by Terry A. Rondberg, DC, President of the World Chiropractic Alliance I’ve been hearing more and more comments about the Integrative Outcomes Measurements (IOM) Wellness Assessment tool and I wanted to share this video by Jason Lord, DC, founder and CEO of HouseCall Rehab. As Dr. Lord notes, the IOM system really is revolutionary. Doctors [...]
A pilot study published in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics provided evidence that that wearing shoe orthotics can reduce low back pain and discomfort after six weeks.
A study in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics (JMPT) may help relieve patient anxiety about the possibility of any kind of physical injury to their chest area despite the dynamic chest compression that occurs during adjustments and spinal manipulation.
A new report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) shows that, in 2008, insurers and consumers spent nearly $233 billion on a wide array of prescription drugs. The number one class of drugs (accounting for $52.2 billion, 22% of the total) was metabolic medicine used to control diabetes and cholesterol. The next [...]
Although chiropractors have often been ridiculed for using unequal leg lengths as a diagnostic tool, a recent research paper published in the Annals of Internal Medicine has linked arthritis in the knee to the common trait of having one leg that is longer than the other. Whether or not leg length differential is a direct cause of osteoarthritis isn’t clear, but the findings may allow people to take preventive measures even as early as childhood.
