Lumbar Manipulation Archives - Dr. Shawn Thistle

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Effectiveness of SMT for Treating Spinal Pain Does Not Depend on Application Procedures

Posted on May 14, 2025September 15, 2025 by Dr. Shawn Thistle

Young male chiropractor adjusting a patient's low back in a side posture position

14
May

This paper was published in JOSPT and the Review features a guest commentary from lead author Dr. Casper Nim (Denmark)… Spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) is a common treatment for spinal […]

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

Posted on April 16, 2025August 25, 2025 by Dr. Shawn Thistle

Chiropractor doing neck manipulation on a woman

16
Apr

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 […]

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