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 | Aug 12, 2013 | From the Research, Resources
An interesting study came out of the USA a few years ago. They looked to rate the effectiveness of chiropractic care against physical therapy and physician care. They found that chiropractic was the most effective health modality to reduce disability. Cifuentes M,...
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...
