Category: Exercise & Rehab
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Exercise Therapy Helps Frozen Shoulder
In an article published in the journal Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, the authors found that exercise therapy was effective in improving shoulder movement and function and reducing the pain of frozen shoulder. The authors also concluded that muscle energy techniques are a beneficial type of exercise therapy for improving function compared with other…
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American Medical Association’s Patient Page for Low Back Pain
AMA’s Patient Page recommends both chiropractic and acupuncture for acute and chronic low back pain. July 20, 2021 Low Back Pain Adrian C. Traeger, PhD1; Amir Qaseem, MD, PhD, MHA2; James H. McAuley, PhD3 Author Affiliations Article Information JAMA. 2021;326(3):286. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.19715 Journal Reference
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Prevention of Spinal Pain
In an article published in the Journal of Physiotherapy, the authors report that exercise is effective in preventing the recurrence of lower back pain. If you are inclined to do exercises, you can reduce your risk by up to 45%. They are still unsure as to exactly what exercises and how much exercise one has…
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Bake a Cake
“Dr. Broussard, my cake doesn’t taste good!” Did you put flour in it? “No, I can’t afford flour.” Did you put eggs in it? “Yes, but I only put 2 because that’s all that I had.” How about the vanilla extract… did you forget the vanilla extract? “No, I didn’t forget. I’m not that stupid…
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Want To Reduce Your Low Back Pain? Increase Your Activity by 33%
In this article published in SPINE, the authors found that increased leisure-time physical activity was associated with a lower prevalence of lower back pain. Try to increase your physical activity by 33% and see if that helps your lower back pain. ~ Dr. Broussard The Association Between Leisure-time Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Low Back…
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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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Major Risk of Injury for Recreational Runners
ScienceDaily Top Health – April 12, 2021 Almost half of all recreational runners incur injuries, mostly relating to knees, calves or Achilles tendons, and the level of risk is equally high whatever your age, gender or running experience. These are the findings of a thesis within sport science. Doctoral student Jonatan Jungmalm recruited a little over…
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Walk Till It Hurts With Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)
In an article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the authors found that walking exercises at a pace that elicits moderate to severe ischemic leg symptoms (buttock and thigh pain/numbness/tingling) was better than no exercise or an exercise intensity that did not elicit symptoms. ~ Dr. Broussard Effect of Low-Intensity vs High-Intensity…
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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…