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Differential Diagnosis and Management for the Chiropractor: Protocols and Algorithms

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I find it amusing that some doctors get angry when we speak of differential diagnosis in chiropractic. To make it clear chiropractic is a university level program of 5 years (where I come from) with 1000+ hours in diagnostic. This book is an excellent reference for every practicing chiropractor.

Dr C.C. DC

This book is very informative in the diagnosis and treatment of many disorders. True it is written more for the chiropractor but if you look at the title of the book you might have an idea why it is written the way it is. The former reviewer is obvioulsy a MD or someone who does not believe in the chiropractic healing methods. He would rather rely on drugs and making drug companies happy than treating people the right way. I diagnosed my mother with subtrochanteric bursitis through this book. I am in my 8th tri of chiropractic school. Do you want to know how she was treated by MDs. A nerve block!!!! To the L4 nerve....now hmmmm maybe more MDs should read this book.

For some terrible reason the NBCE decided that this book is the BEST book for diagnosis. I have no background at all in formal writing; however, even I find typo's and grammatical errors in every single chapter. There is no outline for each chapter. The material skips around continuously and you have to read the chapters 2 or 3 times each just to mentally reformat them into a logical order. Intro, body conclusion. It works for paragraphs, chapters and entire books. I wish the author would find a co-writer who could help him. Maybe Resnick is available.

I've been in practice for five years and decided to get this as an additional reference to my current library. Its very informative. Provides a clear and concise summary of evidence based practice for all the common and some not so common complaints you see in daily practice. I particularly like the algorithms. I should add that I have the fourth edition of this book.

I used this as a reference for Part II, III, and IV chiropractic national boards. This book lists a condition, tells you a brief summary and lists treatment protocols and what forms of nutrition can be advised in this condition. This is a good reference for the boards because it has certain treament protocols that boards like to ask. However, if you really want a great review for the national boards get the following:
National Board of Chiropractic Part II Study Guide: Key Review Questions and Answers, National Board of Chiropractic Part III Study Guide: Key Review Questions and Answers with Explanations, and National Board of Chiropractic Part IV Study Guide: Key Review Questions and Answers Vol 1 and Vol 2 by Patrick Leonardi.
These study guides are the best references for studying for the Chiropractic National Boards. The questions in these books are right on to the format asked on the boards. I'm glad I used them because I think I might have failed without them. Dr. Souza's book is also a must for the boards because it gives some high yield material that is asked in either part 2, 3 or 4.

The book is hella detailed in case management which (in my opinion) is more than any chiropractor would need. But it is fantastic for reference material if you ever find yourself stuck on a patients presentation and what the differential Dx could be. One things for sure, I won't be selling it back to the book store or half.com!

This textbook is great for diagnosis of musculoskeletal conditions. It presents diagnostic information in many different ways, graphs, pictures, text, etc... so it helps all types of learning styles grasp the information.