Subluxation

Resolution of Chronic Pain and Migraines Following Chiropractic Care

The above title comes from a study published on June 10, 2019, in the Annals of Vertebral Subluxation Research. The study documents the case of a woman who was suffering from migraine headaches as well as pain in her upper extremities who got relief from chiropractic care.

The authors of the study start by pointing out that chronic pain disorders, such as fibromyalgia, back pain, and neck pain, are more common in people who also suffer with chronic migraine headaches.… Read the rest!

Improvement in Behavior in a Young Girl with ADHD Receiving Chiropractic

Published in the June 2019 issue of the Journal of Clinical Chiropractic Pediatrics is a case study documenting the improvement under chiropractic care of behavior and attention in a child diagnosed with ADHD. The study defines ADHD with “Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a complex pattern of persistent inattention and/or hyperactivity and impulsiveness that can interfere normal functioning or development.”

According to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation’s  Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD), 26 million children and adolescents have ADHD.… Read the rest!

It’s Summertime !

Well, it’s officially Summer, and the weather here in New Jersey is actually showing it too. So I thought I’d discuss some of the issues that seem to arise this time of year.

Oh, the stories we chiropractors hear on the Mondays of summer, as the refugees of over-ambition arrive for care, those who squeezed as much as possible into the all-too-brief summer weekends, often squeezing past the feedback of their bodies.… Read the rest!

Back Pain Helped by Chiropractic After Failed Low Back Surgery

A case study published on January 17, 2019, in the Annals of Vertebral Subluxation Research documented the improvement with chiropractic of a patient with scoliosis and lower back pain who previously had failed lower back surgery. 

The study begins by explaining that “Scoliosis is a structural three-dimensional deformity of the spine defined by a lateral curvature of more than 10 degrees.” In people above the age of 50, the prevalence of scoliosis is somewhere between 6 and 32% of that population.… Read the rest!

Can We Talk About Symptoms?

Most of us were raised following what has been called “the medical model” – if I feel good I’m healthy and if I feel bad I’m sick. A simplification, but you get the idea.

If there is anything that modern science has shown us it’s that such a statement is completely false.

So what is the key to health? If we could put health into a formula, it might look something like this:

Health = wholeness + function + time.… Read the rest!

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Most of us were raised following what has been called “the medical model” – if I feel good I’m healthy and if I feel bad I’m sick. A simplification, but you get the idea.

If there is anything that modern science has shown us it’s that such a statement is completely false.

So what is the key to health? If we could put health into a formula, it might look something like this:

Health = wholeness + function + time.… Read the rest!