Category: Chiropractic
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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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Study Links Chiropractic Care to Lower Costs, Faster Return to Work
May 18, 2022 Claims Journal May 18, 2022 Chiropractors are involved in only a small fraction of workers’ compensation claims for low back pain in states where insurers or employers control the choice of medical provider, but a report released Tuesday suggests that skepticism about runaway costs may be unfounded. A study by the Workers’…
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Chiropractic Treatment Helps The Pain of Degenerative Scoliosis
This article published in the China Journal of Orthopedics and Traumatology compared using chiropractic adjustments to muscle relaxers and braces for helping people with degenerative scoliosis. They found that chiropractic manipulation can effectively relieve pain, and it was safer than medications and actually helped reduce the curves in some patients with degenerative scoliosis. ~ Dr.…
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Effectiveness of Manual Therapy in the Treatment of Neck Related Headache
An article published in The Journal of Head and Face Pain, there was a review published that showed that spinal manipulative therapy was identified as an effective treatment option in reducing the frequency and intensity of headaches and perceived disability. They found several studies that identified therapies that reduced headache intensity up to 1 year…