Note: Should be used topically only!!!. Orally has shown some mutagenic properties with a chemical in it, pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PA). Some manufacturers claim their topical creams are PA free. Comfrey Root has been used for a long time for wounds and sprains/strains. Recently research has been done to show effectiveness. There are several alternatives to normal pain medicine for relief. Bromalain is also a very good anti-inflammatory. Herbs can have less side effects than medication, but they do have possible issues. They can interact with certain drugs and certain people can be allergic to comfrey root. Herbs should be used under supervision of an educated healthcare practitioner and you should… Read More
Continue ReadingResearch: Cervical adjustment decreases elbow pain
A recent research article published in the peer-reviewed journal JMPT, helps show what chiropractors and others have been saying and seeing for years; that both structural changes in one area can effect areas above and below and neurological changes (changes in nerve firing) effects different areas. In this study, patients that had outside elbow pain had a significant decrease in measurable pain to touch with their neck adjusted (cervical manipulation) with also decrease in mid back adjustment (thoracic manipulation) but not as much as the neck. Basic anatomy shows that the nerves sending signals of pain (and others) go into the spinal cord at the cervical region (neck). This study… Read More
Continue ReadingWork Related Injuries, Recurring Low Back Pain, Chronic Care and Chiropractic Treatment
From http://www.uschirodirectory.com Based upon the Joint Report to the Governor (2009) and the statistics rendered by Cifuentes et al. (2011), the savings with chiropractic care utilized exclusive from medicine and physical therapy ranges from $1,759,942,556 with physical therapy to $3,983,027,890 with medicine. Understanding that most medical physicians utilize physical therapy as a primary tool for back related pain, we will average the savings to $2,871,485,223 by utilizing chiropractic care. Cifuentes et. al (2011) started by stating, “Given chiropractors are proponents of health maintenance care…patients with work related Low back pain who are treated by chiropractors would have a lower risk of recurrent disability because that specific approach would be used… Read More
Continue ReadingChronic Low Back Pain: Chiropractic vs Traditional Medicine
Chronic Low Back Pain: Chiropractic vs. Traditional Medicine Research Results: Chiropractic is 457% more effective After 8 weeks of clinical trials with a medical vs. chiropractic group of patients, the raw score for improvement was1.99 for medicine and 9.03 for the chiropractic group. This research indicates that chiropractic is 457% more effective than medicine for chronic low back pain. To say that the medical approach doesn’t have a place in healthcare would be inaccurate and irresponsible, but based upon evidenced based outcome studies, research concludes that for chronic low back pain, the path is chiropractic first and drugs, 457% second. For the full article please visit http://uschirodirectory.com/index.php/low-back-problems/item/267-chronic-low-back-pain-chiropractic-vs-medicine
Continue ReadingHeadaches and Chiropractic Care
One of the most common and less understood headaches is the “cervicogenic headache.” This is a syndrome characterized by chronic pain around the head that is associated with either the bony structures of the head or the muscles of the neck. This has also been associated with migraine headaches as 64% of migraine sufferers have reported associated neck pain/stiffness with their migraine attack; 31% experienced neck symptoms before and 93% during the headache phase and 31% during the recovery phase.
Therefore cervicogenic headaches are also a component of the migraine headaches and can be treated.
One of the hallmarks of determining if there is a cervicogenic component of any headache is to change the position of your head and if you increase, activate or alter the pain pattern, there is a component.
According to M. Haas, ET. Al. in 2010, spinal manipulative care (chiropractic adjustments) showed significant reduction in cervicogenic headaches of over 50% of the research group that lasted for 24 weeks, or the length of the study. The researchers used the 50% mark to determine validity and they reached their milestone and it lasted for 24 weeks, the length of the study. They also noted a decrease in over the counter medication during the 24 weeks of the study.
Haas also reported in 2010 that at 12 weeks 85% showed improvement with varying degrees of improvement ranging from 25% to 100% with similar findings at 24 weeks.
Chiropractic has been proven to reduce and in many instances totally eradicate headaches. The financial cost to headache sufferers for drugs is staggering along with loss of paychecks when unable to work, the disability costs to insurers and loss of production of workers to industry when their employees cannot perform their jobs on a daily, weekly or monthly basis.
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