by admin | Dec 11, 2013 | Education, From the Research, Resources
One of our TED talks of the month featured Eric Dishman, who advocates a team based approach with allied health practitioners for more effective results. . A supporting study in the journal SPINE suggests that adding chiropractic manipulation to a standard regimen of...
by admin | Nov 12, 2013 | Education, From the Research, Resources
This may come as no surprise to many chiropractors, nor the well educated chiropractic patient, but the literature support for manipulation in the treatment of lower back pain is actually quite sparse. However, the same could be said about almost any other...
by admin | Jul 3, 2013 | Education, From the Research, Resources
A study in 2004 used MRI to look at the brains of those suffering with chronic back pain. Interestingly, they found a 5-11% decrease in grey matter volume. Grey matter is essentially brain cells with a wide range of functions. The decreased volume was related to pain...
by admin | Jul 3, 2013 | Education, Resources
In the first two blog articles we talked about the muscle Multifidus and its importance in spinal stability and decreasing low back pain. We have come across some great research1 which helps visualise the adaptive change that occurs during low back pain. The...
by admin | Jul 3, 2013 | Education, Resources
Last blog we talked about the Multifidus muscle. It is responsible for supporting the stability of our spine. We also talked about the way in which it switches off with our slouching sitting postures. 1 In this blog are a few tips on how we can strengthen this...
by admin | Jul 3, 2013 | Education, Resources
How often do we hear this: ‘I was just bending over…’ ‘I only picked up my granddaughter…’ ‘We drove to Melbourne and when I got out of the car my back went out!” The answer is we hear this way too often…which is why this topic has made it onto to...
