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Understanding Classical Naturopathy: The Hippocratic Way of Healing
Published in Anil K. Sharma, Raj K. Keservani, Surya Prakash Gautam, Herbal Product Development, 2020
Srijan Goswami, Ushmita Gupta Bakshi
The Great Hippocrates also stated that understanding the nature of spine is very important. Due to wrong body posture or certain day-to-day activities, the normal alignment of the vertebrae gets disturbed, thereby resulting in serious health complications and even death. In such cases, the proper adjustment of the spine is important for addressing those complications. This statement is an indication that the Great Hippocrates presented the idea of chiropractic. Chiropractic is a form of treatment in which healing is achieved by the manipulation of the musculoskeletal system, especially spine. The major goals of these kinds of manipulations are to provide relief from pain, functional improvement of body parts, and triggering body’s inherent healing ability.
Radiation Safety in Chiropractic Radiography
Published in Russell L. Wilson, Chiropractic Radiography and Quality Assurance Handbook, 2020
If planning to operate an office on a fee-for-service method, one should be able to explain why the patient should pay for the X-ray exam and what benefit it will have for the patient. Remember that one of the reasons why chiropractic is so successful is because of its cost effectiveness. The chiropractor is able to treat and relieve pain for much less cost than medical or surgical intervention. This includes both treatment and reduced loss of work time. If all patients have extra radiographic studies — justified or not justified — that erodes the cost effectiveness.
Sources of Medical Information
Published in Julie Dickinson, Anne Meyer, Karen J. Huff, Deborah A. Wipf, Elizabeth K. Zorn, Kathy G. Ferrell, Lisa Mancuso, Marjorie Berg Pugatch, Joanne Walker, Karen Wilkinson, Legal Nurse Consulting Principles and Practices, 2019
Patricia J. Bartzak, Deborah Enicke, Patricia Ann “Stormy” Green
Chiropractors treat neuromusculoskeletal complaints, including back, neck and joint pain, and headaches (American Chiropractic Association, 2018). Chiropractic records contain abbreviations, symbols, and diagnostic criteria unique to the profession making interpretation of their records challenging at times. Chiropractors have been slower to adopt EHR systems than medical doctors and there is minimal medical literature related to chiropractic EHRs (Taylor, 2017).
The prevalence of anxiety, stress and depressive symptoms in undergraduate students at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College
Published in Journal of American College Health, 2022
Christine Meckamalil, Lydia Brodie, Sheilah Hogg-Johnson, Linda J. Carroll, Craig Jacobs, Pierre Côté
Our study has identified that moderate to extremely severe symptoms of anxiety, stress and depression are common among CMCC students, and this differs between gender and year of study. Chiropractic colleges are encouraged to utilize this information to help support students who are experiencing these symptoms. It is evident that there is a need to provide students with resources to manage and cope with psychological distress. Previous studies have reported that stressors experienced in health care programs have been associated with psychological distress, cynicism, decreased empathy and reluctance to care for the chronically ill.10,11 Therefore this can have several implications in the future chiropractic practices of these students if these symptoms are not managed appropriately.
Predictors of clinical success with stabilization exercise are associated with lower levels of lumbar multifidus intramuscular adipose tissue in patients with low back pain
Published in Disability and Rehabilitation, 2020
Jeffrey J. Hebert, Edward C. Le Cara, Shane L. Koppenhaver, Martin D. Hoffman, Robin L. Marcus, Alasdair R. Dempsey, Wayne J. Albert
All participants provided demographic and clinical information comprising self-reported pain intensity on a 0–10-point numeric pain rating scale [24], pain-related disability with the modified Oswestry disability index [25], and self-reported physical activity using the international physical activity questionnaire [26]. Due to its potential prognostic importance related to stabilization exercise response [20], the age of each participant was classified as being less-than or greater-than 40 years. In addition, each participant underwent a standardized physical examination and MRI of the lumbar spine. The physical examination and MRI measures were performed by a chiropractor/PhD candidate with 12 years’ clinical experience who was employed by the hospital in which the study was conducted.
Cervical spondylotic myelopathy: A two decade experience
Published in The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2019
Robert F. Heary, Anna MacDowall, Nitin Agarwal
In patients presenting with progressive cervical myelopathy with moderate or significant deficits, one would be hard pressed to not recommend intervening surgically. Aside from severe medical comorbidities preventing a safe operation, the most appropriate therapy would be surgical intervention. Myelopathy tends to progress, and as such, non-surgical management tends to be futile for this condition. Sadasvian et al. followed 22 patients to delineate the natural history of CSM. All 22 patients deteriorated over time using the Nurick classification.11 Moreover, alternative non-surgical approaches such as physical therapy, diagnostic or therapeutic injections, weight control, acupuncture, biofeedback, or chiropractic manipulation may not provide any proven, sustained benefits. As such, the passage of time without surgical intervention predisposes the patient to further problems rather than a therapeutic solution. Of note, mixed results have been reported in prior studies. In 2000, Kadanka et al. compared surgical versus non-operative treatment for CSM in a randomized control trial of 48 patients. Using the modified Japenese Orthopedic Association (mJOA) classification of disability, this study reported no difference between patients treated with surgery versus no surgery on long-term follow-up of 2 years.12 Still, more recent prospective studies indicate a benefit to surgical intervention. For example, Fehlings et al. demonstrated improved health-related outcome measures in a prospective study of 278 patients undergoing surgical intervention for CSM.13,14