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.
Treating Runners with Gluteal Pain
Reading time: 5 minutes 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...
Assessing ACL Injuries with the Lever Sign
Reading time: 3 minutes A July 2021 study from Acta Ortopédica Brasileira concluded that the Lever Sign is a near-perfect test for detecting ACL injuries: “The Lever Sign test shows to be a maneuver of easy execution, with 100% specificity and 100% PPV [positive...
Top Clinical Pearls For Radicular Arm Pain
Reading time: 6 minutes Patients often associate pain with muscle, tendon, or ligament injury. However, irritated nerves may also become the primary source of pain. Tensile stretch or compression of nerves often results in symptoms. Unfortunately, radiculopathies are...
Chiropractic Treatment for the Most Common Cause of Vertigo
A single intervention with the Epley maneuver leads to remission in 44-89% of cases, and this rate improves with second, third, or fourth interventions. Used in combination with at-home rehab like the Foster Half-Somersault, your office can be the place to go in your community for dizziness. Today’s blog will outline a simple recipe for these often-frustrating patents.
7 Things Every Chiropractor Needs To Know About Restless Leg Syndrome
Reading time: 4 minutes Restless leg syndrome (RLS) is a chronic neurologic disorder characterized by an irresistible and uncomfortable need for movement. (1,2) The condition carries debilitating potential from lack of sleep and the subsequent negative impact on...
4 Tips for Lateral Elbow Pain
In this blog you will learn these 4 things:
✔ The value of spending time to make the correct diagnosis
✔ Activity modifications that speed healing
✔ When it’s time to consider alternative diagnoses
✔ Why conservative care is your patient’s best option
Cervicogenic Vertigo: 7 Questions You Should Know The Answer To
Reading time: 1 minute Patients with Meniere’s Disease, Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo, and Cervicogenic dizziness have similar neck pain/tightness, asymmetry of the shoulder, and headaches. These three seemingly different diagnoses may be a spectrum of the same...
3 Facts About Lumbar Discs That Can Impact Your Outcomes
Reading time: 3 minutes Exciting news for evidence-based chiropractors! Research from the Global Spine Journal has shown that more than 97% of lumbar disc lesions will respond to conservative care. (7) However, there is a vast difference between merely treating...
Lumbar Traction Infographic For Your Patients
Reading time: 2 minutes Do you ever wonder which patients may benefit from lumbar traction? What is Lumbar Traction? Lumbar traction helps manage radicular pain resulting from disc lesions, degeneration, or stenosis. There is no consensus for the application of...
7 New Skills for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Reading time: 3 minutes A 2020 paper by Schmid confirmed that Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is by far the most common peripheral nerve entrapment, affecting one in ten adults at some point in their lifetime. (And the lifetime risk increases to an astonishing 84% in...
What is the Dix Hallpike Maneuver (DHM)?
Reading time: 2 minutes The DHM Explained In This Short 3 Minute Video Dix-Hallpike Maneuver This test is performed with the patient seated on an exam table, legs extended. The clinician simultaneously rotates the patient’s head 45 degrees and quickly brings the...
Can Someone With Short-Term Memory Loss Have Chronic Pain?
Reading time: 3 minutes One of the most crucial things evidence-based chiropractors understand better than most is the connection between acute pain and chronic pain. Yes, chiropractors alleviate pain associated with specific tissue injury. However, many patient...
Differentiating Plantar Fasciitis from the Imposters
Reading time: 5 minutes If a patient presents with plantar heel pain that surges when they step out of bed in the morning or start to walk, most evidence-based chiropractors think plantar fasciitis. But what if that’s not the diagnosis. There are several frequently...
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