Chiropractic Care Techniques and Research | Practice Management

How DCs can bring awareness to this growing problem

Christina DeBusk September 28, 2017

With opioid addictions and overdoses increasing in epidemic proportions, the Foundation for Chiropractic Progress has hopes of reversing this trend. They’ve begun by sponsoring an annual nationwide campaign designed to bring awareness to the value of choosing chiropractic care over prescription drugs for effective, yet safe pain relief. The Society for Healthcare Strategy & Market Development has joined the effort, officially designating September Drug-Free Management Awareness Month on the American Hospital Association’s yearly calendar. What has brought about this push?

Advice to DCs whose patients take opioids

Judy Weightman September 27, 2017

Feature Ninety-five million Americans have used prescription painkillers in the past year, about four times as many as in 1999. Sadly, these drugs are extremely easy to misuse: More than 1,000 people a day are treated in emergency departments for not using them as directed, according to the CDC. And 91 people die every day from an opioid overdose. Even worse, the numbers just keep rising: the CDC reports a 72 percent increase in the number of deaths associated with synthetic opioids.

A novel approach to treating chronic conditions

John K. Koniuto September 14, 2017

Clinical Concerns Chronic conditions, which patients report as lasting more than three months, often manifest over an extended period and cause problems for several years. For example, habits create posture, which over time becomes structure that ultimately affects function, movement, and performance. You’ve seen this scenario before: A patient, who has been working at a desk job for decades, comes to you with low-back pain. They think the pain is the result of their bending over the wrong way once.

What you need to know about this missing link in chiropractic

Warren Hammer September 4, 2017

Research Results For the progress of any profession, it is essential to be aware of new information regarding one’s practice. The chiropractic subluxation has proven to be an important factor for attaining superior results. But it must be accepted that the spine is a passive structure moved by muscles, and recent data demonstrates that muscle coordination and function depends on the fascia that surrounds and penetrates the muscle. It is imperative to be an expert in the tissues that move and support the function of the joints, and often these factors are more related to a patient’s complaint than the subluxation.

Treat insomniac brainwave dysregulation with neurofeedback

Guy Annunziata August 30, 2017

Clinical Concerns According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, about 30 percent of adults have the symptoms of insomnia. About 10 percent of adults have insomnia severe enough to cause problems during the day, and fewer than 10 percent of adults are likely to have chronic insomnia. When you take into account that most patients with musculoskeletal disorders suffer with insomnia, chances are that up to 90 percent of your patients suffer from some degree of sleeping trouble. Our office conducted an informal survey of our patients to find out how many suffer from insomnia.

What is spinal hygiene and why you should care

Tabor Smith August 29, 2017

Clinical Concerns Spinal degeneration pervades society at unprecedented levels. While many people think this condition only concerns the elderly, this is no longer the case. A recent study showed that nearly 40 percent of 20 year olds currently have degeneration of the spine. A review of the extant literature indicates there is a substantial link between spinal degeneration and a sedentary lifestyle. Since the introduction of computers and cell- phones, office workers find themselves in degenerative postures all day.

[Case Study] Chiropractic and surgical interprofessional consultation in an adolescent patient undergoing lumbar fusion

Salvatore Minicozzi August 28, 2017

Case By Case The history of the chiropractic profession is one of numerous conflicts with medicine. The authors believe that trends in the current era may be different, based on anecdotes from colleagues. A recent article in the Journal of Chiropractic Medicine notes “expanded collaboration with and participation in mainstream health care delivery systems,” and “an increasing demand for and acceptance of chiropractic within mainstream allopathic medicine.”And there are a number of publications in the recent literature describing examples of interdisciplinary communication and cooperation.

Understanding health data from wearables. What your patients need to know

Kaitlin Morrison August 25, 2017

Patients often walk in with printed logs from wearable devices and ask their doctors to help them interpret the information. A year of activity tracking from a pedometer, for instance, or a few months of their daily calorie consumption. For many practices, this is becoming a more common occurrence and physicians are being asked for their opinions on activity tracker data, patient-created spreadsheets full of information collected from wearable devices or even paper diaries listing tracked data. Some patients may have as much as several years of recorded information about their health, with typically very little of it broken down or summarized.

Foot orthotics and kinesiology tape offer a synergistic solution

Stu Currie August 7, 2017

Research Results In many ways, kinesiology taping and foot orthotics share the same goals: to control and encourage proper movement patterns. It only makes sense that they are often used together in the clinic. Here are a few ways to successfully incorporate taping into your orthotic evaluation and prescriptions. A tape application is not only a treatment but a pretest of how effective an orthotic will be at managing your patient. You can see if a patient has flat feet, but it is difficult to determine visually how much of your patient’s dysfunction can be corrected with a foot orthotic.

How cutaneous stimulation can help treat pain in athletes

Mitch Hauschildt August 3, 2017

Clinical Concerns Pain is the most common reason athletes seek medical treatment. Sore muscles and joints are not only physically annoying but they hinder training—and ultimately performance. Research tells us that pain and nociception alter motor output, which can lead to dysfunction in the injured area as well as elsewhere throughout the body. Pain is complicated. It involves a number of factors—including a person’s mood, memories, genetics, and expectations. These are in addition to the noxious stimulus itself, which sends a threatening signal to the brain (nociception).

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