Category: Chiropractic
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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…
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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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Effectiveness of chiropractic treatment for recurrent headaches in children aged 7–14 years
In an article published in the journal Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, the authors investigated the effectiveness of chiropractic type treatment for children ages 7-14 with recurrent headaches. The authors found that Chiropractic spinal manipulation resulted in significantly fewer days with headaches, and concluded that since the treatment is easily applicable, of low cost and minor…
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Chiropractor Helps Rehab A Patient With Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
A video of a long chiropractic journey towards health. Watch this 16 minute video of a chiropractor helping a person with traumatic brain injury. WATCH ON YOUTUBE
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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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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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In this article, the authors sought to find out if chiropractic care influenced strength, balance and endurance in active-duty military personnel with back pain. They concluded from this study that active duty military personnel receiving chiropractic care showed improved strength and endurance and reduced lower back pain. ~ Dr. Broussard Effects of Chiropractic Care on…