.

• Alternative Chiropractic: A Clinician’s Manual on Diversified Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications in Conservative Health Care (2nd Ed.)
by Richard H. Tyler. Hardcover, 306 pages.

This book addresses the many diversified diagnostic and therapeutic procedures a chiropractor needs to develop comprehensive treatment protocols. The book is divided into diagnostic and therapeutic sections and explores the characteristics of alternative therapeutics that follow natural forms of support and treatment.

Available from On Target Publications, www.ontargetpublications.com.

• The BackSmart Fitness Plan: A Total Body Workout to Strengthen and Heal Your Back
by Adam Weiss, DC. Paperback, 259 pages.

The author present a new program designed to target, protect and strengthen the back. He lays out a complete fitness program to provide readers with a variety of exercises that will enhance their physical strength, flexibility, balance, endurance and appearance, without injuring themselves.

Available through McGraw-Hill,
www.books.mcgraw-hill.com.

• Ethical Perspectives: Sexual Boundary Issues and the Chiropractic Paradigm
by Michael J. Stahl, DC, and Stephen M. Foreman, DC, DABCO. Paperback, 126 pages.

This easy-to-read manual addresses sexual boundary issues for chiropractors and chiropractic students. The authors aim to make chiropractors familiar with sexual boundary issues, to help educators teach students about the topic and to provide a resource for members of regulatory boards. They provide real-life examples of ethical boundaries as a way to give the reader a clear understanding of issues that may arise in practice.

Available through Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, www.lww.com.

• Biomedical Acupuncture for Pain Management: An Integrative Approach
by Yun-Tao Ma, PhD; Mila Ma, LicAc; and Zand Hee Cho, PhD.

According to the publisher, this book presents a new and unique acupuncture system that will enable healthcare professionals to learn and practice acupuncture within the framework of biomedical principles.

The system the book addresses uses a neuroanatomically defined acupoint system. The book includes the latest biomedical explanations of the mechanisms of acupuncture, case studies and detailed chapters on patient evaluation and treatment.

Available through Elsevier Churchill Livingstone, www.elsevierhealth.com.

• Golden Rules for Vibrant Health in Body, Mind and Spirit
by Joseph J. Sweere, DC. Paperback, 253 pages.

The author takes the golden rule — do unto others as you would have them do unto you — and applies it to personal healthcare. The book contains commonsense guidelines for living a healthy life. The first chapters pertain to the golden rules for a healthy body, while the middle chapters discuss golden rules for dealing with body problems and the final chapters focus on how the rules can help with stress management, relationships, attitudes and beliefs.

Available through Basic Health Publications, www.physicalmag.com/BasicHealth/.

A special book for children

Lulu’s Rose Colored Glasses
by Gretchan A. Pyne is not a chiropractic textbook or a how-to manual for self-development, leadership or practice management. It is a children’s book, written by Lulu’s mother, a children’s author. Lulu (Olivia Lynn) was a four-year-old girl who wanted to be a chiropractor, just like her daddy. But she didn’t have that opportunity. She died in a freak accident. The heavy, metal industrial bicycle rack she was standing on while pointing to a double rainbow and licking an ice cream cone toppled over on her and crushed her heart. Resuscitation failed.

The book Lulu’s mother wrote tells the true heartwarming story of Lulu and her rose-colored glasses and how the world looks better when you take time to see it. It is first in a series of six. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the book is donated to the Olivia Lynn Pyne Scholarship Fund.

Available from Lulu Belle Books, www.lulubellebooks.com.