by Tejasvit Kour | Feb 13, 2014 | Back Pain
Low back pain (LBP) is such a common problem that if you haven’t suffered from it yet, you probably will eventually. Here are a few facts to consider: 1) LBP affects men and women equally; 2) it is most common between ages 30-50; 3) sedentary (non-active) lifestyles...
by Tejasvit Kour | Feb 12, 2014 | Advanced
BACKGROUND INFORMATION FROM DAN MURPHY All pain has an inflammatory component. In his 2007 article, Omoigui, concludes: “The origin of all pain is inflammation and the inflammatory response.” “Irrespective of the type of pain, whether it is acute or chronic pain,...
by Tejasvit Kour | Feb 11, 2014 | Advanced
HISTORY: Mandy, a 50-year-old female, was injured in a motor vehicle collision. Her stationary vehicle was struck from the rear by a vehicle of similar mass that was traveling at a speed of approximately 20 miles per hour at the time of collision. Damage to her...
by Tejasvit Kour | Feb 10, 2014 | Advanced
In the legal cases I have consulted in, often it is claimed that children cannot be injured in motor vehicle collisions, and therefore they do not require any treatment. To escalate this perspective, I have consulted in cases where the chiropractor treating such a...
by Tejasvit Kour | Feb 9, 2014 | Advanced
November 2, 2010, researchers from the Veterans Affairs Medical Center at the University of California, San Francisco, published a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine titled (1): The Epidemiology of Pain During the Last 2 Years of Life The study included 4,703...
by Tejasvit Kour | Feb 8, 2014 | Advanced
Barbara is a 45-year old woman with two adult children. She is employed full-time as a sales clerk at the local mall. Her job is not physically demanding nor is it ergonomically challenging. Her job allows her to assume multiple physical positions throughout the day...
by Tejasvit Kour | Feb 7, 2014 | Advanced
In 1973, physicians Adrian Upton and Alan McComas introduced a concept suggesting that undiagnosed cervical spine problems could increase the incidence of extremity peripheral entrapment syndromes. They referred to this new concept as the: Double Crush in...
by Tejasvit Kour | Feb 6, 2014 | Advanced
Not everyone injured in a motor vehicle collision recovers completely. A percentage of those injured will suffer for years or sometimes even for decades. Documented examples of this chronic pain syndrome include: In 1964, the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery...
by Tejasvit Kour | Feb 5, 2014 | Advanced
Humans evolved outdoors, in the sunshine. Exposure to the sun’s ultraviolet radiation produces a hormone known as “vitamin D”. Vitamin D is critical for human health. The nucleus of all of our cells have vitamin D receptors. There is evidence that vitamin D influences...
by Tejasvit Kour | Feb 4, 2014 | Advanced
The brain is supplied by blood from two arterial sources: the paired internal carotid arteries and the paired vertebral arteries. The blood supply to brain from the carotid arteries is referred to as the anterior circulation to the brain. The blood supply to brain...
