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A Chiropractor’s Guide to Proper Billing: Therapeutic Exercises (97110) vs. Therapeutic Activities (97530)

ChiroUp

Applications Strengthening exercises, joint mobilization, or flexibility activities to address musculoskeletal impairments, such as muscle weakness or joint stiffness. Example Resistance exercises to build muscle strength, stretching to increase joint flexibility. Also billed in 15-minute increments of direct patient contact.

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A Chiropractor’s Guide to Proper Billing - Part 2: Massage Therapy (97124) vs. Manual Therapy (97140)

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Manual therapy focusing on musculoskeletal impairments, including joint mobilizations, manual traction, or lymphatic drainage. Myofascial pain syndrome, fibromyalgia, joint contractures, tissue scarring, manual manipulation, and mobilization techniques. Schedule a quick demo here ! Missed Part 1 on billing codes 97110 and 97530?

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The Role of HRV: Tackling Millennial Stress

CLA

Are you ready to take the next step in tackling Millennial stress? Let’s join forces and harness the power of HRV to elevate patient care and transform your practice.

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Measure What Matters: How NeckCare Helps Chiropractors Deliver Smarter, Measurable Cervical Spine Care

The Evidence Based Chiropractor

The patient who “feels fine” but still has faulty head-neck-eye coordination The post-MVC patient who’s “improving” but still can’t stabilize their neck position The patient with forward head posture whose joint position error is never measured And most importantly—it makes it hard to show progress in measurable ways.

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Mastering the Hip Exam: Top Tests for Hip Pain

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13) MRI Considerations Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is more sensitive to detect joint effusion/synovitis, cartilage, labral, and bone marrow lesions. (15) Structural [hip] joint changes are frequent in asymptomatic population and neither radiographs nor MRI have shown a good correlation with pain and functional impairment.” (15)

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The 18 Most Popular Chiropractic Tools and Equipment

ChiroTouch

Activator Adjusting Tool The Activator adjusting tool uses a spring-loaded thrust to gently push targeted vertebrae or extremity joints back into proper alignment. Each spinal joint is analyzed for proper function, and the results are displayed as an easy-to-read graph. Here are some of the most popular chiropractic tools.

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Schmorl’s Node Refresher: 7 Surprising Facts Every DC Must Own

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Watch this 60-second live demo of how a jelly-like nucleus instantly changes to a consistency that can dent bone. The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume. Whether the nucleus pulposus behaves more as a fluid or a solid in vivo depends on the rate of loading.” (28) What are the symptoms of schmorl’s nodes?