Chiropractic For Acute Low Back Pain

Chiropractic For Acute Low Back Pain

Review of “Adding Chiropractic Manipulative Therapy to Standard Medical Care for Patients with Acute Low Back Pain: The Results of a Pragmatic Randomized Comparative Effectiveness Study SPINE Volume 38, Number 8: 627–634 2013” Standard Medical Care (SMC) combined with...
Chiropractic Care Prevents Low Back Pain

Chiropractic Care Prevents Low Back Pain

Review of “Does Maintained Spinal Manipulation Therapy for Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain Result in Better Long-Term Outcome? SPINE Volume 36, Number 18, pp 1427–1437 2011” Chronic nonspecific LBP is a condition which affects over 80% of the population. The current...
When Does an MRI Indicate That You Need Surgery?

When Does an MRI Indicate That You Need Surgery?

Review of “Patterns of Care After Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Spine in Primary Care SPINE Volume 38, Number 1, pp 51–59 2012” Spinal MRI is considered the “gold standard” in diagnosis of spinal degeneration. This study shows that the use of MRI has minimal...
Do Primary Care Physicians Like Chiropractors?

Do Primary Care Physicians Like Chiropractors?

Review of “Referral Patterns and Attitudes of Primary Care Physicians Towards Chiropractors BioMed Central Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2006, 6:5 dii:10.1186/1472–6882–6–5” Does the medical mainstream hate chiropractors? And if so, why is it that...
Chiropractic Neck Adjustments are Safe

Chiropractic Neck Adjustments are Safe

Review of ‘Safety of Chiropractic Manipulation of the Cervical Spine SPINE Volume 32, Number 21, pp 2375–2378 2007″ Many people are afraid of chiropractic adjustments and even though I do gentle adjustments it is important to look at what the research says about...