Chronic Headaches, Balance Problems, Brain Fog, and More Chiropractic clinical practice acknowledges that there is a unique and important relationship between the alignment of the skull and the upper cervical spine. Nearly all chiropractic techniques (specific treatment approaches) treat alignment problems of the upper cervical spine, but many chiropractors only treat the upper cervical spine, […]
Spinal Manipulation for Low Back Pain
The Evidence Continues to Grow The American opiate crisis and its resulting heroin/fentanyl addiction epidemic began in 1980 when the prestigious medical journal, The New England Journal of Medicine, indicated that “less than one percent” of patients given opiate drugs for pain became addicted (1). Sadly, this statistic was not based on valid scientific data. […]
The Kinetic Chain
The Foot, The Leg, The Pelvis, And Back Pain Foot problems are a common cause of low back pain. Inequality of the length of the legs is a common cause of low back pain. A pelvis that is not level is a common cause of low back pain. The biomechanics of the low back are […]
Chiropractic Manipulation for Chronic Migraine Headache
The total sum of suffering caused by migraine is higher than any other kind of headache (1). “Migraine is often incapacitating, with considerable impact on social activities and work, and may lead to significant consumption of drugs.” (1) The diagnosis of migraine is made clinically. There are no blood tests, imaging, or electro-physiologic tests to […]
Chiropractic and Pain
Science, Genetics, and Physiology
Background Some may not know that before an individual can enter chiropractic college/university, they must first attend undergraduate college. The vast majority of modern chiropractors have undergraduate degrees, primarily in the sciences (science is a requirement for chiropractic college acceptance). In fact, many chiropractic colleges/universities also have programs to educate and grant accredited undergraduate science […]
Low Back Pain Spinal Manipulation and the Evolution of Clinical Practice Guidelines
Clinical practice guidelines are systematically developed statements to assist practitioner and patient decisions about appropriate health care for specific clinical circumstances. Clinical practice guidelines define the role of specific diagnostic and treatment modalities in the diagnosis and management of patients. Clinical practice guideline recommendations are based on evidence from rigorous systematic reviews and synthesis of […]
Acute Non-Traumatic Neck Pain: Understanding the Meniscoid Entrapment Syndrome and Specific Spinal Manipulation
Kim was 19 years old, athletic, physically fit, and had never suffered from a neck injury or an episode of prior neck pain; her past history was completely unremarkable. While showering earlier that morning, she turned to reach for a bar of soap. She immediately experienced a sharp zap of left–sided neck pain. The pain […]
Safety Comparison: Allopathic vs. Chiropractic Healthcare
All healthcare disciplines are associated with risks of injury or death. Rare but sensational occurrences are often exploited by the media, leading the public to believe that rare events are commonplace. In contrast, common occurrences are often under reported, leading the public to have higher confidence in the safety of certain healthcare disciplines and procedures. […]
Managing Pain with the Chiropractic Adjustment
Pain is a big problem in America. Of the 238 million adults in America, approximately 116 million suffer from chronic pain (1, 2, 3). The majority of pain and its suffering are musculoskeletal, and is quantified by body region as follows (4): Lower-Back Pain 28.1% Knee Pain 19.5% Severe Headache 16.1% Neck Pain 15.1% Shoulder […]
Neck Pain, The Eyes, and The Ears (Balance)
The Posterior Cervical Sympathetic Syndrome The Syndrome of Barre-Lieou The blood flows to the brain through two arterial systems: Anterior Circulation (branches from the internal carotid arteries) Posterior Circulation (branches from the vertebral arteries) The dividing line between the Anterior and Posterior circulation of the brain is the Posterior Communicating Arteries. The diameter of […]
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