by Tejasvit Kour | Feb 4, 2008 | Advanced
Canadian Family Physician March 1985, Vol. 31, pp. 535-540 H. Kirkaldy-Willis and J. D. Cassidy Dr. Kirkaldy-Willis is a Professor Emeritus of Orthopedics and director of the Low-Back Pain Clinic at the University Hospital, Saskatoon, Canada. FROM ABSTRACT: Spinal...
by Tejasvit Kour | Feb 3, 2008 | Advanced
Chiropractic spinal adjustments and manual therapy primarily affect the spinal discs and facet (zygapophysial) joints. The studies below indicate that it is these joints that are responsible for chronic spinal pain. The first study was Dr. Vert Mooney’s Presidential...
by Tejasvit Kour | Feb 2, 2008 | Advanced
The most accepted theory to explain the benefits of chiropractic in the treatment of pain is the Gate Theory of Pain, originally presented by Melzack and Wall in 1965. The June 2002 issue of the British Journal of Anaesthesia presents a modern review of the Gate...
by Tejasvit Kour | Feb 1, 2008 | Advanced
In this month’s issue we’re going to talk about a topic in which there is surprisingly little written… the duration and frequency of treatment for whiplash injuries. While many individual authors have published recommendations based upon personal and or clinical...
by Tejasvit Kour | Jan 4, 2008 | Advanced
In this months issue we are going to detail the most recent, comprehensive, and authoritative Clinical Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain. These guidelines were published in the October 2007 issue of the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. An...
by Tejasvit Kour | Dec 6, 2007 | Advanced
The Potential Pitfalls Of Clinical Joint Immobilization Back in 1984, orthopedic surgeon Sir James Cyriax, MD, reviewed The Concept Of Motion in his Textbook of Orthopaedic Medicine, Diagnosis of Soft Tissue Lesions (1). In this text, Dr. Cyriax carefully noted that...
