The Naked Chiropractor: An Insider's Guide to Combating Quackery and Winning the War Against Pain - Softcover

Long DC, PhD Preston H

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1493592823 ISBN 13: 9781493592821

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

In all likelihood, you will be among the eight out of every ten Americans who will suffer from back pain at some point. Worldwide, back pain is common. More treatments are touted for back pain than any other medical condition. As this book is written for you, the medical consumer, the goal is to shine a light on scientific evidence based on the most current clinical research, and do so in an easy to understand format.

About this title

About the Author

Biography Preston H. Long, D.C., Ph.D., is a licensed chiropractor who resides near Phoenix, Arizona. He is also an associate professor at Bryan University, where he teaches in the master's program in applied health informatics. He is certified by the State of Arizona in physical medicine modalities and therapeutic procedures and was certified by the Association of Fraud Examiners, the National Association of Disability Evaluating Professionals, and the National Board of Forensic Examiners. Dr. Long's professional career has spanned nearly 30 years. In addition to treating patients, he has testified at roughly 200 trials; performed more than 10,000 chiropractic record reviews and 2,000 independent medical examinations; and has served as a consultant to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the city attorney offices of Phoenix, Tempe, and Chandler, Arizona. In 2000, he was listed in Marquis Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare. Dr. Long received his bachelor of arts degree from Cardinal Stritch University in 1981, his chiropractic degree from Cleveland Chiropractic College in 1984, and his doctorate degree in health services from Walden University in 2002. From 1985 through 1987, he maintained allied courtesy staff privileges at Scottsdale Community Hospital and served as a medical staffing reviewer. In 2005, the Arizona Supreme Court appointed him to a three-year term on the Foster Care Review Board. In 2009, he was awarded the Chiropractor of the Year Award by Victims of Chiropractic Abuse (VOCA) for "outstanding commitment to protect the rights and health of chiropractic patients." He has been an editorial board member of the Journal of Quality Health Care and has authored two other books--The Naked Chiropractor (2002) and The Preston Protocol for Back Pain (2006)--and several articles in scientific journals.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1493592823
• ISBN 13: 9781493592821
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 202