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Recommendations for Acute Cervical Radiculopathy
An expert panel concluded that because the risk-benefit ratio for surgery is less favorable for cervical radiculopathy, conservative treatment options (like chiropractic care) should be…
Monthly Pain Update – July 2022
Cervicogenic Headache Treatment Strategies Cervicogenic headache is defined as a headache caused by a cervical spine disorder. This type of headache is estimated to account…
Mobilization and Exercise for Shoulder Pain
Among a group of 23 patients with shoulder pain lasting longer than six weeks, those treated with a combination of glenohumeral mobilization with movement and…
Prolonged Sitting at Work Affects the Spine
Assessments of office workers revealed that at the end of an eight-hour workday, participants had experienced a significant reduction in both standing and sitting height,…
Dizziness and Chronic Neck Pain
Among a group of 133 patients under treatment for chronic neck pain, 43% reported concurrent dizziness. Additionally, those with both neck pain and dizziness were…
Neck Pain and Migraines
A systematic review found that migraine headache patients are three times more likely than individuals without a history of headache to have neck pain (77%…
Spinal Mobilization & Postural Exercises Reduce Headaches
Among a group of 72 cervicogenic headache patients, researchers observed that a four-week intervention that included posture corrective exercises and spinal mobilization therapy led to…
Monthly Pain Update – June 2022
Hip Stretching and Core Strengthening for Low Back Pain When it comes to the low back pain patient, it’s common for the muscles that attach…
Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Linked to Knee and Hip Arthritis
Lumbar spinal stenosis is a debilitating condition associated with the degeneration of the spine, which can have a wide range of symptoms including back pain,…
Non-Operative Treatments for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis with Claudication
Neurogenic claudication is the medical term used to describe the symptom of pain induced by walking, and it is caused by damage to the neurological…
Does Spinal Manipulation Affect Brain Function?
Individuals with chronic low back pain are known to exhibit abnormal brain function in areas of the brain associated with regulating emotions and pain, as…
Back and Neck Pain Linked to Workplace Absenteeism
An analysis of data from a study that included 1,471 adults found that back pain- and neck pain-related difficulties with walking, standing, or sitting account…