QUESTION: If a tree falls in the woods when no one is present, does it make a sound? COMMON RESPONSE LAY PERSON: Yes COMMON RESPONSE MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL: No DISCUSSION: All perceptions are cortical. The perception of sound is a cortical event. If no one is present, there is no cortex present, and therefore there is […]
Spondylolysis and Anterior Spondylolisthesis
From the earliest moments of his life, Joe was an extremely active boy. He would attempt to climb up on to everything he could, often falling off: furniture, vehicles, rocks, trees, etc. When he began school, he was constantly involved in every sport available to him: football, baseball, basketball, soccer, gymnastics, and more. Joe particularly […]
Whiplash Injury, Chronic Pain, Non-Pharmacologic Managements Adjuncts
Not everyone injured in a motor vehicle collision recovers completely. A percentage of those injured will suffer for years or sometimes even for decades. Documented examples of this chronic pain syndrome include: In 1964, the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American) published a study where the author followed 145 whiplash-injured patients for more than […]
Soft Tissue Injury and Repair
Phases of Healing Improvements in Timing and Quality of Healing Problems and Residual Characteristics There are many published journal articles and books pertaining to the topic of “Soft Tissue Injury and Repair.” My favorites include: Studies on development of connective tissue in transparent chambers in rabbit’s ear; American Journal of Anatomy; 1940. Orthopaedic Medicine, Diagnosis […]
Where Exactly Does Back Pain Come From?
In this month’s edition, we’re going to discuss some “intrigue” that has plagued low back treatments—both conservative and aggressive—for many years now. The intrigue being “WHERE” exactly does the pain generate from? What structure? What neurological mechanism? And with some detective work I think we’ve uncovered some significant findings. The modern era in the understanding […]
Reverse Causality In Whiplash Compensation and Recovery
Pain perception and psychology are linked. As with the chicken-and-the-egg scenario, a question arises: what comes first? Does an abnormal psychological profile cause chronic pain? Or Does chronic pain cause an abnormal psychological profile? The relationship between the link of pain perception and psychology is particularly important in cases where compensation is involved. It is […]
Obesity
Upright posture is a first class lever mechanical system, such as a teeter-totter or seesaw (1, 2). The fulcrum of a first class lever is the place where the force is the greatest: if excessively heavy objects are placed on both ends of the teeter-totter, it will break in the middle, at the fulcrum. In […]
Chiropractic and the Brain
Pain is a brain cortical event. Pain does not exist in a back or neck or foot. Pain is perceived by brain cortical neurons. Any intervention that reduces pain is altering the electrical signal depolarization of brain cortical pain perceiving neurons. As stated by Drs. Heidi Haavik-Taylor and Bernadette Murphy in 2007 (8): “Spinal manipulation […]
Brain Health
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Degenerative Function Physiological Strategies to Improve and Preserve Brain Function Overview Free radicals are atoms or molecules that have an unpaired set of electrons in their outer shell. Electrons, like shoes, function best in pairs. Free radicals, with their unpaired electrons, are unstable and can damage adjacent cell membranes, proteins, fats, and […]
Cervical Spine Headaches
A Mechanical Model Involving the Spinal Dura Mater and the Suboccipital Muscles For more than half a century respected authors, clinicians, and journals have claimed that various problems of the cervical spine can cause headaches. As an example, in 1958, Beverly Hills neurosurgeon Emil Seletz, MD, authors an article titled Headache of Extracranial Origin, published […]
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