A Brief History Not so long ago, our understanding of pain was less complicated. Apart from pain associated with psychological disorders, there was essentially one type, presumed to be caused by injury, dysfunction or irritation of a body part. Pain...
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House-Senate Opioid Bill Contains Provisions Related to Chiropractic
The president is expected to sign the massive legislation. As the second session of the 115th Congress nears the election, members of the House of Representatives and the Senate recently agreed on a comprehensive legislative package to help end the...
An Open Letter to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
On May 9, I had the honor of participating in a workshop at the 2018 International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health in Baltimore with former and current senior staff at the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)--formerly...
My Rotation Through a VA Pain Medicine Clinic
Part of a series on the chiropractic residency program in the VA health care system Some of the most valuable knowledge you gain in the Veterans Affairs (VA) chiropractic residency program comes from rotating in other specialties. Within the VA...
Does Spinal Manipulation Affect Central Nervous System Pain Mechanisms
Part of the Evidence in Action series by Palmer College of Chiropractic By Zacariah Shannon, DC, MS, Robert Vining, DC, and Stephen Onifer, PhD Clinical guidelines for adults with acute, subacute, and chronic low back pain support conservative management with...
Gallup Event Explores Non-drug Approaches to Pain
It’s pretty difficult to open up a newspaper these days without seeing an article on the devastating public health impact of the opioid epidemic in the United States. While there appears to be general agreement on the scope of the...
