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Brandon Steele Brandon Steele

Treating Shoulder Pain in Throwing Athletes

Posterior Internal Impingement Syndrome affects many of our throwing athletes. If you are looking for a way to evaluate and manage these patients with posterior shoulder pain, be sure to watch the video and read below.

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Tim Bertelsman Tim Bertelsman

4 Nerve Flossing Exercises for Back & Leg Pain Relief

Nerves are dynamic structures that need the ability to glide and stretch. (1) Edema and fibrosis can impair this normal nerve movement and often translate into neurogenic complaints. Nerve tension tests can help identify altered neurodynamics. Nerve flossing aims to restore normal neurodynamics and may help to resolve the associated symptoms.

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Brandon Steele Brandon Steele

Should Patients With Back Pain Wear High Heels?

There’s little doubt that high heels affect lower extremity and spine kinematics. However, many patients ask whether they should wear high heels if they are in a current episode of lower back pain? Looking through the research has changed my mindset that I would like to distribute to this readership.

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Tim Bertelsman Tim Bertelsman

7 Notalgia Paresthetica Facts Every DC Must Own

Notalgia paresthetica is a frequently overlooked cause of interscapular itching and paresthesia. Fortunately, this common complaint responds quite favorably to chiropractic management. This blog and video provide a quick synopsis of the essentials you’ll need to become the provider of choice for managing notalgia paresthetica.

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Brandon Steele Brandon Steele

Full-Thickness vs. Partial-Thickness Tear of the Rotator Cuff

A recent survey of 1308 participants shared widespread negative concerns about a Rotator Cuff Syndrome (RCS) diagnosis. The results of this survey demonstrate a perception-based fear of shoulder pain. There is one question we must all answer for these patients: Is there a full-thickness rotator cuff tear?

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Top Chiropractic Content of 2021

Check out ChiroUp’s top chiropractic research of 2021 including our Chiropractic Outcomes and Patient Satisfaction of 2021 industry report, webinars, blogs, and more!

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Brandon Steele Brandon Steele

4 Chronic Pain Concepts

Dr. Jeff Williams, DC, FIANM, DABFP and Dr. Brandon Steele talk about treating and managing chronic pain in their chiropractic patients.

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Plantar Fasciitis: Two Ways to Strengthen the Foot

Almost half of Plantar Fasciitis sufferers (45.6%) will continue to report symptoms ten years after onset. (1) These patients are not suffering from chronic inflammation (Plantar Fasciitis), instead, they have weakened and degenerated tissue (Plantar Fasciosis). Conservative treatment of plantar fasciitis, including manual therapy, stretching, myofascial release, orthotics, physical therapy modalities, and night splints may improve short-term symptoms for inflamed tissue. However, chronic Plantar Fasciosis (PF) often requires strengthening exercises for long-term results.

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Tim Bertelsman Tim Bertelsman

1 Minute to Better Diagnosis & Treatment of Shin Splints

Medial tibial stress syndrome (MTSS), aka Medial Tibial Traction Periostitis, describes exercise-induced pain along the posteromedial border of the tibia. The condition is commonly referred to as “Shin splints” and is prevalent in pediatric populations and is also a familiar malady in athletes and soldiers where it affects up to 1/3 of those populations. Learn more about the chiropractic management for this common diagnosis.

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Clinical Brandon Steele Clinical Brandon Steele

Can Chiropractors Use Cervical Epidural Steroid Injections?

While chiropractors cannot administer epidural steroid injections (ESI), we cannot turn a blind eye to a commonly used therapy. Sometimes our patients have already had an injection, while other times, we need to consider an ESI during our treatment plan for a patient that may benefit from its effects. Regardless of the timeline, valuable lessons from a patient’s response to this therapy may alter your care plan.

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Brandon Steele Brandon Steele

Follow These Critical Steps to Resolve Ankle Sprains

Fortunately, evidence-based chiropractors are on the front line to manage these patients to full recovery and limit re-exacerbation with three proven stages to rehabilitation. Successful management of ankle sprains and prevention of re-injury depends on a couple of fundamental principles—each is equally important.

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Business, Marketing Tim Bertelsman Business, Marketing Tim Bertelsman

Top Reasons to Visit a Chiropractor

Although the spine accounts for the majority of our diagnoses, evidence-based chiropractors are equally adept at treating non-spinal complaints, including problems ranging from headaches to plantar fasciitis. The following blog provides several potent visual representations highlighting the most common chiropractic diagnoses.

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Tim Bertelsman Tim Bertelsman

Chiropractic Outcomes & Patient Satisfaction

Evidence-based chiropractors will be very excited to review the 2021 Chiropractic Clinical Outcomes and Patient Satisfaction synopsis. This groundbreaking paper illustrates how you compare to other providers concerning clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction.

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Clinical Brandon Steele Clinical Brandon Steele

How Do You Measure For a Leg Length Discrepancy (LLD)?

Patients with gluteal tendinopathy, sacroiliac joint dysfunctions, knee, ankle, and back pain all may be in compensation to a LLD—especially in long-distance runners and walkers. If manipulation, rehabilitation, and manual therapy are not correcting the diagnoses mentioned above, consider looking for other abnormalities, like LLD, that could lead to biomechanical adaptations.

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Clinical Tim Bertelsman Clinical Tim Bertelsman

Lumbar Instability: Top Chiropractic Tests and Exercises

Is that symptomatic segment hypo-mobile or hyper-mobile? Providing a consistent and accurate answer to this question largely defines our clinical success.Estimates suggest that spinal segmental instability is responsible for between 13-33% of all LBP. Instability is synonymous with diagnoses like spondylolisthesis. However, a new study found that instability was also present in more than half (57%) of all discogenic LBP cases.You won’t want to miss this week’s blog for a from-the-trenches synopsis (and quick video tutorial) of the best-practice assessment and management of spinal instability.

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Clinical Brandon Steele Clinical Brandon Steele

Treating Runners with Gluteal Pain

Runners are often a pain in the butt—mainly because they have pain in their butt! This population of patients requires attention to detail so we can quickly get them back to the sport. Today’s blog will cover the differential diagnosis of the two most common extraarticular hip diagnoses affecting runners: Piriformis Syndrome (PS) and Ischiofemoral Impingement (IFI).

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