(ChiroWire) We are proud to announce that Gary Italia, DC, has earned his PhD in Nutrition. As part of his thesis, he has written a wonderful book titled "The Ageless Advantage: Your Complete Resource for Living Longer Through Diet and Lifestyle"

ABOUT THE BOOK

"The Ageless Advantage: Your Complete Resource for Living Longer Through Diet and Lifestyle" is a complete holistic approach to living longer through proper nutrition and lifestyle factors. There are chapters on exercise, stress, dietary habits, anti-aging foods and many others that are considered necessary to improve the odds of living a long and healthy life. The book is written in very simple language, uses a question and answer format and is designed for the general population. The information flows very nicely from one question and topic to the next. "The Ageless Advantage" gives specific recommendations at the end of each chapter so that the reader knows exactly what needs to be done to potentially extend life. Chiropractic Physicians will find the book easy to read and enjoyable. They will learn about different lifestyle and nutritional factors that they may have been unaware of. Patients will love the book, as they will be able to understand the material and apply it directly in their lives. So purchase a copy of "The Ageless Advantage: Your Complete Resource for Living Longer Through Diet and Lifestyle" for both you and your patients and start living a longer life now!

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BIO

Dr. Italia graduated from the National College of Chiropractic in 1988 as valedictorian of the class. In addition to the DC, Dr, Italia also has two diplomate degrees, is a certified strength and conditioning specialist, and certified clinical nutritionist. He has both an MS degree and Ph.D. degree in nutrition. His thesis and specialty in nutrition is anti-aging medicine and the use of nutrition and nutritional agents to treat disease and illness. His two BS degrees are in exercise science and human biology. He is a partner in four chiropractic and physical therapy centers and is an adjunct professor at the University of Bridgeport teaching in the Nutrition Masters program.

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(Norwalk, IA) Note: Dr. Anthony L. Rosner, Director of Research for FCER, recently sent the following letter to the editor of Newsweek, addressing a distortion in their April 26 article regarding lack of research supporting chiropractic care for back pain. Newsweek's policy limits letters to one paragraph.

April 22, 2004

To the Editor:

For such a widespread condition that costs the U.S. $100B annually, I was deeply disappointed by a glaring misrepresentation which appeared in your April 26 issue on "The Great Back Pain Debate." That distortion had to do with the suggestion that "there's not a lot of data on how effective it is in the long term" when it comes to the chiropractic care of back pain patients. As the Director of Research of the largest and oldest foundation which has contributed substantially to the evidence which supports the effectiveness of spinal manipulation for back pain patients, I take strong exception to Dan Cherkin's statement. In truth, a summary of no less than 73 clinical trials involving spinal manipulation recently published in the Annals of Internal Medicine attests to the effectiveness of this treatment in managing back pain with none of the trials having produced negative results. Furthermore, official guidelines from the governments of at least 8 countries in North America, western Europe and Australia propose that spinal manipulation is one of the two most-documented and effective management strategies for back pain [the other being the use of analgesics and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents]. With this type of documented effectiveness, fewest side effects, and avoidance of expensive alternatives when possible, the treatments which chiropractors apply demand far more thoughtful review in a healthcare environment that is increasingly dependent upon the documentation of rigorous scientific evidence, regrettably overlooked in your article.

Anthony Rosner, Ph.D., LL.D [Hon.]
Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research
Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research. www.fcer.org

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(ChiroWire) Here is an except of what you will learn by taking Neurological Exam 103, an online continuing education course on www.chirocredit.com authored by Joseph Ferezy, DC, DACAN, FIACN:

EFFECTS OF MANIPULATION ON SPINAL JOINT RECEPTORS

The events that take place during and after a spinal adjustment or manipulation point to the probability that there is a sudden change in joint tension, followed by a proportional increase in type I static and dynamic mechanoreceptor activity, and a burst of type II activity. A simultaneous reduction or abolition of static type I activity may occur in the destretched or approximated portion of the joint capsule.

The type I discharge might then be described as signaling the direction, amplitude, and velocity of the adjustment. This breakdown of information seems to lend credence to the development of techniques that describe different clinical effects from similar chiropractic applications using different degrees of thrusting force. The type II receptors only would appear to send information regarding movement.

The cervical articular mechanoreceptor system seems to hold special importance as it appears that with the adaptation of the human to the biped posture came a shifting of the level of importance from vestibular system proprioception to the cervical articular system proprioception. Degenerative, inflammatory, and/or traumatic disorders of the cervical spine may cause a loss of input from the mechanoreceptor system, but not from the nociceptive system. This may account for the characteristic changes in posture which become apparent in most elderly humans in addition to the increased complaint of minor joint pains and stiffness in the elderly.

The addition of nociceptive input from the spinal joints severely distorts normal cord reflex patterns and may therefore severely affect normal perceptual, postural, and kinesthetic functions. Clinical effects of joint manipulation on articular receptors may be artificially divided into three categories: reflexogenic effects, perceptual effects, and pain suppression effects.

Reflexogenic effects on muscle tone include facilitation and inhibition of gamma motor neurons via polysynaptic projections. The gamma motor neurons modulate activity of the muscle spindles at many levels due to ascending and descending input. As the spinal joints receive heavy sensory innervation, it follows that a chiropractic spinal subluxation may be sufficient to provide that irritation. Remove the irritation via normalization of articular biomechanics, and you may allow the reflexes to function optimally, thereby allowing the body to function in homeostasis.

Though most of these neurological reflexes do not lend themselves to direct in-office testing, the results of abnormal sensory input are clearly visible and often manifest in conditions such as pain, paraspinal muscle spasm, dizziness, ataxia, vertigo, light-headedness, and diplopia.

Perceptual effects are realized through the sizable contribution of type I receptors to consciousness of posture and movement. Obviously, the perception of pain would fall into this category as well.

Pain suppression is effected via enkephalinergic interneuronal inhibition of nociceptive afferents.

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