Current Newsletter Articles :: October 2018

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Chiropractic Maintenance Care More Effective Than Symptom Treatment, Study Says

A peer-reviewed study was published by PLOS ONE on September 12, 2018, documenting that chiropractic maintenance care was more effective for reducing the total number of episodes of non-specific lower back pain (LBP) over a 52 week period than chiropractic symptom-guided treatment. When it comes to chiropractic adjustments, patients have usually. . . Read More
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After Auto Accident Teenage Boy's Neck Pain and Neck Curvature Helped by Chiropractic

The Journal of Pediatric, Maternal & Family Health published a case study on September 10, 2018, documenting chiropractic helping a teenage boy with neck pain following a car accident. The study was also able to show improvement in the boy's neck curvature. The study authors begin by noting that the most common diagnosis from U.S. hospital. . . Read More
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Toe Walking and Feeding Difficulties Resolved Following Chiropractic

A case study published on September 13, 2018, in the Journal of Pediatric, Maternal & Family Health documents the improvement of a 15-month-old child who was suffering with toe-walking and feeding problems. Toe walking is not considered a medical issue by itself under the age of two years. However, above the age of two, toe walking is considered. . . Read More
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Earaches Helped, Hearing Improved, and Tubes Avoided Due to Chiropractic Care

On September 24, 2018, the Journal of Pediatric, Maternal & Family Health published a case study documenting the improvement of earaches and hearing in a boy who was scheduled to have ear tube surgery. Earaches, clinically known as Otitis Media (OM), is any inflammation of the middle ear and is typically caused by a bacteria or virus. The study. . . Read More
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Opiate Usage Lower for Veterans Receiving Chiropractic Care

A study published in Oxford Academic Pain Medicine on September 7, 2018, showed that U.S. military veterans of operations Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, and New Dawn used less opioid medication if they also received chiropractic care at a VA facility. This study specifically looked at veterans who were involved in operations Iraqi Enduring. . . Read More
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Chiropractic Helps Dog Suffering from Weakness, Constipation, and Extreme Thirst

An unusual study was published in the September 3, 2018, issue of the Annals of Vertebral Subluxation Research that documented that case of a dog suffering with weakness, constipation and extreme thirst being helped by chiropractic. In the United States, laws vary from state to state as to how animals can receive chiropractic. In some states there. . . Read More