Author: Andre Broussard, D.C.
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Chiropractic Education Compared With Medical Education in Primary Care Tasks
…”Chiropractic students performed almost as well as medical students on a test that was designed to measure knowledge of primary care tasks.” Assessment of knowledge of primary care activities in a sample of medical and chiropractic students J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2005 Jun;28(5):336-44. Sandefur R1, Febbo TA, Rupert RL. Abstract OBJECTIVE: To examine the influence…
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Loss of the Neck Curve Can Lead To Pain
When you look at the neck from the side view, there should be a curve. This study showed that the curve should be about 31-40 degrees, and if you have less than 20 degrees of curve, you are more likely to have neck related symptoms. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2005 Mar-Apr;28(3):187-93. Determining the relationship between cervical lordosis and neck complaints McAviney J, Schulz D, Bock R, Harrison…
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Does the “Crack” Heard During My Treatment Improve My Clinical Outcomes
These authors state that the “crack” you hear during your chiropractic adjustments may improve the outcome of an adjustment, but the therapeutic benefits of the audible crack are likely to be more psychological, and not physiological Does an audible release improve the outcome of a chiropractic adjustment? J Can Chiropr Assoc. 2004 Sep; 48(3): 237–239.…
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Knee Bone Connected to the Back Bone
In an article published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, the authors found that if you cannot straighten out your knees all the way, that can have an effect on the lower back. They said that degenerative changes in the knee can cause symptoms in the lower back….knee bone connected to the back bone.…
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Probiotics: Choosing the Right Ones For Your Needs
In an article published in the Journal of the Australian Traditional-Medicine Society by a PhD student, he outlined different uses for different probiotics. Different probiotic strains have different characteristics and thereby do different actions in the body. For instance, you would use different probiotics to support eczema, food allergies and lowered immunity. Read more…
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Patient Satisfaction with Chiropractic Physicians
A chiropractor wanted to find out if patients were satisfied with chiropractic treatment in a chiropractic independent physicians’ association. He mailed questionnaires to some of the patients, and he found that 83.3% of the responses were rated as excellent and that 95.5% of the patients would definitely recommend the provider to others. This article was…
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Resolution of Lumbar Disk Herniation without Surgery
This is a case study about a young woman who suffered a herniated disc in her back that was treated with PT and steroid injections, and the herniated disc healed without surgery. Jennifer Hong, M.D., and Perry A. Ball, M.D. N Engl J Med 2016; 374:1564 April 21, 2016 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm1511194 A 29-year-old woman presented to the…