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Asia-Pacific Chiropractic Journal
Issue 5.4
Published 1 April 2025
Scholarship
Charles L Blum: Measles, to vaccinate or not to vaccinate: That is the question. [Editorial], followed by a Medscape quiz about identifying a presentation of measles
JC Smith: Chiropractic as vaccine
Preelan Govender: Empowering communities through Chiropractic: The impact of giving back [WCCS]
Phillip Ebrall: The power of self-governance within Australian Chiropractic: A pragmatic analysis of the so-called ‘baby-ban’ which must now be resolved
Harvey Getzoff: The Atlas Vertebrae and its role in the function of the Sacro Occipital Technique (SOT) Categories
Steven Baroody: Perspectives on the Lateral Atlas: a review of the literature
Harvey Getzoff: Chiropractic Manipulative Reflex Technique: Based on the work of Major Bertrand DeJarnette, DO, DC [Book Review]
Joseph Ierano and Phillip Ebrall: Reader beware: Rapid reviews have a trust issue
Cox® Technic and Editorial staff: James M Cox [In Memoriam]
Charles Blum: Channeling healing energy: Developing our intuition, Part eight
Scott Cuthbert: Manual Muscle Testing: The Chiropractic profession’s physical sign of the Motor Neuron’s ‘Tone’. A DD Palmer wish-fulfilment like no other
Christopher Meyer: Disc focused Bio-Psycho-Social model per Gonstead clinical practice
Phillip Ebrall: A clinical update on lumbar disc degeneration
Letters: Engel, Masarsky: Respiratory RCTs: What Are We Missing?
Chad Warshel et al: Supine and prone SOT pelvic block placement: A comparative analysis of position by MRI
Jeffrey Blum: Conservative and reversible: The role of Body Psychotherapy in the treatment of Temporomandibular Disorders
Chloé Blanchard & Richard Meldener: A chiropractic history of Applied Kinesiology in France
Chloé Blanchard et Richard Meldener: Une histoire chiropratique de la kinésiologie appliquée en France. [French]
Clinical evidence as Case Reports
Johnson Huang: Improved reading and academic performance: A case series of 3 dyslexic students with learning disability
Charles Masarsky & Marion Todres-Masarsky: Long COVID with Parosmia and Exertional Malaise: A case report
Harvey Getzoff & Charles Blum: A study of the nature of SOT occipital line fibres: A retrospective case series of 65 patients
Scott Cuthbert: Chiropractic resolves severe digestive burning: A case report
Alireza Panahpour & Charles Blum: TMD - Chiropractic and Dentistry: Two case reports
Duncan Jack: Resolution of disc-related peripheral oedema following chiropractic treatment A case report
Max Bento & Angelo Battiston: Resolution of lifelong gastrointestinal symptomatology in a 9-year-old female with the use of Chiropractic Manipulative Reflex and Bloodless Surgery techniques: A case report
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Chiropractic Paradigms
Applied Kinesiology (AK)
Cuthbert S, Lindley-Jones C, and contributors: A history of professional Applied Kinesiology around the world (Part I)
Cuthbert S, Lindley-Jones C, and contributors: A history of professional Applied Kinesiology around the world (Part II)
Chloé Blanchard & Richard Meldener: A chiropractic history of Applied Kinesiology in France [Also in French]
McCord KM, Schmitt WH: Quintessential Applications: A(K) Clinical Protocol. The Evolution of a Neurological & Biochemical Hierarchy
Schmitt WH, McCord KM: Measure, Measure, Measure:‘Indicator testing’ and nutrients for musculoskeletal pain
Schmitt WH, McCord KM: Relieving spinal stress with ‘Emotional Recall Quick Fix’
Schmitt WH, McCord KM: Set Point (Touch & Tap) Technique for chronic Injury, inflammation, and pain relief
McCord KM, Schmitt WH: Acute pain & the Quintessential Applications clinical protocol
Cuthbert S: Vitamin D and Coronavirus: Not a vaccine, nonetheless nature’s humble natural cure
Cuthbert S: Best Practice Guidelines for Diagnosing Muscle Imbalance: Chiropractic versus Physiotherapy
