By Tim Bertelsman, DC Is weightlifting safe for adolescents? No, well yes, okay maybe…in the right situations. That is about as clear as it gets concerning the growing epidemic of adolescent injuries via weightlifting and competitive sports. There is no...
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Psychological, Social Factors in Chronic Pain: The Impact on Chiropractic Patients
Margaret Chesney, PhD, and Christine Goertz, DC, PhD The current opioid epidemic in the United States brings long overdue attention to nonpharmacological approaches to managing pain. Among the recommended therapies for low back pain by the American College of Physicians,...
Research Review: Non-surgical Treatment vs. Self-directed Care to Improve Walking in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Review written by: Dr. Brynne Stainsby (for RRS Education) Study Title: Comprehensive non-surgical treatment versus self-directed care to improve walking ability in lumbar spinal stenosis: A randomized trial Authors: Ammendolia C, Côté P, Southerst D, Schneider M et al. Publication Information: Archives of...
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Techniques as a Treatment for Healthcare Provider Burnout
By Danielle Aslan, DC Burnout syndrome was defined by Maslach and Jackson in 1981 as a three-dimensional syndrome characterized by exhaustion, cynicism and inefficiency.1,2 They described burnout as the opposite to engagement, which is defined as energy, involvement and efficacy.2 One...
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Research Update
By Tim Bertelsman, DC A significant amount of new data has been published in the past quarter about the management of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). This blog post will equip evidence-based chiropractors with a quick summary of the 10 most...
Research Review: Hip Impairment and Chronic Low Back Pain in Seniors
Review written by: Brynne Stainsby, DC, for RRS Education Study Title: Hip symptoms, physical performance, and health status in older adults with chronic low back pain: A preliminary investigation Authors: Hicks GE, Sions JM and Velasco TO Publication Information: Archives of Physical Medicine...
Research Review: Walking vs. Exercise for Low Back Pain
By Ceara Higgins, DC (for RRS Education) Study Title: The effectiveness of walking versus exercise on pain and function in chronic low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials Authors: Vanti C, Andreatta S, Borghi S, et al. Publication...
A Tale of Two Dentists
Reflections on Choosing Wisely During a Trip to the Dentist By Christine Goertz, DC, PhD, and Michele Maiers, DC, MPH, PhD Recently we had the rare opportunity to meet socially over coffee. After the requisite admiring of each other’s kid...
Choosing Outcome Assessments for Back Pain
By Kara Shannon, DC, and Zacariah Shannon, DC, MS What is health and how do you measure it? In chiropractic practice, improving our patients’ health is the primary treatment goal. “Health,” however, has a broad definition. The World Health Organization...
If Not Bone Out of Place, Then What?
Learn ACA Survey Course Shows How Chiropractic Theory Has Changed and Where the Science Is Taking Us Is it as simple as bone-out, pinched-nerve, cause dis-ease? For more than a century, chiropractic science—at least as offered by many chiropractors—was frozen...
