Neck Pain:
No Drugs Required
Study: Spinal manipulation and exercise are more effective than OTC pain relievers, narcotics and muscle relaxants.
Peter W. Crownfield, Executive Editor
A study published in the Jan. 3, 2012 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine and widely reported by mainstream media suggests conservative care consisting of either spinal manipulation or home exercise is more effective than over-the-counter and prescription medication for relieving acute and subacute neck pain. Spinal manipulative therapy was more effective than medication in both the short and long term, as was home exercise in the form of self-mobilization of the neck and shoulder joints – a point media outlets were quick to emphasize in a classic attempt to downplay the value of the chiropractic intervention.
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A new articulation agreement between the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC) and the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) will enable qualified students to complete a Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours) in Kinesiology degree and a Doctor of Chiropractic degree in seven years instead of eight.
Read MoreIn any given year, more than one in five runners will sustain a stress fracture. In the U.S. alone, this translates into nearly 2 million stress fractures annually. In a study of 320 patients presenting with stress fractures, Matheson, et al., note that 4 percent of these patients incurred the injury while playing basketball, 5 percent while playing tennis, 8 percent while in aerobics class, and a surprising 69 percent while running.
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Read MoreMy last article was on thoracolumbar dysfunction as a source of superior cluneal nerve pain. In these cases, the patient will complain of lumbar and pelvic pain; but the source is the superior cluneal nerves at their origin at the thoracolumbar junction and along the nerves' course.
Read MoreThe use of manipulation in the management of biomechanical disorders of the spine may now be regarded as a mainstream approach across health care. However, the management of visceral disorders through treatment of the spine remains controversial, and the association of particular spinal regions with specific visceral disorders, a core precept of the meric system, is regarded with considerable scepticism outside of chiropractic.
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