Tag Archives: Cervical Manipulation

Mechanisms of Action of Spinal Manipulation – What happens when we adjust patients?

Chiropractor doing neck manipulation on a woman

What happens when you adjust your patients? This is such an interesting and complex question – one that Dr. Simon Wang (CMCC) and I attempted to answer in our 5-hour […]

Development and Validation of a Diagnostic Support Tool for Early Recognition of Cervical Arterial Dissection

Woman with neck pain touching her neck

The relationship between neck manipulation and cervical artery stroke is obviously an important topic to discuss from both research and clinical perspectives. This is a topic I have covered in […]

Effect of Chiropractic Care on Oculomotor Outcomes in Persistent Post-Concussion Syndrome

Male patient covering one eye with his hand while following the finger of a female clinician during clinical testing

The potential impact of chiropractic care on mild traumatic brain injury and sport-related concussion is an interesting area of study. This week, a cool paper on the impact of chiropractic […]

Manage cervicogenic headache with spinal manipulation + dry needling, says new systematic review…

A female chiropractor treating a businessman's neck.

We see patients with cervicogenic headaches all the time and generally, chiropractic care is very helpful for these patients. The literature however, has taken some time to catch up to […]

Cervical Artery Dissection and Neck Manipulation (new big data study!)

A patient receiving a neck treatment in a chiropractor's office

Cervical artery dissection (CeAD) is the most serious safety concern related to the provision of high-velocity, low-amplitude cervical spinal manipulation (SMT) and can involve the carotid or vertebral arteries. The […]