Some estimates suggest that over ten percent of patients diagnosed with tennis elbow don’t have tennis elbow. Radial tunnel syndrome can mimic or even coexist with lateral epicondylitis, and recognizing this presentation will afford better clinical outcomes. This week’s blog shares seven practical skills that can help you nail the diagnosis of radial tunnel syndrome and provide the most effective management.

The traditional concern about resistance training negatively affecting young athletes is incorrect. Instead, research demonstrates that childhood may be the best time to build bone mass and structure through weight-bearing physical activities—including weightlifting.

Today’s blog will address five common misconceptions surrounding youth resistance training. Then, provide answers to commonly asked questions by youth athletes and their parents. After reading this blog, you will educate your patients with the facts, thereby improving their health and sports performance.

This week's blog will cover one of the most overlooked causes of buttock and hip pain. In less than 5 minutes, you’ll learn the essentials for identifying and resolving ischiofemoral impingement syndrome, including two simple but valuable ischiofemoral impingement tests.

A 40-year-old female presents to your office with a burning sensation extending from her ankle into her foot. Foot pain began while on vacation at beach. Symptoms have persisted since the vacation 2 weeks ago and do not seem to be getting better. Foot and ankle pain has now transitioned to a burning sensation worse with activity and at night. She had similar symptoms at the beginning of summer.

Today's blog looks over the most common diagnosis associated with this patient presentation and provides simple management strategies to solve this problem for you and your patients.

You won’t want to miss this week's blog that outlines five essential LBP treatment classifications that help you consistently predict which patient will benefit from which type of treatment - even before they start care.

Do you have patients with recurring injuries that want to get back to their top performance levels? Today's blog will provide one reliable hip test to access hip function. Patients failing this test have a 35% increase in low back pain, hamstring strains, and calf injuries. You will want to read this blog and watch the video if you treat athletes!

Our docs scour the research each week to find the most useful new data to UP your game. Check out this week’s blog for a quick synopsis of our top ten findings from the past quarter, plus the necessary assets to maximize these skills in your practice. Read it now →

Lateral ankle sprains are the most common injury in an athletic population. While most patients resume daily life after an injury, up to 40% of individuals who experience a first-time ankle sprain will develop chronic ankle instability (CAI). Lateral ankle sprains are the most common injury in an athletic population. While most patients resume daily life after an injury, up to 40% of individuals who experience a first-time ankle sprain will develop chronic ankle instability (CAI). Read more to learn the two best functional exams for evaluating CAI.

This week's blog and video will show you how to perform sciatic nerve flossing effectively. In less than three minutes, you’ll learn the essential in-office treatment and potential pitfalls, plus three at-home exercises to help your patients improve more quickly and thoroughly. You won’t want to miss this one.

If you have patients with knee pain that respond to your initial therapy but fail to resolve it, be sure to read this blog thoroughly. You will receive a video on managing tendinopathies in your office, videos of the best evaluation and exercise for Patellar Tendinopathy, and three downloadable infographics for you to use with your patients.

This week's blog and tutorial videos will cover the ins and outs of tailbone pain. In less than 5 minutes, you’ll learn the essential chiropractic evaluations, treatments, and exercises for successfully managing Coccydynia.

On July 21st at 2 pm CDT, Dr. Steele will be presenting a 1-hour lecture for NCMIC on chiropractic care and opioids. In the lecture, he will cover recent advances in pain neuroscience education, self-management, and non-pharmacologic therapies. During the webinar, you will learn about these strategies matched with evidence-based treatments to manage chronic pain effectively. The chiropractic profession is uniquely positioned to deliver this care—are you?

Cluneal nerve irritation may be a contributory or causative factor in up to 40% of LBP cases. Unfortunately, the diagnosis is frequently overlooked; leading to failed cases that could otherwise be resolved. This week’s blog details the essential skills for identifying and managing cluneal neuropathy, including a potent cluneal nerve floss tutorial video. Check it out here.

Effective and efficient chiropractors ask the right questions, allowing them to perform the most sensitive orthopedic testing to identify damaged tissue. Unfortunately, some pain generators within the spine are elusive to traditional orthopedic testing and history taking. This blog will dive deeply into one of the most common types of pain generators: vertebral fractures.

Would you like to learn a simple new orthopedic test that shows 92% sensitivity for rotator cuff tears? This week’s blog highlights the new test, plus a practical tutorial video for a 3-minute rotator cuff exam to help make you the provider of choice for this common problem.

ChiroUp's purpose is to make sure the chiropractic profession thrives in the future of healthcare. Chiropractors are the undeniable best choice for patients suffering from non-surgical musculoskeletal pain. Unfortunately, not every health care provider and decision-maker share this belief. Tim Bertelsman, myself, and our team created ChiroUp to change the perception of the chiropractic profession.

What if we could empower the world to recognize and appreciate this type of data when choosing a provider? Well, together, we can make that happen! This week’s blog and video will show you three simple ways to quickly leverage this information to influence patients, medical peers, policymakers…and, most importantly, our shared professional success. So, are you in?

Increased activity and knee pain go together like peanut butter and jelly.  The Iliotibial band is a frequent recipient of overuse stress. This blog will provide an updated etiology of the best practice management for Iliotibial Band Syndrome (ITBS), including a crucial rehabilitation strategy that every evidence-based chiropractor should consider.

This week’s blog provides four quick chronic pain concepts, including practical tips for relaying Hurt vs. Harm, plus a downloadable infographic to help educate patients for improved clinical outcomes.

Did you know that 25% of women have pelvic floor pain? Fortunately, there are proven treatment options evidence-based chiropractors may utilize to treat this underserved population. Today’s blog will highlight 7 in-office treatments and 3 at-home research-backed exercises. Incorporate the attached rehab plan for your next patient with pelvic floor pain and return a bright white smile to those suffering from this underappreciated cause of disability.