Practicing Chiropractors Committee on Radiology Protocals

The chiropractic profession is very unique in its approach to health, and has suffered as guidelines developed for other professions have in some case been inappropriately applied to the chiropractic profession.  No where is this more evident that in the area of radiological assessment, a hallmark of our profession.  The difficulty of placing medical guidelines on our profession is that they do not match what we do or our needs.  Their guidelines are not in the field manual adjusting as their providers are not adjusting the spines of their patients.  We as chiropractor’s have always had other or additional usage for our radigraphic interpretation in helping us to determine what we were going to do with our patients.  One of the best new guidelines being introduced today is being introduced under the name of “Practicing Chiropractors Committee on Radiology Protocols”.  This document should be not only used but it should be supported as it provides information from a non-profit, non-special interest group on how a practicing chiropractor in the field uses radiographic studies to assist with the care of his or her patients.  To see this document if you have not already reviewed it go to www.pccrp.org

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