Author: Andre Broussard, D.C.
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Back-Related Leg Pain: Spine Manipulation Helps
Troy Brown, RN September 16, 2014 In patients with back-related leg pain (BRLP), spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) plus home exercise and advice (HEA) provided more short-term improvement in pain and function than HEA alone, according to a recent study. Gert Bronfort, DC, PhD, from the Center for Spirituality & Healing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and…
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Higher Vitamin D in Menopause Linked to Big Reduction in Fracture
Nancy A. Melville September 15, 2014 HOUSTON — Women who maintain high vitamin-D levels throughout menopause have a more than 40% reduced risk for fracture during the transition than those whose levels are lower, according to new research presented here at the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) 2014 annual meeting. “Women at midlife with higher…
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Chiropractic Treatment Helps Back-Related Leg Pain
In a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the authors found that combining spinal manipulation along with a home based exercise program and advice is better than home exercises and advice alone. ~ Dr. Broussard by Shara Yurkiewicz, Staff Writer, MedPage Today 2014-09-15 Action Points Note that this randomized trial comparing spinal manipulation…
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Leg-Stand Test Predicts Hip-Fracture Risk in Women
Nancy A. Melville September 13, 2014 HOUSTON — The inability to stand on 1 leg for 10 seconds or to squat down to reach the floor represent strong early predictors of hip fracture and mortality in postmenopausal women, according to a 15-year follow-up study presented here at the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research…
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Chiropractic Treatment Helps Pain Associated With Degenerative Disc Disease
In this article published in Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, the authors concluded that a treatment that most chiropractors use directed at the lumbosacral joint, on men with degenerative disk disease, immediately improves self-perceived pain, spinal mobility in flexion, and hip flexion mobility and subjects’ full height. ~ Dr. Broussard Short-Term Effect of Spinal…
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Diet and Exercise, From an Ophthalmic Perspective
August 28, 2014 Written by Paul B. Freeman OD, FAAO, FCOVD Much research has been done to address the risk factors associated with specific ophthalmic diseases such as macular degeneration. While there are non-modifiable risk factors such as age, gender, ethnicity, and genetic factors, significant modifiable risk factors have also been identified. These include diet…
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ACUPUNCTURE: Ear Acupuncture for a Lumbar Herniated Disc
This is a case study published in the British Medical Journal, where they treated a woman who was suffering with a lumbar herniated disc. They used acupuncture needles in her EARS to fix the disc herniation! She suffered for 2 years, and then after 7 weeks of acupuncture, she didn’t hurt anymore, and the follow-up MRI showed that…
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Pistachios Improve Blood Sugar in Prediabetes
Miriam E. Tucker August 26, 2014 Daily consumption of pistachios may improve the metabolic risk profiles for people with prediabetes, a new study finds. Mònica Bulló, PhD, professor in the Human Nutrition Unit, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain, and colleagues published the results of…
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Does Scoliosis Affect The Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ)?
In the Journal of Physical Therapy Science, there is an article that found that people who had scoliosis and performed Pilates type exercises over 8-weeks, helped improve the range of motion and deviation of their temporomandibular joints (TMJ). ~ Dr. Broussard Change of range of motion of the temporomandibular joint after correction of mild scoliosis…
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Problems Persist For High-Profile Back Surgery
Dallas Morning News 11:05 PM on Aug 23, 2014 Christine Harrison suffered from a chronically sore back. Watching Fox & Friends one morning, she saw an interview with a doctor who promised “excellent pain relief” for people like her. The doctor was promoting North American Spine, a high-profile Dallas company, and its trademark AccuraScope surgery. “The way…