Category: Back Pain & Sciatica
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Back Pain Heals Easier When Able to Sleep
Many times my patients ask me what’s the best position to sleep in for lower back pain. I tell them that the most comfortable position is the best. I always tell them, “if you can’t sleep, you can’t heal.” If you have to sleep upside down in the closet, that’s the best position to sleep…
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Surgery: The Ultimate Placebo
January 1, 2021 BY RONALD FEISE, DC A patient tells you his father has had low back pain for several years and has tried many treatments, but nothing has helped. Spinal fusion has been recommended. Complicating matters, his father lives on the other side of the country. How do you respond? What does the current…
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Does Chiropractic Treatment Reduce Inflammation?
In an article published in the journal Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, the authors drew blood before chiropractic treatments and 2 weeks after. They measured different inflammatory blood markers, and they found that the patients that were treated with chiropractic treatments had less of the inflammatory markers than those that did not receive chiropractic treatments. The…
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What’s The Best Visit Frequency for Chronic Back Pain?
An article published in the journal Pain Physician took a look at the relationship of visit frequency and how well patients with back and neck pain did. The authors found that people with chronic back pain showed the best results when they were treated twice per week. ~ Dr. Broussard Visit Frequency and Outcomes for…
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Pain: Considering Complementary Approaches (eBook)
US Department of Health and Human Services National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health Pain is the most common reason for seeking medical care. It is also a common reason why people turn to complementary health approaches. This 47-page eBook provides an overview of complementary health approaches for pain, including acupuncture, massage therapy, meditation, spinal…
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Does Traction Help Pinched Nerves in the Lower Back?
In an article published in the journal Physical Therapy, the authors searched the medical literature trying to find out if traction helped a condition called “lumbar radiculopathy” which is like a pinched nerve in the lower back or like sciatica symptoms. They found that traction, used in conjunction with something like physical therapy was helpful…
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Acupuncture for chronic nonspecific low back pain
The authors of this paper published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews searched medical databases to find the effects of acupuncture for chronic lower back pain. They found that acupuncture may relieve pain immediately after treatment, but the therapy may improve function immediately after sessions as well as physical but not mental quality of…
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Optimization of Chiropractic Treatment for Low Back Pain
In this article published in The Journal of Pain, Dr. Fritz and her colleagues found that in order to optimize the benefits of chiropractic spinal manipulation, it needs to be combined with exercises that activate a muscle called the multifidus. I have been prescribing multifidus muscle activating exercises to my patients since 2002. Just go…
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KT Tape May Help Your Back Pain
It is believed that KT Tape helps in reducing pressure to the tissue, which may reduce discomfort or pain. In addition, it is also believed that correct taping can help provide support to muscles by helping the muscle to not over-extend or over-contract. An article published in Chiropractic & Manual Therapies reports that using KT…
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Exercise May Help Reduce Your Pain
If you want to be involved in helping your own pain, try exercise. An article published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, showed that exercise at the site of where you hurt, seems to be more effective than pain education, massage and stress management. ~ Dr. Broussard Pain sensitivity is reduced by exercise training: Evidence from…