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 […]
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Regular Chiropractic Care and Quality of Life
WebMD says, “chiropractic care is considered a safe, effective treatment for acute low back pain, neck pain, headaches, osteoarthritis, and fibromyalgia.” A large literature review from the UK published in 2010 (The Bronfort Report) reported “moderate to high-quality evidence” for manual therapy for the following conditions: acute low back pain, chronic low back pain (>3 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A Review of the Life and Science of Ruth Jackson, MD
Dr. Ruth Jackson had such an accomplished life that shortly after her death in 1994 she was profiled in both the American Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (1) in 1995 and in the Iowa Orthopedic Journal in 2001 (3). Dr. Jackson’s profile in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery was simply titled: RUTH […]
The Potentially Devastating Effects Of ‘Low Impact’ Motor Vehicle Collisions On Spine And Joint Pain And Degeneration
Can Injury Occur In Low Impact Motor Vehicle Collisions? Today in 2008 its almost a foregone conclusion and certainly professional experience confirms that automobile accident insurance company claim adjusters, defense attorneys, and medical experts for the defense continue to proclaim that an individual within a vehicle involved in a collision cannot be injured if their […]
Joint Motion’s Influence On Tissue Response, Infection, Inflammation, Trauma & Healing
And The Potential Pitfalls Of Clinical Joint Immobilization Back in 1984, orthopedic surgeon Sir James Cyriax, MD, reviewed The Concept Of Motion in his Textbook of Orthopaedic Medicine, Diagnosis of Soft Tissue Lesions (1). In this text, Dr. Cyriax carefully noted that harmful infections create tissue destruction, resulting in inflammation. A current prevailing concept in […]
Treatment Options for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) have hand and wrist symptoms that range from tingling and numbness to pain and weakness. Some occupations see more of this disease than others. For example, workers who use vibratory hand tools and those who engage in repetitive flexion motions of the wrist seem to be at greatest risk. […]
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