November 11, 2018
This study examined the differences in cognitive evoked potentials in post-traumatic headache patients. The patients were 50 people with mild head injury (MHI) and headache who had: “loss of consciousness not greater than 30 minutes or no loss of consciousness;… Continue Reading…
October 6, 2020
Public health experts have recognized for many years that excessively heavy backpacks can cause back and neck pain in children. Three new studies have recently been published on this issue, and they shed some light on prevention of back pain… Continue Reading…
October 6, 2020
This study hoped to determine what factors influenced the prognosis of neck disorders (ND) in 568 subjects (294 in the intervention and 274 in the control). The patients were four different types of workers—hospital, airport, warehouse, and office. The predictive… Continue Reading…
August 14, 2018
A New Kind of Whiplash-Associated Headache? Headache is a common symptom after whiplash injury, second only to neck pain in frequency. Because of the complexity of a rear-end collision, headache can have many different origins: it can be caused by… Continue Reading…
October 6, 2020
Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a serious health problem, especially among the elderly. “Spinal stenosis has been defined as any narrowing of the spinal canal or the various tunnels through which nerves and other structures communicate with that canal.” 1… Continue Reading…
October 6, 2020
Two recent studies have been published that discuss the successful management of spinal fractures with chiropractic treatment. The first1 describes the case of a 49-year-old man who, after a fall on his buttocks, developed an “oblique (zone III) fracture through the… Continue Reading…
October 6, 2020
Previous studies have shown that chiropractic can be an effective treatment for some patients with low back pain. This new study looked at patients with chronic back pain, with the aim of determining which subgroups of patients find chiropractic beneficial.… Continue Reading…
October 6, 2020
If you’re searching for back-pain relief, you may wonder, “What makes chiropractic different from traditional treatments?” While chiropractic care has many advantages, from its natural approach to its safety, a key benefit of chiropractic lies in its ability to prevent… Continue Reading…
October 6, 2020
Low back pain can have a detrimental impact on productivity in the workplace, and for many patients, ineffective treatment can slow down recovery and further prolong a person’s return to work after an injury. Two recent studies investigate ways that… Continue Reading…
October 6, 2020
This RAND review of the literature analyzed 1,457 studies related to manipulation of the cervical spine. Only sixty-seven of these were used in the final analysis, as they were the only ones that specifically addressed the effectiveness of treatment. “Analysis… Continue Reading…