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Chiropractors can do more

A 2010 state law lets Michigan chiropractors perform more services.

FORMERLY: Could treat joint dysfunction only in the spine and adjacent joints.

NOW: Can treat joint dysfunction anywhere in the body.

FORMERLY: Could not perform physical therapy (PT).

NOW: Can perform PT, including using ice, heat, electric muscle stimulation, water therapy, ultrasound, traction, taping, rehabilitative exercise and more.

FORMERLY: Could not perform blood tests or measure blood pressure.

NOW: Can perform and order many tests.

He's quite the rare bird in Lansing.

State Rep. Michael Callton is the first chiropractor elected to the state Legislature. He performs spinal adjustments and other chiropractic care for lobbyists and lawmakers in his Lansing office.

"A lot of them don't even know what we do," he says.

Callton's election in November came just months after Michigan chiropractors won a fight for wider acceptance, getting the state law that regulates what chiropractors and other health professionals can do for their patients broadened.

Since the late 1970s, chiropractors had been hamstrung by a state health code with tight limits, among them: They could treat only a patient's spinal area and joints near it, such as the elbow and hip. Last year, after decades of lobbying and despite opposition by physician groups, lawmakers eased the rules. Now, chiropractors can treat virtually all of the body's muscles and bones, and they can branch out to do physical therapy.

Callton, 53, a Republican who represents rural Barry and Ionia counties west of Lansing, is vice-chair of the House Health Policy Committee.

"Finally, we have a seat at the table. And it's a great time for chiropractors to be at the table because of all the decisions coming up in national health care," he says.

Untying the hands of chiropractors, no longer banning them from such tasks as taking a patient's blood pressure, makes sense to Peggy Schodowski, 45, of Rochester Hills.

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