Chiropractic Treatment Case Summary

The DDS proposed a medical cessation as of 11/10/16 due to failure to cooperate. The evidence in file is insufficient to assess the claimant’s condition. However, proper closeout procedures were not followed.

The SC enquired about Pa use of medical services or health status changes. The Pa reported no hospitalization, ER visit or new health problems, or medication change. The Pa reported that he saw his PCP a few weeks ago. The SC inquired about any changes in his functions. The Pa reported no change to his ADLs/IADLs, cognitive, social, emotional, or financial status.

This patient was not treated with the ethical respectany patient should receive when seeking help/treatment. It is very alarming that a physician whose job is to take care of other humans would disregard giving a proper

Requested for a complete copy of the office visit report dated 03/09/16 as the 6th page is missing; however, no medical records received at the time of submission of the review to PA. Current request is for 6 Acupuncture Therapy Sessions for the Right Shoulder and Jaw between 3/25/2016 and 5/24/2016. ort dated 03/09/16 as the 6th page is missing; however, no medical records received at the time of submission of the review to PA. Current request is for 6 Acupuncture Therapy Sessions for the Right Shoulder and Jaw between 3/25/2016 and

He is weaning off his medications. CURES report was reviewed. The patient stated that pain is relieved by medications and aggravated by sitting and standing. Current meds included morphine, amlodipine, maxzide, ecotrin, halfprin, testosterone injection, Suboxone, Norco, dyazide and alprazolam. The exam revealed normal gait.

Call was made to ask for the urine drug screen; however, no additional medicals were received

A Guide to Curing Sciatica with Physical Therapy and Exercise Geoffrey Morell, a highly renowned Medical Intuitive and Energy Healer with over 20 years of expertise in magnetic, intuitive, psychic, and spiritual healing, and co-founder of Weston A. Price Foundation along with wife, Sally Fallon Morell, and nutritionist Mary G. Enig, Ph.D., discusses about the common concern of sciatica amongst people of all age. Having suffered the medical condition for several years himself, he states that it is important for everybody to clearly understand and diagnose the condition and its extent so as to get proper treatment to cure the condition. He also states that the extent of sciatica isn’t the same in every patient. Some may suffer the pain only intermittently

I stopped completely from going to the operating rooms, to physiotherapy treatments, and I stopped taking many medications. Thanks to acupuncture, I have felt much much better. ​ Albalina Nuñez ​ I am very happy with the treatment of acupuncture since my fingers have been improving periodically, which had a physical problem, thanks to acupuncture. I also got rid of stress.

Warbritton said Kay has not had much, if any, dealings with Paul’s medical issues. He assumed that Kay would want to discuss Paul's medical issues in order to better understand what type of pain therapy was being used. Dr. Warbritton felt an open dialogue would circumvent a lot of inaccurate conclusions Kay has made about her brother’s care. The complainant said she took photos of medication prescribed by Dr. Warbritton, Attachment 1. ____________________________________________________________ DETAILS

A patient is admitted to Nightingale Community Hospital to the surgical unit following an infection to a post-op wound. There were several deficiencies found on the patient’s tracer audit once the patient was admitted to the hospital. One deficiency that was found was that the patient was given medication related to pain and the patient was not reassessed properly per Joint Commission Standards (JC). The deficiency found is within the pain assessment policy of the hospital.

If he desires to exercise his medical bill of right to refuse medication and he is mentally competent, the provider has the obligation to honor the patient’s demands

One of the primary concerns for administering DN is needle aversion or phobia. “Physical therapists must recognize when patients present with significant needle phobia or other anxiety about being treated with needles” (APTA, 2013). Additionally, patients with local skin lesions, local systemic infections, vascular disease, and metal allergies are contraindicated. Patients with compromised immune systems and abnormal bleeding tendencies should be needled with caution, as should women in the first trimester of pregnancy (APTA, 2013). All patients must give consent for DN especially when language barriers and cognitive impairments can interfere.

Fifteen studies were used to be identified and reviewed. Two studies involved mirror therapy after amputation of the upper limb, five were focused on mirror therapy after stroke, five on mirror therapy with complex regional pain syndrome 1, one on mirror therapy with complex regional pain syndrome 2, and 2 on mirror therapy after hand surgery than amputation. The review showed that mirror therapy was most effective in upper limb treatments of patients who had stroke and CRPS. ( Ezendam et al.,

For this Audit the author took the following steps in developing questions for the Audit tool as guided by The National Institute for Clinical Excellence

According to the above mentioned studies, there is a need to conduct the current study to identify the clinical effects of cupping on patients with