*Member-Exclusive Content* Low back pain (LBP) is by far the most common reason people seek care from chiropractors all over the world. The Lancet, one of the world’s leading medical journals, just published a series of three papers dealing with...
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Sensitization (Part 1): Characteristics and Implications
By Anna-Marie Schmidt, MM, DC, and Robert Vining, DC, DHSc Practitioners use symptoms to guide clinical evaluation and treatment. For example, chest pain on exertion suggests possible need for cardiac evaluation. Pain is a symptom we are trained to explore...
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,...
American Chiropractic Association Responds to The Lancet’s Call to Action on Low Back Pain
Arlington, Va. -- American Chiropractic Association (ACA) Interim President N. Ray Tuck, Jr. released the following statement today in response to The Lancet’s new series of articles on low back pain, published yesterday, which includes a call to action for...
WebMD: “What to Do About Your Back Pain”
In this article on WebMD, experts on back pain, including ACA media spokesperson Dr. William Lauretti, discuss how to address this painful condition—including what to avoid. “Over the last 25 years or so, probably the one thing we’ve learned definitively...
U.S. News & World Report: “Best Mattresses for Back Pain of 2022”
Attempting to get restful sleep while dealing with back pain can be a challenge, especially if you’re waking up in more pain than you were in when you went to bed thanks to an uncomfortable mattress. ACA spokesperson Robert Hayden,...
Population Spine Health Management
Enhancing clinical outcomes for spine pain patients while establishing a progressive identity for chiropractic David J. BenEliyahu, DC Introduction The health care landscape in the United States is rapidly evolving with a shift to new payment models such as “pay...
Dr. Robert Vining: Pain Education as an Essential Tool
Robert Vining, DC, DHSc, is associate dean of clinical research at Palmer College of Chiropractic. He will present “Pain Education: An Essential Tool for Chiropractic Practice” in person on Friday, Feb. 4 at Engage 2022. In this ACA Blogs Q&A,...
Social Factors: A Sometimes-overlooked Opportunity
By Anna-Marie Schmidt, MM, DC, and Robert Vining, DC, DHSc The biopsychosocial model is a widely recommended method of clinical evaluation and management.1–5 The model identifies three important areas. “Bio” refers to evaluating/treating biological problems (e.g., pathology), “psych” refers to psychological...
ACA Member Dr. William Lauretti Discusses Research Supporting the Use of Spinal Manipulation for Back Pain
In a Consumer Reports article, William Lauretti, DC, discusses a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association that found spinal manipulation to be associated with statistically significant improvements in pain and function in acute low back pain...
