Category: Exercise & Rehab
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Yoga May Cut Migraine Frequency
However, no significant benefit seen for migraine pain intensity MONDAY, April 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Yoga therapy may reduce the frequency of headaches for people with migraine, according to a meta-analysis scheduled to be published in the May issue of the Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. Qi Wu, from the First Hospital of Changsha in China,…
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Why Exercise Gets Harder the Less You Do
MedicalXpress Breaking News-and-Events | March 1, 2022 Doing less exercise could deactivate a vital protein in the body, causing further inactivity and making exercise more difficult, new research suggests. University of Leeds scientists have discovered that deactivating the Piezo1 protein, a blood flow sensor, reduces the density of capillaries carrying blood to the muscles. This…
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Exercise and Neuropathy
In an article published in the journal Sports Medicine, they suggested that endurance exercises such as walking briskly, running / jogging, dancing, biking and climbing stairs at work or at home (if available) combined with balance type exercises are the best for peripheral neuropathies. ~ Dr. Broussard Exercise and Neuropathy: Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis Systematic…
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Exercise Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain
Exercise and manual therapy both help people with chronic lower back pain, and in my view, the combination of both take the improvement up to a level that either one alone won’t do. ~ Dr. Broussard Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021 Sep 28;9(9):CD009790. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009790.pub2. Jill A Hayden 1, Jenna Ellis 1, Rachel Ogilvie 1,…
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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…