Category: Neck Pain
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Cost-effectiveness of spinal manipulative therapy, supervised exercise, and home exercise for older adults with chronic neck pain.
Spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) is one of the modalities that chiropractors use for treating patients with neck and back problems. A recent article, showed that SMT along with home based exercises and advice was more cost effective than supervised exercises and home exercises for older adults with neck pain. [Read more]
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Does Neck Pain Cause Headaches?
Headaches can arise from many different causes. A partial list includes stress, lack of sleep, allergies, neck trauma (particularly sports injuries and car accidents), and more. In some cases, the cause may be unknown. A unique common denominator of headaches has to do with cervical spine anatomy, in particular the upper part of the neck.…
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Tai Chi can help relieve chronic neck pain, study shows
Date: October 13, 2016 Source: American Pain Society Summary: Tai Chi, a low-impact mind-body exercise, can be as effective as neck exercises in relieving persistent neck pain, according to results of randomized controlled trial. Tai Chi, a low-impact mind-body exercise, can be as effective as neck exercises in relieving persistent neck pain, according to results…
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Tai Chi Exercises for Neck Pain
In this article published in The Journal of Pain, the authors highlight that Tai Chi provides moderate benefit for neck pain, is as effective as conventional exercise for neck pain, they saw a greater than 50% reduction in pain after 12-weeks by half of the study subjects, and Tai Chi appears to be safe and…
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Acupuncture for neck disorders – Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
In a review of medical studies regarding acupuncture for neck disorders, the authors of this paper concluded that there is moderate-quality evidence that acupuncture relieves pain better than fake treatments, and people who received acupuncture report less pain and disability in the short-term. ~ Dr. Broussard Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Kien Trinh Version published:…
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How Do Chiropractic Adjustments Help My Neck Pain?
We all know what it’s like to have neck pain—whether it’s after a long drive, pinching the phone between the head and shoulder, star-gazing, or from talking to someone who is seated off to the side. There are many causes of neck pain, but the question of the month is, how do chiropractic adjustments help…
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Exercises for Improving Cervical Posture
Is there a “normal” or “best posture” out there? If so, what is it? Posture is largely inherited; however, there are also environmental, social, and other forces that can affect posture. Some say “good posture” is the position that places the least amount of strain on the body, particularly the muscles and ligaments that hold…
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Exercises for Improving Cervical Posture
Is there a “normal” or “best posture” out there? If so, what is it? Posture is largely inherited; however, there are also environmental, social, and other forces that can affect posture. Some say “good posture” is the position that places the least amount of strain on the body, particularly the muscles and ligaments that hold…
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Surgery for Neck and Arm Pain?
We in the healthcare management world are all biased. If a patient with neck and arm pain presents to chiropractic clinic, the doctor of chiropractic will usually recommend a non-surgical trial of care as long as “red flags” don’t exist (that is, “bad” things like bowel/bladder weakness, rapidly worsening symptoms, and a few others). Frequently,…
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Slouched Posture Found Associated With Increased Neck and Shoulder Pain-Disability
A slouched body posture decreases arm mobility and changes muscle recruitment in the neck and shoulder region European Journal of Applied Physiology December 2015, Volume 115, Issue 12, pp 2491–2503 Eva-Maj Malmström Abstract PURPOSE: Long-term use of unfavorable postures, congenital deformations and degenerative processes associated with aging or disease may generate an increased thoracic curvature…