Cuthbert S: The GenitoUrinary system in chiropractic: The neuroanatomy of the muscle-organ-gland correlation
Cuthbert S, Stump JL, Stark B: Applied Kinesiology Chiropractic and Traditional Chinese Medicine
Cuthbert S: Proprioception in Chiropractic: Measuring tone with Chiropractic Neuro-Physiology
Scott Cuthbert: Chiropractic Applied Kinesiology methods for cervical herniated disc syndrome along with sciatica and bilateral frozen shoulder: A case report
Scott Cuthbert: Chiropractic management of cervical disc herniations: A case series
Scott Cuthbert: Manual Muscle Testing: The Chiropractic profession’s physical sign of the Motor Neuron’s ‘Tone’. A DD Palmer wish-fulfilment like no other
Sacro-occipital Technique (SOT)
Harvey Getzoff: A critical approach for learning the Operating Principles of Sacro Occipital Technique (SOT) Chiropractic
Harvey Getzoff: Sacro Occipital Technique (SOT): A Systems Driven Method of Chiropractic
Harvey Getzoff: Sacro Occipital Technique (SOT): Category Three: Predictability of Outcomes
Harvey Getzoff: Sacro Occipital Technique (SOT): Documentation and recording system
Harvey Getzoff: Anterior Thoracic adjusting and the relationship to cervical flexion: A retrospective case series of twenty-four patients
Harvey Getzoff: A primary cranial analysis and adjustment method for all three Sacro Occipital Technique (SOT) Categories: A retrospective study of 85 patients
Harvey Getzoff: The Atlas Vertebrae and its role in the function of the Sacro Occipital Technique (SOT) Categories
Chad Warshel et al: Supine and prone SOT pelvic block placement: A comparative analysis of position by MRI
Gonstead Methods
Randal Johnson: Down the sacrum rabbit hole
Randal Johnson: Down the sacrum rabbit hole: Part 2
More on the way
Chiropractic articles
Chiropractic History
Callender A: Reflections of a chiropractic historian
Peters RE: The Founder of Chiropractic: Some notes on DD Palmer
Ebrall P: DD Palmer and the Egyptian Connection: A short report
Cuthbert S, Lindley-Jones C, at al: A history of professional Applied Kinesiology around the world (Part I).
Smith JC: Chiselled hands: A history of manipulative therapy and Chiropractic care
Davis KY, Blum CL: A history of temporal sphenoidal (TS) diagnosis and its clinical application
Ierano J: The upper cervical Chiropractic lineage diagram project
Ebrall P: The establishment of the International College of Chiropractic (ICC) Melbourne
Ebrall P: The Emergence of Chiropractic Education in Australia
Ebrall P: RMIT University kills its Chiropractic program in Victoria
Ebrall P: Another one bites the dust: Are we witnessing the demise of our profession? [Editorial]
Ebrall P: ‘It’s not the battles we lose that bother me, it’s the ones we don’t suit up for’ [Editorial]
Ebrall P: Survival and growth: Adversity make us do better [Editorial]
Master Classes
Neil Davies: The cranial connection and the neuropathic process
Noone P: Integration of Post-Concussion Support Strategies into chiropractic practice
Cuthbert S, Stump JL, Stark B: Applied Kinesiology Chiropractic and Traditional Chinese Medicine
Maffetone P: A review of manual methods of traditional biofeedback for improving brain and body health and fitness
Cuthbert S: The GenitoUrinary system in chiropractic: The neuroanatomy of the muscle-organ-gland correlation
Cuthbert S: Best Practice Guidelines for Diagnosing Muscle Imbalance: Chiropractic versus Physiotherapy
Caroline Vitez: Dr. Robert Coté's Clinical Research
Santos E: Clinical efficacy of Guasha Therapy for shoulder pain [Thesis]
Williams S, Blum CL, Billings S: Plagiocephaly: The Oblique Skull; A method of chiropractic correction, with a case report
Cashman S, Blum C: Trapezius fibre muscle analysis: A pilot inter/intra-examiner reliability study
Chu ECP, Huang KHK, Shum JSF: Lumbosacral transitional vertebra as a potential contributing factor to scoliosis: a report of two cases
Philosophy of Chiropractic
Abrahams T: Philosophy: To be or not to be?
