Worsening trends in analgesics recommended for spinal pain in primary care. GP’s analgesic recommendations for spinal pain have become increasingly divergent from guideline recommendations over time. #science #chiropractor #chiropractic #research #education #evidence based #patient centered #interprofessional #collaborative #rehabilitation #public health…
The experiences and needs of people seeking primary care for low-back pain in Australia People seeking primary care for LBP in Australia do not report high satisfaction with care and are consulting multiple practitioners for treatment. Patients are using multiple…
Low back pain and sciatica in over 16s “Statement 1 Primary care services have an approach to risk stratification for young people and adults presenting with a new episode of low back pain with or without sciatica. Statement 2 Young…
Beliefs in the population about cracking sounds produced during spinal manipulation. Certain beliefs have documented adverse effects. This study showed a high prevalence of unfounded beliefs regarding spinal manipulation. These beliefs deserve greater attention from healthcare providers, particularly those who…
Complementary and integrative medicine in the management of headache. Spinal manipulation, chiropractic care, some supplements and botanicals, diet alteration, and hydrotherapy may also be beneficial in migraine headache. CIM has not been studied or it is not effective for cluster…
Discovery of ‘mini-brains’ could change understanding of pain medication The study now suggests the transmission of information to the central nervous system must go through another set of gates, or more accurately a process similar to a volume control, where…
Clinical classification in low back pain: best-evidence diagnostic rules based on systematic reviews. This is the first comprehensive systematic review of diagnostic accuracy studies that evaluate clinical examination findings for their ability to identify the most common patho-anatomical disorders in…
Digital Support Interventions for the Self-Management of Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review. The literature is extremely heterogeneous, making it difficult to understand what might work best, for whom, and in what circumstances. Participants were predominantly female, white, well educated,…
Treatment of painful radiculopathies with capsaicin 8% cutaneous patch. Effective neuropathic pain relief was observed after patch application within the innervation territories of both dorsal and ventral branches of the spinal nerve. Further controlled randomized trials are indicated. #science #chiropractor…
Mechanoreceptors in Diseased Cervical Intervertebral Disc and Vertigo. The diseased cervical discs from patients with vertigo had more abundant distribution of Ruffini corpuscles than other discs. A positive association between the increased number and ingrowth of Ruffini corpuscles in the…