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Anatomical Leg Length Inequality (Short Leg)

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A Commonly Overlooked Component In Unresolved Back Pain In 1895, German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovered x-rays and radiographs. Soon thereafter, radiographs of the spine began to appear in prominent healthcare research and literature. Later in 1916, Harvard Orthopedic Surgeon Robert W. Lovett, MD, published the third edition of his book Lateral Curvature of the […]

Whiplash Can Affect Sense of Position and Balance

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Although whiplash injuries are quite common, research is only beginning to describe the diverse symptoms that can develop when the neck has experienced trauma. Even a minor whiplash injury, such as may occur while playing sports, can have a significant impact on the delicate structures of the neck. Position sense or balance is how we […]

Fibromyalgia and the Drug “Lyrica”

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In 2007, Lyrica was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of fibromyalgia symptoms. Lyrica was originally used to treat neuropathic (nerve) pain associated with shingles or diabetes. Since many suffer from fibromyalgia symptoms in the United States alone (at least 3-6 million), it’s little wonder that patients may […]

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Straws?

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The old expression “the straw that broke the camel’s back” is quite appropriate in regards to many human diseases. Carpal tunnel syndrome is a disease caused by the compression of the median nerve as it passes through the carpal tunnel in the wrist, though patients can experience carpal tunnel symptoms if there is nerve interference […]

Cervical Spondylosis and Neck Pain

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British Medical Journal March 10, 2007;334:527-531 Allan I Binder, consultant rheumatologist Presenting Features of Cervical Spondylosis SYMPTOMS * Cervical pain aggravated by movement * Referred pain (occiput, between the shoulder blades, upper limbs) * Retro-orbital or temporal pain (from C1 to C2) * Cervical stiffness—reversible or irreversible * Vague numbness, tingling, or weakness in upper […]

Cervical spine manipulation alters sensorimotor integration: A somatosensory evoked potential study

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Clinical Neurophysiology February 2007 Feb;118(2):391-402 Haavik-Taylor H, Murphy B OBJECTIVE: To study the immediate sensorimotor neurophysiological effects of cervical spine manipulation using somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs). METHODS: Twelve subjects with a history of reoccurring neck stiffness and/or neck pain, but no acute symptoms at the time of the study were invited to participate in the […]

Pathophysiological Model for Chronic Low Back Pain

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Integrating Connective Tissue and Nervous System Mechanisms Medical Hypotheses Volume 68, Issue 1, January 2007, Pages 74-80 Helene M. Langevin and Karen J. Sherman The primary author is from the Department of Neurology, University of Vermont, College of Medicine. FROM ABSTRACT Although chronic low back pain (cLBP) is increasingly recognized as a complex syndrome with […]

Evaluation and Treatment of Posterior Neck Pain in Family Practice

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice 17:S13-S22 (Nov/Dec. 2004) Alan B. Douglass, MD and Edward T. Bope, MD FROM ABSTRACT Neck pain is almost universal and is a common patient complaint. Although the differential diagnosis is extensive, most symptoms are from biomechanical sources, such as axial neck pain, whiplash-associated disorder (WAD), and […]