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Nov
Nov
This week’s review features a commentary from my friend and colleague, and lead author of this paper, Dr. David Byfield (included below)… Cognitive decline and dementia are of major concern […]
Tag Archives: Low Back Pain
28
Aug
Aug
Globally, the number of years lived with disability due to low back pain increased by 52.7% between 1990 and 2015. In primary care offices, 38% of patients seek care for […]
24
Jul
Jul
Low back pain (LBP) is a common condition that affects millions of people in high-, middle-, and low-income countries (1). LBP can be classified as acute (lasting up to 6 […]
17
Jul
Jul
Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) with radiculopathy is a common condition we encounter in clinical practice, with an annual prevalence of about 2% in the general population. Normally, the prognosis is […]
03
Jul
Jul
A growing body of evidence suggests seeing a chiropractor can help keep radicular back pain patients off prescription drugs like benzodiazepines, gabapentin, opioids in general and now, tramadol (a synthetic […]
26
Jun
Jun
A simple moral to this week’s research story…get your low back pain patients moving, and it can be as simple as walking! Low back pain (LBP) is highly prevalent and […]
12
Jun
Jun
It is well known that back pain is very common in adults, but children and adolescents also experience this problem. A prior systematic review reported the annual incidence of low […]
05
Jun
Jun
This is a very positive study for our profession, supporting the idea that patients with spinal pain should see a chiropractor first! Spine-related musculoskeletal pain is the leading cause of […]
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May
May
Musculoskeletal pain is generally classified based on three main descriptors: nociceptive, neuropathic, and nociplastic. Compared to a specific musculoskeletal tissue pathology, altered nociceptive processing in chronic low back pain is […]
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May
May
This week’s Research Review is from my friend Dr. Carol Ann Weis an her colleagues, who present a fresh take on the location of back pain during pregnancy and what […]