Opinion

Letter to the Editor: A response to "What is Chiropractic?"

I read with interest the article by Dr. Joe Ghorayeb DC, MHA entitled, “What Is Chiropractic?”.

What is Chiropractic? Proposing a future direction and understanding

When asked what chiropractic is, most – if not all – chiropractors will express the following sentiment to some degree: a health profession concerned with the assessment and management of conditions related to the spine, joints, nervous system and soft tissues.

"Despite the tired narratives, chiropractic is backed by evidence"

Within the piece, Chapin intends to clear the public confusion surrounding chiropractic care.

Chiropractic diversity: strength or threat?

Reason (verb) "The power of comprehending, inferring, or thinking especially in orderly rational ways"

The history of why Canada’s health care system falls short

This Jan. 1, Ontario residents who are 24 and younger rang in the new year with a pretty big upgrade to their health care: something called "OHIP+", which gave young people a government insurance plan for prescription drugs.

Tough love

The longer I practice, the harder it is to give business practice advice because what works for one person doesn’t work for another.

Letter to the editor: "Putting shoe orthotics to the test" (December 2017)

To the Editor:

Perspective and gratitude

Dr. Sonya Floreani, a chiropractor from Australia volunteering at the Nirankari Mission in Mumbai, hugs a tearful patient. The patient suffers from constant dizziness that has affected her daily life.

I recently had the opportunity to travel to Mumbai, India, for the Sant Nirankari Mission, a five-day spiritual event attended by millions of devotees from different parts of India.

Not every mental health concern requires a doctor

Toronto (Troy Media) – Canadians suffer when important mental health services are unavailable or wait times are too long.

More than one million unnecessary medical tests, procedures for Canadians every year

Each year, there are at least one million unnecessary tests, treatments and procedures done in Canadian health-care settings. This means that hundreds of thousands of Canadians are exposed to potential harm by unnecessary care.

Pondering prescriptions

I was horrified to see that 47 per cent of our profession is in favour of the move to expand the chiropractic scope of practice to include limited prescription rights. This is according to results from the recent Canadian Chiropractor Practice Trends Survey.

Business Talk: Career change

Rising business costs, government mandated minimum wage increases, hikes in chiropractic licence fees, spikes in our association premiums, cut-backs by insurance companies and changes in the auto injury guidelines – these are only some of the barriers chiropractors have to deal with when running their practice. These obstacles are enough to drive the most successful practices out of business.

Keys to Your Practice: Pearls of wisdom

I write this final column with mixed emotions. I am a little sombre that it is time for me to move on; at the same time feel excited to leave you with my biggest pearls that you can use to create success in your practice.

The high road

According to the federal government’s timeline, by the summer of 2018 Canada would have legalized the use of recreational marijuana. This impending legalization is causing anxiety among certain sectors, including the health-care profession – and for good reason.

Despite fanfare, medical benefits of marijuana remain experimental for many conditions

Many Canadians can hardly wait for the day that the recreational use of marijuana becomes legal. As a medical doctor, I'm far less enthusiastic. I worry about two things: the experimental nature of marijuana in medical practice and the public health consequences of legalized marijuana.