Functional and Kinetic Treatment

Functional and Kinetic Treatment

An Interview with Dr. Todd Riddle How are you a pioneer in this field? Dr. Riddle: I have to give credit to the people that came before me. Without those foundations I wouldn’t have that to stand on. I’m affiliated with FAKTR along with Dr. Tom Hyde and Dr. Greg...
Chiropractic at the Veteran’s Affairs Hospital

Chiropractic at the Veteran’s Affairs Hospital

An Interview with Dr. Stephanie Halloran Dr. Stephanie Halloran is a chiropractic resident at the Connecticut VA healthcare system in West Haven Connecticut and she was also the student American Chiropractic Association membership committee chair and was a...
A Non-Surgical Approach to Spinal Stenosis

A Non-Surgical Approach to Spinal Stenosis

Review of “A Non-Surgical Approach to the Management of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2006, 7:16 doi:10.1186/147I-2474–7–16” Lumbar Spinal Stenosis (LSS) occurs in 8–11% of the population. Secondary...
Steroid Injections Are Dangerous

Steroid Injections Are Dangerous

Review of “A Retrospective Analysis of Vertebral Body Fractures Following Epidural Steroid Injections The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, Volume 95, Issue 11 (2013, Jun 05;95(11):961–964)” Epidural steroid injections are considered the standard of care in low...
Best Treatment for Neck Pain

Best Treatment for Neck Pain

Summary of “Spinal Manipulation, Medication, or Home Exercise with Advice for Acute and Subacute Neck Pain- A Randomized Trial Annals of Internal Medicine, Volume 156, Number 1. January 2012” Common treatments for neck pain are medication, exercise and spinal...
Are You In a Dip

Are You In a Dip

Are You In a Dip? The longer you are in a dip the more overwhelmed you will feel. The first step is to determine if you are in a dip. Think of the project or task that you need to complete. Answer the following questions in relationship to this circumstance. Do you...
Developing a Learning Style

Developing a Learning Style

I will cover this in depth in the next book, but for now it is important to answer the following questions as thoroughly as possible so that you have a baseline by which to compare your results with your new mindset. How do I prepare for exams? What extracurricular...
Work Backwards from the Life You Want

Work Backwards from the Life You Want

One of the simplest ways to think about this is to plan a garden. The goal is to grow your own food. First you must find a plot of land in order to plant some plants. The amount of food you can grow will depend on the amount of land you have. Then you plan what you...
How Impressive students work smart

How Impressive students work smart

Remember the secret doing being impressive is to do something or create something that makes your audience say “How did they do that?” First figure out what you already do that is impressive to others. Ask three close friends what they think is impressive about you....
What Makes a Life Good

What Makes a Life Good

Identify a working hypothesis to answer the question: What makes a life good? Remember that this is a working hypothesis. You don’t have to have the “right” answer, you just have to have an answer that leads you in the right direction. STEP 1 Use these categories and...
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