Category: Chiropractic
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How Does A Chiropractic Treatment Work? [Video]
April 16, 2021 Gregory D. Cramer, DC, PhD is the Dean of the Department of Research and a Professor of Research and Basic Sciences at National University of Health Sciences, and he presents a video where he reviews some of the science behind what happens with a chiropractic adjustment. The video is 58 minutes, 11 seconds, so…
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Does Chiropractic Treatment Help the Immune System?
An article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association entitled, “Assessment of Studies Evaluating Spinal Manipulative Therapy and Infectious Disease and Immune System Outcomes”, the authors concluded that clinical evidence was found to support or refute claims that SMT was efficacious or effective in changing immune system outcomes. They said that there is limited…
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Back Pain Treatments That Are Effective
In the British Journal of Sports Medicine, a group of researchers wanted to look at what treatments were effective for back pain that was 6 – 12 weeks old. They found that the most effective treatments were 1) exercise, 2) heat wraps, 3) opioids, 4) manual therapy and 5) non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. ~ Dr. Broussard Effectiveness…
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Does Chiropractic Treatment Help Tendon Problems?
In the Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy, an article concluded that joint mobilization and manipulation may help manage tendon problems like rotator cuff problems, tennis elbow problems, Achilles tendon problems and de Quervain’s disease. I think its always a good idea to add exercise programs to these problems in order to empower the patient…
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Can I Get Adjusted After Back Surgery?
In an article published in the journal Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, the authors stated that pain and disability may persist following back surgery, and these patients may seek treatment by people trained in manipulative and manual therapy. They reviewed the medical literature and found that there is low-level literature suggestive of manual and manipulative…
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Why is Chiropractic Sought Out by Millions of Americans?
Millions of patients each year experience pain relief and improved mobility from the care delivered by doctors of chiropractic. Chiropractic has been a healthcare profession for 125 years 1, helping people with back and neck pain, headaches and other types of “neuro-musculoskeletal” pain — while also improving mobility and performance. Today, doctors of chiropractic (DC)…
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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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Chiropractic Commercial Wins an Award
The Telly Awards, founded in 1979 to “honor excellence in video and television across all screens, ” has selected the Foundation for Chiropractic Progress as the gold winner in its General Non-For-Profit Online Commercial Category for 2020. The commercial earned a top Telly Award from among 12,000 plus entries representing all 50 states and five…
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The Fateful Intersection of the AMA, Chiropractic, and Scientology
— Once again, “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” by Howard Wolinsky, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today January 18, 2021 The following is an excerpt from journalist Howard Wolinsky’s new book, Contain and Eliminate: The American Medical Association’s Conspiracy to Destroy Chiropractic. It’s the story of how chiropractors, frustrated by a decades-long AMA campaign to…
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Q&A: Reporting on the AMA’s War Against Chiropractors
— Journalist Howard Wolinsky discusses his new book, “Contain and Eliminate” by John Gever, Managing Editor, MedPage Today January 18, 2021 It’s no secret that allopathic physicians have long viewed chiropractors with suspicion. But the lengths to which the physicians’ biggest professional organization, the American Medical Association, once went to deprive chiropractors of their livelihoods…