Rome P, Waterhouse JD: The specific chiropractic adjustment is conducted within an articulation’s physiological range of motion: Part 4 of a series
Elbert R: Doctor, what is the intention of your adjustment? A Clinical Huddle
Blum C: Channeling healing energy: The power of touch in the chiropractic clinical encounter, Part three
Rome PL, Waterhouse JD: The Vertebral Subluxation premise: Part 1: The medical literature regarding nomenclature
Policy Committee. Australian Chiropractors Association: Policy on Chiropractic Practice, Scope & Terminology
Rome PL, Waterhouse JD: The Vertebral Subluxation premise: Principle 1 continued, The medical literature regarding nomenclature and onset
Ebrall P: Subluxation as a fuzzy narrative
Blum C: Yesterday when I was young [Reflection]
Seiler E: DD Palmer’s theistic spin on biology and the modern effort to hide it
Rome PL, Waterhouse JD: Medicine has failed to grasp the principles explaining chiropractic’s international success [Editorial]
Ebrall P: A philosophy for chiropractic education in the 21st Century: A contextual prelude
Richards DM: The meaning and value of vitalism in chiropractic [Thesis]
Fox M, et al: Vitalism in a New Zealand chiropractic program
Ebrall P: Absolving Chiropractic’s indeterminacy through interdependence
Academic practice
Angelo Battiston et al: Comparing consecutive third-year Chiropractic Student cohorts: A successful evaluation of the Paired Junior Clinic programme
Phillip Ebrall: A philosophy for Transnational Chiropractic education
Phillip Ebrall: A philosophy for chiropractic education in the 21st Century: A contextual prelude
Features
eBooks
Charles Blum: Chiropractic Manipulative Reflex Technique (CMRT). Chapter 1: Introduction
Charles Blum: Chiropractic Manipulative Reflex Technique (CMRT). Chapter 4: Chiropractic Involvement in Nonmusculoskeletal Treatment
Phillip Ebrall. A philosophy of Chiropractic. Chapter 1: The profession
Phillip Ebrall. A philosophy of Chiropractic. Chapter 5: Universal meanings
JC Smith: The medical war against chiropractic
Author Guidelines

This issue's challenge ...
What did DD mean when he stated that Chiropractic is founded on tone?
Headline of the month
Article from the Mercury newspaper, Hobart.


'multivitamin'
Vyas et al report 'daily multivitamin mineral (MVM) supplementation leads to a significantly more favourable 2-y change in episodic memory'. Their meta-analysis indicates that daily MVM significantly benefits 'both global cognition and episodic memory'. These findings support the benefits of a daily MVM in preventing cognitive decline among older adults
READ:
Vyas CM, Manson JE, Sesso HD, Cook NR, Rist PM, Weinberg A, Moorthy MV, Baker LD, Espeland MA, Yeung LK, Brickman AM, Okereke OI. Effect of multivitamin-mineral supplementation versus placebo on cognitive function: results from the clinic subcohort of the COcoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study (COSMOS) randomized clinical trial and meta-analysis of 3 cognitive studies within COSMOS. Am J Clin Nutr. 2024 Mar;119(3):692-701. DOI 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2023.12.011. Get the full paper, free, at https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/pmid/38244989/



Trevor goes from the mines to becoming a practicing chiropractor
After years of hard labour as a diesel fitter in the mining industry, Trevor Ronnfeldt gave it all up to become a Chiropractor – and now he’s helping others manage their pain in his hometown of Moura.
