by Tejasvit Kour | Sep 2, 2016 | Advanced
Mild traumatic brain injuries are also known as concussions. It is estimated that these injuries have a prevalence of 3.8 million per year in the United States (1). Despite this high incidence, mild traumatic brain injuries and concussions are one of the least...
by Tejasvit Kour | Sep 1, 2016 | Advanced
Tissue injury/trauma results in an inflammatory cascade (1, 2). This inflammatory cascade alters the threshold of the tissue nociceptors, which is why tissue injury is usually painful (3). The resolution of this inflammatory cascade is fibrosis/scar, a fibrous tissue...
by Tejasvit Kour | Aug 4, 2016 | Advanced
Front End Story Jim McMahon was a great football quarterback. He was a two-time All-American at Brigham Young University. He was a first round National Football League (NFL) pick (number 5 overall). In the NFL he played for the Chicago Bears, San Diego Chargers,...
by Tejasvit Kour | Aug 1, 2016 | Advanced
An Update on Healthcare RisksAn Update on Cervical Manipulation and Stroke Risk The realization that trying to stay healthy can be risky became international headlines in 1994 when Harvard’s Lucian Leape, MD, indicated that medical error was responsible for 180,000...
by Tejasvit Kour | Jul 1, 2016 | Advanced
AND Spinal Manipulation Spinal Postural Improvement BACKGROUND CONCEPTS Upright posture is a first class lever mechanical system, such as a teeter-totter or seesaw: Fulcrum By mechanical definition, the fulcrum is where the forces are the greatest. In human...
by Tejasvit Kour | Jun 7, 2016 | Advanced
Terminology Update The terminology pertaining to lumbar spinal disk herniations has been confusing, inconsistent, and contradictory. Consequently, in 2014, the North American Spine Society, the American Society of Spine Radiology, and the American Society of...
