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Posts by Dr. David
Top 3 questions runners ask us about custom foot orthotics: 1. Do I need to wear custom foot orthotics if I'm not injured? 2. Will custom foot orthotics improve my performance? 3. Will I need to wear custom foot orthotics forever? Researchers answer all three questions with an empathic YES!Research proves that orthotics have a significant benefit in reducing running injuries. Of course it does. Anybody...
11/22/2012 1:36:20 PM
Researchers have established the link between a bad spine and poor health. Specifically, the shape of your neck has control over the function of your nerve system. Researchers have proven that a loss of the normal neck curve results in demyelination of nerve fibers. Demyelination causes impairment in sensation, movement, and cognition, depending on which nerves are involved. Demyelination is not good!...
7/27/2011 6:59:24 AM
Considering almost everyone starts off with equality in frame design, you could be partially disabled if you can't do what I easily can. Agree or disagree? I suppose the topic of disability is a bit taboo - perhaps not. Lots of us are perfect examples of the walking disabled. The mere absence of an independent medical evaluator documenting a percentage disability for you personally is irrelevant. The...
7/27/2011 6:58:23 AM
But I don't want to have pain forever" she cried as we sat and discussed her intense lower back pain. True be told, the failure to properly rehabilitate an acute injury or acute condition and eliminate your pain complaint may be detrimental to your long term health and ability to function. Chronic pain may be the end result of said failure. Chronic pain is basically described as a persistent pain,...
7/27/2011 6:54:54 AM
Let's get right into the meat and potatoes of a study published this year. Chiropractic care resulted in a reduction of the symptoms associated with otitis media and ELIMINATED the need for myringotomy, tympanostomy tubes and antibiotics. How's that for effective treatment...the surgical procedure for a middle ear infection was no longer necessary thanks to chiropractic care. And yet, people still...
8/4/2010 7:10:49 AM
An abnormal change in spinal curvature, specifically, a loss of lumbar lordosis, appears to be a significant risk factor in the development of pelvic organ prolapse." This was the conclusion of a study published in the American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. Pelvic organ prolapse occurs when the pelvic floor muscles become weak and can no longer hold up the pelvic organs. So, basically, we're...
2/28/2010 3:30:03 PM
A 2009 study of 49 patients presenting with lumbar radiculopathy, secondary to disk herniation, revealed, "Improvement was described as "good" or "excellent" in nearly 90% of patients." In this study the patients received multidisciplinary care which included chiropractic manipulative therapy and physical therapy. In terms of the number of treatments required for this condition, the author's state,...
2/28/2010 3:29:16 PM
Stop sitting like that! Sit up straight!!! Sound familiar?!!! Here's the scenario: Get out of bed, sit down to breakfast, and recline in the car on your way to work. Then you sit behind a desk until lunch. Back home, it's more of the same: Settle into that chair in front of your pc or in front of the TV until bedtime. "But I'm tired, and my back hurts!" "Sitting is terrible," says David J Doperak,...
3/31/2009 7:47:15 PM
Here's a study published this month in Spine Journal. How exciting! Well, maybe just for me but I'm a research nerd. Anyway, in this study, the authors set out to determine whether women with scoliosis shrink faster than their counterpart without scoliosis. Well, guess what they learned?! Yep! They do shrink faster; twice as fast. What I find incredibly interesting is the fact medical professionals...
3/31/2009 7:46:39 PM