New research: increased chiropractor visit frequency renders better patient outcomes
New research and functional MRI show brain changes after adjustments, supporting chiropractor visit frequency…
Northwestern Health Sciences University releases paper on racial inequalities in health care
Following the spark of social justice movements this summer, Northwestern Health Sciences University (NWHSU) delved into the effects of systemic biases and racial inequalities in health care and the effects on racial minority access and usage of complementary and integrative health care (CIH).
Know the facts about vertebral artery dissection and stroke to level the playing field
Research Results Like the ghost of Christmas Past, the specters of arterial dissection and stroke continue to haunt the chiropractic profession. John Kinsinger, MD, and Stephen Barrett, MD, for example, have pilloried your practice with scenarios of stroke victims attributing their condition to the last time they experienced a cervical manipulation at the hands of a chiropractor. Articles in both the peer-reviewed and lay press have fanned the flames.
Question the science to become a better evidence-based chiropractor
Research Results | A profession-wide goal is to see the chiropractors and chiropractic students become better clinicians through consistently achieving quality clinical results for their patients. But the research indicates most chiropractors are unwilling or unable to apply their research clinically.
Prioritizing safety in pediatric chiropractic care
Clinical Concerns | Aurélie M. Marchand, DC, in private practice in Italy, published in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics in November 2015 what may be the first preliminary model of care for adjusting infants and children.
Your patients face poor posture from modern lifestyle habits
Text neck (or “tech neck”) is the new buzzword about the poor posture of modern life. Patients increasingly blame their worsening neck and back pain on their phones, tablets, and computers. This burgeoning awareness of posture’s impact on health is a boon for DCs who congruently address these new chronic pain syndromes in their clinical […]
Corrective chiropractic care must be a patients’ first option for back pain
The second most common reason patients seek medical care is back pain, while lower back pain stands as the leading cause of worldwide disability. At any given time, over 31 million Americans are afflicted by some degree of back pain, resulting in billions of dollars’ worth of treatment; mostly without any lasting results.
The overlooked culprit that sabotages sleep
An inconsistent sleep schedule can throw off the body’s sleep and waking pattern, or circadian rhythm, reports the September 2015 Harvard Health Letter. “It can lead to insomnia, but people don’t realize that their schedule is causing the problem,” says sleep specialist Cynthia Dorsey, PhD, assistant professor of psychology in Harvard Medical School’s psychiatry department.
The effect of hemisphere specific remediation strategies on the academic performance outcome of children with ADD/ADHD
© Freund Publishing House Ltd. Int J Adolesc Med Health 2010;22(2):273-281 Gerry Leisman, MD, PhD1,2, Robert Melillo, DC, MSc1,3, Sharon Thum, MSc1,3, Mark A Ransom, MSc1, Michael Orlando, DC1, Christopher Tice, DC1 and Frederick R Carrick, DC, PhD4 1The FR Carrick Institute for Clinical Ergonomics, Rehabilitation and Applied Neuroscience, Mineola, New York, USA; 2University of […]
Expansion and reduction through wellness
Research comes in all shapes and styles. It can cover countless treatment techniques and compare the results of the clinical tools that today’s chiropractors use to refine the wonderful healing art we all know as chiropractic. A highly overlooked form of research revolves around how one creates, orchestrates, and implements the business systems of their […]
