Frank M. Painter

New Study Ties Processed Foods To ADHD in 78% of Children

By Frank M. Painter|February 10, 2011|ADHD, Attention Deficit, Education, Food Sensitivity, Pediatrics, Processed Foods, Research, Supplementation|

New Study Ties Processed Foods To ADHD in 78% of Children

The Chiro.Org Blog

According to a new study, just published in Lancet Journal, a diet free of processed foods significantly reduces the symptoms of ADHD in 78% of 4-8 year old children. This 5-week study involving 100 subjects found that 63% of them experienced a relapse in ADHD symptoms upon re-introduction of problem foods into the diet.

This randomized crossover study was titled Effects of a Restricted Elimination Diet on the Behaviour of Children With Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (INCA study). Patients in the Netherlands and Belgium were enrolled via announcements in medical health centres and through media announcements. In the open-label phase (or first phase), children aged 4—8 years, who were diagnosed with ADHD, were randomly assigned to either 5 weeks of a restricted elimination diet (diet group) or to instructions for a healthy diet (control group). [1]

In the second phase, those children who responded positively (with an improvement of at least 40% on the ADHD rating scale) proceeded into the second phase, with a 4-week double-blind crossover food challenge, in which they were exposed to either a high-IgG or low-IgG food diet (classified on the basis of every child’s individual IgG blood test results).
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Chiropractors, Wellness, and Our Office Websites

By Frank M. Painter|February 7, 2011|Editorial|

Chiropractors, Wellness, and Our Office Websites

The Chiro.Org Blog

You know that feeling you get, when you read an article that rubs you the wrong way?

Well, I was all set to editorially unload on a new article, published in Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, titled:

Chiropractic Wellness on the Web: The Content and Quality of Information Related to Wellness and Primary Prevention on the Internet,

because it ragged on about the use of the word subluxation. That always sets me right off.

But instead of checking my brain at the door, I read the whole article a second time, and decided to take a look at their websites, to see if they practiced what they preached. (more…)

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Chiropractic Care Plans for Common Low Back Conditions

By Frank M. Painter|February 3, 2011|Care Plans, Evidence-based Medicine, Low Back Pain, Research|

Chiropractic Care Plans for Common Low Back Conditions

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SOURCE: Chiropractic Technique 1993 (Aug); 5 (3): 119-125

by Robert D. Mootz, D.C. and V. Thomas Waldorf, D.C.

Our thanks to Robert D. Mootz, D.C. and to Dana Lawrence, D.C., the editor of Chiropractic Technique, for permission to reprint this FULL-TEXT article article, and its extensive collection of Care Plans, exclusively at Chiro.Org

A detailed description of chiropractic care parameters used at a large occupational medicine center is presented. The algorithms were derived from clinical needs of the facility, expert opinion, and reviews of several contemporary written protocols. Twelve of the most common industrially related low back conditions are included. The algorithms are grouped according to nondiscogenic and discogenic conditions. The guidelines are consistent with many third party chiropractic review policies, as well as the recently published Chiropractic Quality Assurance Guidelines and Practice Parameters. The first algorithm is based on uncomplicated joint dysfunction, and is considered the base algorithm. Other, more complicated conditions follow, and a preface is included for each describing specific issues relevant to each condition. The purpose of these algorithms was to help standardize care in the clinic, to foster interdisciplinary communication, and to provide consistency in administration for research purposes.

Occupational Low back injuries make up a major component of industrial expenditures in the United States. [1] A number of retrospective studies have suggested that conservative chiropractic management may be more cost effective than other approaches. [2-3] Although a number of general practice guidelines have been developed [4-6], none have (yet) provided “condition specific” guidelines. (more…)

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Anatomical Connection Found Between the Rectus Capitis Posterior Major and the Dura Mater

By Frank M. Painter|February 2, 2011|News, Research|

Anatomical Connection Found Between the Rectus Capitis Posterior Major and the Dura Mater

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SOURCE: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2012 (Mar 15); 37 (6): 530

Scali F, Marsili ES, Pontell ME.

School of Medicine,
St. George’s University,
Grenada, West Indies

A new study, just published in Spine Journal, reports on an investigation of the muscles of the suboccipital triangle and their relationship to cervicogenic headaches.

During the anatomic study of thirteen cadaver specimens, it was discovered that eleven of the 13 specimens had a connection between the rectus capitis posterior major muscle (at C2) and the spinal dura mater. [1]

A previous report by Hack (Spine 1995) [2] discussed a connection found between the rectus capitis posterior minor and the dura mater and its relationship to cervicogenic headache. (more…)

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Medical Errors Kill 15,000 Medicare Patients a Month

By Frank M. Painter|January 28, 2011|Iatrogenic Injury, News|

Medical Errors Kill 15,000 Medicare Patients a Month

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SOURCE: AOL Health

A new report from the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General reveals that 13 percent of Medicare patients in the U.S. experience an adverse event each month in American hospitals, and some 15,000 of them die as a result. [1]

The news is startling, particularly since the report points out that 44 percent of adverse incidents occurring in hospitals are avoidable. And all-together, these adverse events are costing Medicare more than $300 million a MONTH. (more…)

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Newly Published Study Confirms That “Maintenance Care” Delivers!

By Frank M. Painter|January 26, 2011|Cost-Effectiveness, Low Back Pain, Research|

Newly Published Study Confirms
That “Maintenance Care” Delivers!

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SOURCE: Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2011 (Aug 15); 36 (18): 1427-37

Senna, Mohammed K. MD; Machaly, Shereen A. MD

Shereen A. Machaly, MD,
Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Department,
Mansoura Faculty of Medicine,
Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt;
shmach_237@hotmail.com

This new, single blinded placebo controlled study, conducted by the Faculty of Medicine at Mansoura University, conclusively demonstrates that maintenance care provides significant benefits for those with chronic low back pain. [1]

The authors concluded that spinal manipulation is effective for the treatment of chronic nonspecific LBP and that to obtain long-term benefit for the patient, this study suggests maintenance spinal manipulations after the initial intensive manipulative therapy can provide that additional benefit.

BACKGROUND: Spinal manipulation (SMT) is a common treatment option for low back pain. Numerous clinical trials have attempted to evaluate its effectiveness for different subgroups of acute and chronic LBP previously, but the efficacy of maintenance SMT in chronic non-specific LBP has never been studied. (more…)

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About Frank M. Painter

New Study Ties Processed Foods To ADHD in 78% of Children

New Study Ties Processed Foods To ADHD in 78% of Children

Chiropractors, Wellness, and Our Office Websites

Chiropractors, Wellness, and Our Office Websites

Chiropractic Care Plans for Common Low Back Conditions

Chiropractic Care Plans for Common Low Back Conditions

Anatomical Connection Found Between the Rectus Capitis Posterior Major and the Dura Mater

Anatomical Connection Found Between the Rectus Capitis Posterior Major and the Dura Mater

Medical Errors Kill 15,000 Medicare Patients a Month

Medical Errors Kill 15,000 Medicare Patients a Month

Newly Published Study Confirms That “Maintenance Care” Delivers!

Newly Published Study Confirms That “Maintenance Care” Delivers!

Newly Published Study Confirms
That “Maintenance Care” Delivers!