Spinal Manipulation and Dry Needling For Lumbar Spinal Stenosis May Help

If you have lumbar spinal stenosis, you may want to consider the addition of spinal manipulation and electrical dry needling to your longer-term treatments. ~ Dr. Broussard Spine J. 2023 Dec 14:S1529-9430(23)03563-5. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2023.12.002. Online ahead of print. Spinal manipulation and electrical dry needling as an adjunct to conventional physical therapy in patients with lumbar…

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Spinal Manipulation PLUS Exercise May Be Better Than Exercise Alone for Shoulder Pain

In an article published in the International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, the authors concluded that spinal manipulation combined with exercises is more effective than isolated exercises for shoulder pain in up to 2 weeks of treatments. ~ Dr. Broussard Spinal manipulation combined with exercise therapy could be more effective than exercise therapy alone for shoulder…

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Spinal Manipulation Compared to Usual Medical Care for Back Pain

In the journal SPINE, the authors of a study compared manual spinal manipulation to usual medical care, and found that manual-thrust manipulation provides greater short-term reductions in self-reported disability and pain scores compared with usual medical care and mechanical-assisted manipulations. ~ Dr. Broussard Comparison of spinal manipulation methods and usual medical care for acute and…

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Manual Therapy May Help Shoulder Impingement Pain

A study that compared manual therapy to therapeutic exercise concluded that both manual therapy and exercise were effective in improving pain from shoulder impingement; however, greater improvement in pain was observed in the group receiving manual therapy. ~ Dr. Broussard Comparison of Manual Therapy Technique to Therapeutic Exercise in the Treatment of Patients With Subacromial…

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Literature Review Shows Manipulative Therapy May Help Your Chronic Neck Pain

In an article published in the journal Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, the author states that there is an increasing number of people suffering from chronic neck pain due to increased telecommuting.  The author searched the medical literature regarding manipulative therapy for chronic neck pain and concluded that manipulative therapy, a popular treatment by chiropractors,…

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Acupuncture & Chiropractic Care for Veterans

In this article published in the Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine, the authors followed about 63,000 Veterans over a year, and they found that by adding acupuncture, chiropractic and massage to their treatments, there is a higher overall quality of care for Veterans in primary care settings.  This seems to help sustainable primary care…

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We’re Treating Low Back Pain All Wrong

— Let’s reexamine the current approach to treatment by Christine Goertz, DC, PhD April 14, 2023 In December 2019, I attended a National Academies of Sciences workshop on the role of non-pharmacological approaches to pain management. At the end of the meeting, as expected, panelists concluded that more research was needed. However, to my surprise, several scientists…

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Chiropractic Treatment Included in Evidence-Based Guidelines To The World Health Organization

Chiropractic treatment that includes spinal manipulation, is included in the evidence-based recommendations from high-quality clinical practice guidelines to inform the World Health Organization Package of Interventions for Rehabilitation for people with lower back pain with and without radiculopathy (sciatica). ~ Dr. Broussard A Systematic Review of Clinical Practice Guidelines for Persons With Non-specific Low Back…

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Temporomandibular Disorder Treated With Chiropractic Therapy

This is a case study published a medical journal called CUREUS about a 39-year-old female patient with temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ) who underwent chiropractic therapy to include spinal adjustments, soft tissue therapy and exercise rehab. After 4-weeks of therapy, her problem cleared up. ~ Dr. Broussard Cureus. 2023 Mar; 15(3): e36377. Published online 2023 Mar…

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Manual Therapy Helps Shoulder Impingement Syndrome

I have had success using a manual therapy technique called Trigenics for shoulder impingement syndrome. If you have tried everything else for your shoulder, consider letting us look at that shoulder. Thoracic Manual Therapy Improves Pain and Disability in Individuals With Shoulder Impingement Syndrome Compared With Placebo: A Randomized Controlled Trial With 1-Year Follow-up ORIGINAL…

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