Innova Pain Clinic
Dr. Andrew White
Chiropractic Physician
435 N 1680 E #6
(435) 652-4322
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Tag: consumer safety
‘Cinnamon Challenge’ Not Safe for Teens
As a chiropractor, I mostly deal with acute and chronic injuries resulting from accidents and bad choices. The story behind the injury can sometimes be humorous but often, it leaves me shaking my head and asking “what were you thinking?” Too often the answer I get back is: “it seemed like a good idea at [...]
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Alternative Medicine Becoming Mainstream
A few years back, Consumer Reports ran a survey asking it’s 34,000 readers to rank treatments which worked best for them. “Surveys Said” Respondents to the survey reported that hands-on therapies, like chiropractic work best for their back pain and arthritis. Chiropractic ranked highest of all the conventional treatments, including prescription pain medication. Other therapies [...]
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Pain Meds Increase Risk of Falls & Fracture
Arthritis pain is common as we age. The years of abuse take a toll on our aging bodies. By the time we are on Medicare, we have joint pain and balance issues. Seniors who use certain common pain medications are at a 7-fold greater risk for falling, and twice as likely to fracture a hip. [...]
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Protecting yourself from neck injury in a car crash
Whiplash injuries are too common. They are also expensive! In the US, we spend $29 billion per year in treating the pain and disability that often result from a rear-end collision. Those costs end up being passed down to us as consumers of auto and health insurance. We all have a personal stake in staying [...]
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Sports Bands are a Scam
As a science-based chiropractor, I have many patients ask for my opinion one a wide range of dubious offers and products. Usually I am asked to comment on some MLM miracle product that cures everything but no one knows how it works. Recently, I have had people ask about the ion enhanced or hologram wrist [...]
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Methadone for pain control. Still a bad idea.
Pain medications are classified based on how the function in the body and their chemical pathways. One family of pain medication is called the ‘opioids.’ These drugs are popular because they have three major therapeutic effects: Decrease perception Decreased pain response Increased pain tolerance Opioids also come in different varieties. There are natural (morphine, codeine) [...]
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Backpacks too heavy for the kids?
Children can be injuring their backs and damaging their posture by carrying backpacks that are too heavy. According to a research article (Leffert RD – Orthop Clin North Am – 01-Apr-2000; 31(2): 331-45), there are some concerns for children who carry heavy backpacks to and from school. Here are some things to consider: Chronic low [...]
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Shared Decision-Making Decreases Overuse of Antibiotics
I’m a chiropractor. I don’t prescribe antibiotics. But I care about the results of a recent research article on the subject of antibiotics. In the research study, investigators looked at the role of educating patients about their disease process and including them in the decision making process. It seems obvious that we ought to be [...]
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