Category: Back Pain & Sciatica
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T’ai Chi for Chronic Low Back Pain in Older Adults
Tai chi is an ancient Chinese tradition that, today, is practiced as a graceful form of exercise. It involves a series of movements performed in a slow, focused manner and accompanied by deep breathing. If you have back pain, and are over 65 years of age, you may want to consider this form of exercise.…
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Does Kinesiotaping Help Back Pain?
This article in the journal Physical Therapy mentions that kinesiotaping for low back pain has some low-quality evidence that it helps reduce pain and disability; however, it needs more study. ~ Dr. Broussard Short-Term Effect of Kinesiotaping on Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain and Disability: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials Shanshan Lin, Bo Zhu,…
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Are respiratory disorders risk factors for troublesome low-back pain
Other health issues and lower back pain is relatively underinvestigated even though there are some associations with other factors. As such, the cause is unclear and is suggested as the classic hen and egg situation of… which comes first? Future research is needed to determine whether an association between lower back pain and respiratory disorders…
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Natural History of Back Pain in Older Adults over Five Years
For people over 55 years old, if you only use medicine for your lower back pain, you can expect to get most of your relief in the first 3-6 months. Most of you will not become pain free within 3 months, and this does not improve over 5 years. ~ Dr. Broussard Wendelien H. van…
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Does the Addition of Massage Help My Chiropractic Treatment For Back Pain?
In this article, they showed that spinal manipulation alone is more effective than combined with something like myofascial release for chronic lower back pain. ~ Dr. Brousard Effectiveness of Spinal Manipulation and Myofascial Release Compared With Spinal Manipulation Alone on Health-Related Outcomes in Individuals With Non-Specific Low Back Pain: Randomized Controlled Trial Physiotherapy, 107, 71-80…
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Throwing out your back – What does it mean? [Video]
Throwing out your back. Here I show what ‘ throwing out your back’ looks like using the models I craft. Often, the cause of this pain is due to the buckling or folding of a spinal level creating an injury to one of the many anatomical structures of the spine. ~ Jerome Fryer WATCH THE…
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Early Access to Chiropractors, PTs Tied to Decreased Long-Term Opioid Use
October 23, 2019 Odds of short- or long-term opioid use higher for initial visits with physicians for low back pain TUESDAY, Oct. 22, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Patients who initially see a physical therapist or chiropractor for low back pain rather than a primary care physician are much less likely to be prescribed opioids, according…
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Chiropractors Reduce Risk of Being Prescribed Opioids for Back Pain
As opposed to going to the primary care doctor first, initial visits to chiropractors or physical therapists is associated with substantially decreased early and long-term use of opioids. ~Dr. Broussard Observational retrospective study of the association of initial healthcare provider for new-onset low back pain with early and long-term opioid use BMJ Open 2019;9:e028633. doi:…
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Evidence of Acupuncture Treatment in the Management of Low Back Pain
This article reviewed the studies on acupuncture and low back pain, and they found that there is moderate evidence of efficacy for acupuncture in reducing back pain. ~ Dr. Broussard Evidence of efficacy of acupuncture in the management of low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised placebo- or sham-controlled trials Acupunct Med.…
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Burden of Sciatica on US Medicare Recipients
This article published in the This article published in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons calculated that 25% of the Medicare patients they surveyed reported the diagnosis of sciatica. calculated that 25% of the Medicare patients they surveyed reported the diagnosis of sciatica. Burden of Sciatica on US Medicare Recipients Journal of…