The 38-year-old, who operates the only registered Chiropractic practice in Moura with his wife Renee, has revealed how CQUniversity’s Bachelor of Science (Chiropractic) changed his life for the better.
'The driving factor in me wanting to become a chiropractor is that I was a diesel fitter out at the mines at the time that my wife and I had our first child, and I broke my elbow and couldn’t pick my first born up', he said.
'I looked around the workshop at the senior tradesman and I knew I didn’t want to continue down that career path – they either had broken families or broken bodies.
'I always wanted to do something in health, and it wasn’t until I saw a chiropractor myself and gained relief from migraines and headaches that I then knew a career in chiropractic was what I wanted to pursue'.
Trevor moved to Brisbane to undertake his studies at CQU, completing a Bachelor of Science (Chiropractic) and a Master of Clinical Chiropractic, graduating from both with Distinction.
'The training was exceptional. They taught me everything I needed to know to look after my patients', he said.
'I was really impressed with the course. The thing I loved about CQU was that there wasn’t one topic we couldn’t talk about. I loved the idea we could explore anything and everything about chiropractic, there was no bias or judgement about any question asked.
'From what I understand from all the people I have spoken to about other universities, we covered more. I felt we got a well-rounded education, and a broad range of curriculum. It was a new program when I attended, but it really did prepare me for what to expect in the real world. The whole education prepared me for most cases that could walk through the door'.
And Trevor is putting everything he learned into practice at Moura Chiropractic.
'I love being able to support our community’s health and wellness. What isn’t there to like? I see instant change in my patients and see the fruits of my labour', he said.
'There isn’t one person alive that isn’t physically broken in one way, shape or form. Being in a regional setting I meet the most genuine people and see cases I wouldn’t see in a metropolitan setting.
'I must think outside the box. It’s a much more challenging, exciting and fulfilling role in a regional setting because I see different things all the time and I’m not doing the same things over and over'.
Story courtesy of CQUniversity News. By Greg Chapman. Read more here



The Wisdom of 33
"The Wisdom of 33" is a compilation of 33 Chapters or "Wisdoms" from Chiropractors and Chiropractic advocates around the world. Buy from the author, Donald Francis, at dkfrancis@btinternet.com. All proceeds to SCC.
The book details secrets of success, passion, philosophy, personal stories, practice tips and life lessons.
It will become, in time, a chiropractic classic as the chiropractic profession around the world has so much to gain from the wisdom that leaps from every page. Each chapter includes contributions from two generous authors. Each author contributed completely of there own volition and without prejudice so each piece stands alone as a lesson in how to be happier, more productive, more successful and more. Each author was asked to share their wisdom, something that they hold dear to themselves, something which they feel would be of value to those with a passion for Chiropractic.
What they produced is remarkable and is a must read for anyone within the Chiropractic family who believes that the profession has a future that includes a role in the delivery of healthcare and quality of life that is without limit. The wisdom of these 66 amazing and generous people leaps from the pages of this easy-to-read book that we hope will inspire you on your own journey. It also represents the values and principles held dear by the Scotland College of Chiropractic Charitable Trust and every single penny and cent of the purchase price, less for a very small production cost, will go to help make The Scotland College of Chiropractic a world leader in the delivery of quality, principled Chiropractic education. The book is dedicated to Dr Dave Russell who was a due to become the first President of the Scotland College of Chiropractic before his untimely death in 2020. During his short life Dave gave so much to the profession of chiropractic and his legacy will live on though this book and the many people who will read it, as well as those who will attend the Scotland College and all they go onto serve. As BJ Palmer said, "You never know how far reaching something we may think, say or do today will affect the lives of millions tomorrow." Well lets hope so.