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Role of Plant-Based Medicines for Gallstones
Published in Megh R. Goyal, Preeti Birwal, Durgesh Nandini Chauhan, Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants for Human Gastrointestinal Disorders, 2023
Vivek Kumar, Anju Dhiman, Pooja Chawla, Viney Chawla
The limits among CAM and conventional medication are not supreme, and CAM rehearses may become broadly acknowledged. To confound the matter further, certain treatments that are considered as CAM in the West are piece of regular drug in the East. For instance, needle therapy (acupuncture) and Chinese homegrown medication are conventional medicinal frameworks in China. The National Centre for CAM has classified CAM therapies into five major categories: Alternative medical systems, such as traditional Chinese medicine or Ayurveda.Biologically based therapies (Herbs, dietary supplement, and vitamins).Energy therapies (bioelectromagnetic-based therapies, such as magnetic fields).Manipulation and body-based methods (massage, chiropractic, and osteopathy).Mind–body interventions, such as meditation and prayer
Pain—Acute
Published in Charles Theisler, Adjuvant Medical Care, 2023
Spinal manipulation is one of only three treatments whose effectiveness for low-back pain is substantiated by rigorous research.18 Manipulation is both safe and effective for patients.18 A large multi-site pragmatic comparative effectiveness study found that adding chiropractic care to usual medical care resulted in better participant outcomes.19
Modalities
Published in Michael Weir, Law and Ethics in Complementary Medicine, 2023
Because of the potential for serious complications from manipulation, practitioners should consider clinical precautions such as diagnostic tests to ascertain high-risk clients. For clients considered high risk, the chiropractor could decline treatment, vary the type of manipulation provided and/or refer to a medical practitioner. Contraindications to manipulation may include arthritis, recent trauma such as whiplash, osteoporosis, circulatory disturbances, neurological dysfunction or vertigo. If injury is caused to a client where clear contraindications existed, that may provide grounds for a claim in negligence.
Short-term effects of spinal thrust joint manipulation on postural sway in patients with chronic mechanical neck pain: a randomized controlled trial
Published in Disability and Rehabilitation, 2022
Raúl Romero del Rey, Manuel Saavedra Hernández, Cleofás Rodríguez Blanco, Luis Palomeque del Cerro, Raquel Alarcón Rodríguez
We must consider some limitations regarding our study. First, we used a sample that was limited to a single private clinic, which may make the sample non-representative of the population in general. Secondly, the techniques used in our study were only performed on patients with CMNP, thus, we do not know their effect on other clinical situations. Thirdly, the techniques were performed by only one physiotherapist, which could influence the results. Future research could focus on the influence of these manipulation techniques performed by different physiotherapists on individuals with acute and chronic neck pain. Finally, we did not investigate the effects of treatment over a period of time greater than 15 days, we do not know if the effects observed would continue after this period. In this respect, our recommendation is to carry out further monitoring of the patients and apply the techniques in different time periods, in terms of observing the long-term results.
The gonadal response to social stress and its relationship to cortisol
Published in Stress, 2021
Belinda Pletzer, Eefje S. Poppelaars, Johannes Klackl, Eva Jonas
Social-evaluative stress was induced by an impromptu public speaking task in front of a prerecorded audience. The task is an adaptation of the Leiden public speaking task (Westenberg et al., 2009). It has been shown to considerably increase salivary cortisol levels (Poppelaars et al., 2019; Westenberg et al., 2009) and differs from the Trier social stress test in two important aspects: (i) the audience is prerecorded and thus constant for all participants, and (ii) no mental arithmetic has to be performed, thereby reducing the cognitive challenge of the situation. After baseline measurements, participants had to give a five-minute speech in English about their positive and negative qualities in front of a life-size-projected prerecorded audience and a camera. No participant was a native English speaker, but all participants were competent enough to participate, as assessed by a general English language competence test (www.cambridgeenglish.org/test-your-english/general-english/). Before the speech, participants had five minutes to prepare, but were not allowed to take any notes. Participants could see themselves in the camera-finder during the speech. Although participants were told that the audience would evaluate their video on 10 aspects concerning speech delivery, content, and quality, the videos were never evaluated. Participants were informed about the deception during the debriefing. The entire stress manipulation lasted about 18 minutes. As described in Poppelaars et al. (2019), this task resulted in a reliable cortisol response across all participants, which did not differ between men and women.
Management of a nonathlete with a traumatic groin strain and osteitis pubis using manual therapy and therapeutic exercise: A case report
Published in Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 2020
Kyle Feldman, Carla Franck, Christine Schauerte
The patient reported less pain and more confidence with activity at home and when driving around the neighborhood. Manual therapy was continued with Grade III mobilization of the right pubic symphysis and with the addition of a Grade V lumbopelvic manipulation on the right as described by Iverson et al. (2008) (Figure 3) and supported by Flynn et al. (2002). The clinical intent of the manipulation was to provide a neurophysiological response and pain modulation (Bialosky et al., 2009). Post intervention, the patient reported 0/10 pain on the NPRS and no pain or “golf ball sensation” with the gas pedal functional test. Therapeutic activity was continued with the addition of side-lying resisted straight leg extension with therapist resistance to emphasize gluteal muscle activity during hip extension.