The Latest Chiropractic Research | Chiropractic Economics

If you aren’t recommending curcumin, you should be

Corey Schuler September 27, 2016

Wellness Approach | Are you recommending curcumin or turmeric to your patients? Curcumin and turmeric are not interchangeable terms. Curcumin is a small, potent, and important part of turmeric. This distinction has implications for product selection as well as clinical dosing.

Consider oral hyaluronan supplements for chronic joint symptoms

Douglas W. Kiburz September 22, 2016

Research Results | In scientific nomenclature, “hyaluronan” is the accepted term for hyaluronic acid (HA) and the physiological salts of hyaluronate, the conjugate base of hyaluronic acid. HA is classified as a glycosaminoglycan (GAG). GAGs are long, unbranched polysaccharides made of repeating disaccharide units of glucuronic acid and glucosamine.

Researchers investigate link between diet, obesity-linked Type 2 diabetes, and spinal disc degeneration

Chiropractic Economics Staff September 8, 2016

As part of an ongoing collaboration between Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai – a partnership that draws upon the expertise of both schools to address significant health problems – researchers hope to answer those questions by investigating the link between diet, obesity-linked Type 2 diabetes, and intervertebral disc degeneration.

How adrenal fatigue diminishes libido and how to fix it

Brenda Slovin, DC September 7, 2016

Research Result | There are many things that affect one’s love life including lack of sleep, toxins, and job or home stress. A decrease in libido is often traced to excess stress, which has an impact on the adrenal glands.

Recent technology enhances new research on instrument adjusting

Arlan W. Fuhr, DC August 30, 2016

Tech Talk | Technology gets better and better, and accordingly research continues to evolve. There was recently an article published in which a scientist stated that 50 years ago, there were 100 scientific truths that were set in stone. Since then, all 100 of them have been disproven.

Why you should be expanding your dry needling technique

Ivo Waerlop August 19, 2016

Research Results | Many chiropractors perform acupuncture (or dry needling) as an adjunct to their practices to improve patient outcomes. And most are taught to dry needle trigger points and sometimes needle the segmental innervation of the muscle involved. But should you do more?

Use 3 styles of learning to encourage patient understanding

Mark Charrette, DC August 4, 2016

Practice Central | One of the keys to patient retention is to create and develop the well-educated patient. More times than not, the patient who understands chiropractic care is the one who refers and remains under long-term care.

Maintain muscle health through every stage of life

Georgia Nab August 3, 2016

Research Matters | No matter a person’s age, being active is one key factor to thriving throughout life. Nutrition and diet, which can turn certain genes on or off, are also lifestyle factors every person can control.

Using chiropractic instruments to relieve TMJ

Phyllis Hanlon July 26, 2016

Snap, crackle, pop. You might expect to hear these sounds from a breakfast cereal, but if the source of the noise is your jaw, you might be a bit concerned. Not to worry though, the problem might be temporomandibular joint (TMJ) and muscle disorder (TMD), an uncomfortable, but treatable, condition that involves the jaw.

Consider low level laser as treatment option for shingles

Christopher Carraway, DC July 15, 2016

Clinical Concerns | Shingles is a viral infection that causes a painful rash. Medically speaking, it is an acute viral inflammation of the sensory ganglia of the spinal and cranial nerves that is associated with vesicular eruptions and neuralgic pain caused by reactivation of the herpes virus causing varicella (chicken pox)—also called herpes zoster, zoster.

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