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Don’t sit up straight

By John Wiens DC|April 5, 2011|News, Uncategorized|

The longstanding advice to “sit up straight” has been turned on its head by a new study that suggests leaning back is a much better posture.

Researchers analyzed different postures and concluded that the strain of sitting upright for long hours is a perpetrator of chronic back problems.

Using a new form of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), researchers studied 22 volunteers with no back pain history. The subjects assumed three different positions: slouching; sitting up straight at 90 degrees; and sitting back with a 135-degree posture—all while their spines were scanned. (more…)

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Smokers and the obese cheaper to care for, study shows

By John Wiens DC|April 5, 2011|Health Care|

Source New York Times

Preventing obesity and smoking can save lives, but it does not save money, according to a new report.

It costs more to care for healthy people who live years longer, according to a Dutch study that counters the common perception that preventing obesity would save governments millions of dollars.

“It was a small surprise,” said Pieter van Baal, an economist at the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment in the Netherlands, who led the study. “But it also makes sense. If you live longer, then you cost the health system more.”

In a paper published online Monday in the Public Library of Science Medicine journal, Dutch researchers found that the health costs of thin and healthy people in adulthood are more expensive than those of either fat people or smokers. (more…)

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Subluxation Reviewed, Revisited, Revitalized

By Frank M. Painter|April 5, 2011|Research, Subluxation|

Subluxation Reviewed, Revisited, Revitalized

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SOURCE: Dynamic Chiropractic

By Malik Slosberg, DC, MS

Our understanding of the biomechanics and neurology of the subluxation continues to evolve as more research is published which helps explain the nature of this lesion. Historically, the subluxation has been at the heart of the identity and purpose of the chiropractic profession.

Contemporary models provide new insights into this elusive and sometimes mysterious problem which we attempt to find by various clinical means and correct by the application of high-velocity, low-amplitude thrusts. Let’s review past models, but focus primarily on the latest evidence concerning the subluxation published in the recent scientific literature in order to improve our understanding, insight, and application of clinical interventions to improve patient outcomes with chiropractic care.

Older Models of Subluxation: Static Malposition and Pathology

Over the 115-year history of chiropractic, there have been many varied attempts to explain and clarify the subluxation. In the past, descriptions of this lesion were phrased in pathological terms and often included malposition, distortion of the intervertebral foramen and impingement of nerves as primary components. Henderson, et al., [1] described early notions of subluxation as static mechanical lesions, a misalignment or a bone out of place, as seen on a neutral radiograph. The authors explain that this static model has been vigorously challenged in the scientific literature.

Lantz [2] raised concerns about the strictly static, structural interpretation of vertebral subluxation and introduced his own hierarchical model including kinesiopathology, neuropathology, myopathology, connective tissue pathology, vascular abnormalities, as well as inflammatory response, histopathology, and biochemical abnormalities. Similarly, Dishman [3] described the vertebral subluxation complex in terms of various pathologies including neuropathology, myopathology, kinesiopathology, histopathology, and biochemical abnormalities.

Newer Terminology: Functional Spinal Lesion, Joint Dysfunction With Hypomobility, Joint Complex Dysfunction (more…)

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Community cuts heart attacks by 24 percent with preventive health

By John Wiens DC|April 3, 2011|Prevention|

Source Scientific American

The town of New Ulm, Minn., some 90 miles outside of Minneapolis, is small. With a population of about 15,000, the self-proclaimed polka capital of the U.S. might not seem like the most obvious locale to roll out an aggressive, unconventional attack on heart disease.

But for the past couple years, a local health system has been doing just that, using an array of preventive health tactics that include everything from state-of-the-art electronic health records to free water aerobics classes.

Early results suggest that the preventive health program has been working. In the some 10,000 adults in the target zip code (56073), the rate of acute heart attacks fell by 24 percent in 15 months, according to research presented this week at the American College of Cardiology meeting in New Orleans. Fewer than 50 people in the area suffered a heart attack in 2008—before the reduction efforts kicked in—so the stats are slight, but the approach could have implications for larger population bases.

The program “encourages a large population to embrace healthy lifestyle changes, such as smoking cessation and improved nutrition that could improve long-term health,” Jackie Boucher, of the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, said in a prepared statement. Area residents can join an organized walking group, take a cooking class or participate in workplace health screening. (more…)

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Have You Visited the LINKS Section Lately?

By Frank M. Painter|April 2, 2011|Announcement|

Have You Visited the LINKS Section Lately?

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Our Blog is designed to cover current news and reviews, but it’s just one of more than 20 Sections of our website. Perhaps it’s time for you to revisit (or discover for the first time) the full spectrum of our archival website. I’ll start with my favorite, and then mention all our other sections.

The LINKS Section is our most diverse section, providing massive content on topics as diverse as the Safety of Chiropractic, to specific topical pages devoted to Antibiotic Abuse, Backpacks and Children, and the Cost-Effectiveness of Chiropractic.

Many of our main sections, like Acupuncture, the , Chiropractic Assistant and the Chiropractic Documentation Section started in the LINKS, and finally grew into separate and unique sections. (more…)

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Adjusting Increases Upper Cervical Rotation by 100% in 10 Cases of Atlantoaxial Osteoarthritis

By Frank M. Painter|April 1, 2011|Osteoarthritis, Upper Cervical Adjusting|

Adjusting Increases Upper Cervical Rotation by 100% in 10 Cases of Atlantoaxial Osteoarthritis

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SOURCE: J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2011 (Feb); 34 (2): 131-137

Hong Yu, MD, Shuxun Hou, MD,
Wenwen Wu, MD, Xiaohua He, MD

Department of Orthopedics,
The 1st Affiliated Hospital of the General Military Hospital,
Beijing, China

This new case series, managed by the Department of Orthopedics, in the General Military Hospital of Beijing, China, involved 10 patients with idiopathic degenerative and posttraumatic atlantoaxial osteoarthritis. They were treated with upper cervical chiropractic adjusting, in combination with mobilization device therapy.

Outcome measures included self-reported pain using a numeric pain scale (NPS) (1-10, with 0 is no pain and 10 is the worst possible pain), physical examination findings, and radiologic changes.

The reported results were quite impressive:

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