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Getting a Grip on Sciatica
It seems like sciatica is one of most common lower back pain issues I deal with. I treat patients with sciatica nearly every day. Note the proper word choice. I treat the patient with a disease, not the disease which happens to have a patient attached. So often, many doctors will focus so much on […]
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The Major Costs of Chronic Pain
The respected journal Pain recently studied the economic impact of chronic pain on society. The results were very surprising. About 100 million adults suffer from some sort of chronic pain, including arthritis. This can be very costly for the whole society, not just because of the direct costs for treating the pain. But additional costs […]
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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 […]
Read moreStatin Drugs and Muscle Pain
Do statin drugs cause muscle pain?? I get that question frequently. Without a doubt, there is a relationship between taking statin drugs (the cholesterol lowering medications) and muscle pain. But we need to consider the whole package. There are different types of muscle pain, each with a different cause. Solid clinical research shows that about […]
Read moreFibromyalgia Is Finally Getting Attention
Fibromyalgia is a common painful disease with no known exact cause. For years it was dismissed by the mainstream medical community. The estimated 6 million people who suffer with the disease had to seek alternative and complimentary treatments. As I chiropractor I often treat patients who suffer from the disease. It seems that the medical […]
Read moreResearch shows chiropractic better at treating migraines.
Migraine headaches are estimated to cost the U.S. over $17 billion each year. While it is clinically recognized that migraines can be related to cervicogenic conditions, the exact nature of this relationship is unknown. This study set out to test the effectiveness of chiropractic treatment for migraines. 123 participants diagnosed with migraines according to the […]
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Rebound Headaches
Did you know that your headache medication may be the source of your headache? It’s true. Headache medications can lead to “Rebound Headaches.” In fact, any pain medication can lead to Rebound Headaches, even over-the-counter medication like Tylenol or Advil. If you are taking pain medication more than once per week and you are […]
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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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