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Rotator Cuff Tears: When to MRI & When to Refer
You won’t want to miss this week’s blog that helps answer some critical questions for your rotator cuff patients, including When do you need to order an MRI for suspected rotator cuff tears? Which two tests can predict a full-thickness tear with greater than 94-96% sensitivity? When is rotator cuff surgery absolutely necessary? Plus, a downloadable infographic with the latest evidence showing why chiropractic works so well for the majority of rotator cuff patients.
What is Knee Dorsiflexion?
Have you ever wondered why so many people have limited ankle dorsiflexion and anterior knee pain? As it turns out, reduced ankle dorsiflexion and knee pain go together like peanut butter and jelly. Read the blog to learn more.
4 Frequently Missed Shoulder Pain Diagnoses
Rotator cuff disorders are the culprit for approximately two-thirds of all shoulder pain patients, meaning an alternate tissue is responsible for the remainder. And unfortunately, many of these rotator-cuff mimicking diagnoses are missed, leading to frustration and disappointment for you and your patient. Not on your watch! This week’s blog will provide a quick synopsis of four of the most commonly overlooked shoulder diagnoses, including video tutorials of the essential tests and treatments that will help solidify your status as a clinical rock star.
3 Tips to Help Your Next Patient with Jaw Pain
If you have patients presenting with jaw pain, you will not want to miss this video blog. In 5-minutes you will learn the top test to identify TMD, a treatment tutorial video to help with your next TMD patient, and an exercise to both alleviate jaw pain and prevent it from coming back.
The Best Sleep Position for LBP Patients
Chiropractors are routinely asked about the optimal sleep position. So, what’s best? Well… your ChiroUp team reviewed the latest research to help solve that question. You won’t want to miss this week’s blog for the answers, including a downloadable infographic to help your patients sleep more comfortably and recover quicker.
Sever’s Disease: Chiropractic Treatment and Management
Have you ever wondered how to diagnose and treat young athletes with heel pain? Many are suffering from undiagnosed Sever’s Disease. Today's blog will provide the best evaluation advice and treatment options for your youth patients suffering from heel pain. This blog will provide the orthopedic evaluation, soft tissue treatment, and exercises you can use for your next youth athlete with Sever’s Disease.
Nerve Flossing for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Confirmatory New Data
Carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common upper extremity neuropathy and can be tough to manage. Fortunately, research has shown that one particular treatment works exceptionally well. So, do you use it? Check out this week’s blog for answers, including a video tutorial so you can begin applying this technique right away.
Chiropractic Patient Education: The Evidence-Based Model
What are you doing for your patient education in your chiropractic clinic? This blog details best practices for your patient education. Improve outcomes and automate your care to improve your patient education and compliance. And with ChiroUp, you can do just that.
Chiropractic Evaluation of Neurologic Heel Pain
Consider using the Plantar Neurodynamic Test to differentiate between musculoskeletal and neurological heel pain. The results of this test may dramatically change your diagnosis, prognosis, and ultimately patient satisfaction.
10 Things Every DC Needs to Know About Shoulder Instability
Shoulder instability is a frequently overlooked problem that can perpetuate symptoms indefinitely. Fortunately, identification and proper rehab will dramatically improve outcomes. You won’t want to miss this week’s blog that answers your top ten questions about shoulder instability, including a straightforward video tutorial.
Do You Use the Nordic Exercises in Your Office?
This blog will allow you to recognize hamstring injuries faster, provide a simple downloadable rehabilitation program for your patients, and teach you one exercise to treat and prevent the re-occurrence of a hamstring injury.
Latest Chiropractic Research as of February 2022
The ChiroUp research team makes it easier by continually scouring and summarizing freshly published literature to mine out new clinical pearls and best practice data. The following up-to-date chiropractic research review offers ten new studies that will impact our patients and practices.
3 Simple Tests for Identifying a SLAP Lesion
No single orthopedic maneuver reliably predicts a SLAP tear. However, research is filled with over two dozen tests to help establish this diagnosis. In this week’s blog, we’ll dive deeper into three of the most useful tests to help diagnose SLAP lesions and provide a couple of clinical pearls on patient management.
10 Facts Every DC Should Know About Leg Length Discrepancy
Most chiropractors routinely identify Leg Length Discrepancy (LLD). But does it matter, and if so, how should we treat it? This blog aims to answer your most important questions regarding the evidence-based management of leg length discrepancy
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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!