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Oct. 16, 2018 |
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A 70-year-old male presents to your clinic complaining of worsening back pain and lower extremity pain, numbness, heaviness and weakness. He has high blood pressure but is otherwise healthy. How would you assess and manage this patient?
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A recent study from the University of Calgary shows a combination of cervical and vestibular therapy can facilitate quicker recovery and return to play following a sport-related concussion among youth and young adults.
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The prevalence of facet joint pain is reportedly between 15 and 40 per cent of people who suffer from chronic low back pain. Facet joints are a common source of neck pain following whiplash injury. While there is no pathogneumonic sign or symptom that distinguishes facet joint pain, it is generally accepted that facet joint pain is aggravated by extension and standing, as opposed to discogenic pain, which occurs with forward flexion or sitting.
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An increasing number of studies are demonstrating the efficacy of spinal decompression therapy.
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Let's examine the results of three studies done at the University of Waterloo by David Bereznick, DC, PhD, Stuart McGill, PhD, and J. Kim Ross, DC, PhD.
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Researchers found that during an accident, helmet use lowers the likelihood of cervical spine injury – particularly fractures of the cervical vertebrae.
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Traditional goals of practising yoga, including the attainment of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility, relaxation, and meditation, have evolved recently to include aspects of health we help our patients with – improving flexibility or general fitness, maintaining mobility, and injury treatment or prevention.
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Too often, chiropractors label a patient’s condition in a way that does not provide specific information about the nature of their dysfunction.
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Recommended first-line treatments – such as advice to stay active and to exercise – are often overlooked. Instead, many health professionals seem to favour less effective treatments such as rest, opioids, spinal injections and surgery.
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This multidisciplinary overview of spinal cord injury is not intended to be a comprehensive review, but, rather, to provide some initial information in the hope of springboarding further, and much-needed, involvement by members of the chiropractic profession in this area.
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