We know that chronic low back pain contributes to disability, but what has been unclear is by how much. The Global Burden of Disease study published in the journal The Lancent in 2012 found that chronic low back pain is…
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Chronic Low Back Pain contributes to Disability
Tagged with: Back Pain, back pain Geneva IL, chronic back pain, Low Back Pain, neck pain, Spine Care, Staker Chiropractic
Posted in Back Pain, Healthcare Policy and Politics, Neck Pain
Posted in Back Pain, Healthcare Policy and Politics, Neck Pain
Tylenol May Not Be As Safe As Previously Thought
According to a new study; Tylenol may not be as safe as previously thought. This study published in the March 2 2015 Annals of Rheumatic Diseases examined observational studies which reported mortality, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal or renal adverse events in the…
Big Pharma Regularly Breaks the Law
In looking into a few things regarding this measles outbreak I was turned onto this paper published in 2012 and it is pure gold. Guess what,? big pharma regularly breaks the law and pretty much gets away with it. Professor…
Osteoporosis related fracture
A recent study found that osteoporosis related fractures are the major cause of hospitalization in older women. This study, published on December 3, 2014 in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, included women who where aged 55 years an older at time of…
Tagged with: BStrong4Life, Geneva BStrong4Life, Geneva Chiropractic, Geneva Chiropractor, Health Care Costs, Hospitalization for fracture, preventing osteoporosis, Spine Care, Staker Chiropractic, treating osteoporosis
Posted in BStrong4Life, Exercise and Fitness, Healthcare Policy and Politics, Injury Prevention, Osteoporosis
Posted in BStrong4Life, Exercise and Fitness, Healthcare Policy and Politics, Injury Prevention, Osteoporosis
Chronic Pain and America’s Veterans
First off this topic comes directly from the recent publication of Dynamic Chiropractic, basically a newspaper for chiropractors. I am summarizing it here because it is important to understand what is and isn’t working to treat chronic pain in any…
Steps to Boost your Immune System
The cold and flu season lasts from October to May were we live in the northern hemisphere and while these are the colder months of the year the temperature outside has little to do with the risk for getting sick.…
The placebo effect in surgery
Testing medications, supplements, and some procedures against a placebo can be described as a gold standard test of the effectiveness of said medication, supplement, or procedure. I came across an article recently I thought was interesting because it both confirmed…
Tagged with: Alternatives to Back Surgery, Back Fusion, Back Pain, back pain Geneva IL, Back Surgery, Chiropractic, chiropractor, chronic back pain, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Disc Degeneration, Failed Back Surgery, Geneva Chiropractic, Geneva Chiropractor, Low Back Pain, placebo effect in surgery, Spine Care, Spine Fusion
Posted in Back Pain, Exercise and Fitness, Healthcare Policy and Politics, Neck Pain, Wellness
Posted in Back Pain, Exercise and Fitness, Healthcare Policy and Politics, Neck Pain, Wellness
Recent Studies Call Into Question the Use of Pain Medications
If you follow us on Facebook you have seen several posts recently on pain medications, if you missed it that might be due to you not following us on Facebook which you should do. Several recent studies call into question…
Tagged with: acetaminophen, back pain Geneva IL, Chiropractic, Chiropractic better than drug therapy, chronic back pain, Geneva Chiropractic, ibuprofen, Low Back Pain, neck pain, NSAID use, Opioid Use, Oxycontin, Staker Chiropractic, tylenol, Tylenol not effective for back pain
Posted in Back Pain, Healthcare Policy and Politics, Neck Pain
Posted in Back Pain, Healthcare Policy and Politics, Neck Pain
Stay Safe in the Sun
While June is almost over there is still enough of summer left to get some healthy sun exposure. In the past sunscreen was an item even my family used without thinking much about what was in it and what that…
Tagged with: Alternative Medicine, Health Care Costs, Health Care Policy, sun safety, sun tanning, sun tanning safely, sunscreen, suntan lotion, tanning oil, Vitamin D
Posted in Healthcare Policy and Politics, Wellness
Posted in Healthcare Policy and Politics, Wellness
Journal of the AMA recommends chiropractic for back pain
Can you believe that the Journal of the AMA recommends chiropractic for back pain? I could hardly believe it, based on their past actions, the American Medical Association has rarely admitted any benefit to seeing a chiropractor. Technically, though, where…
Tagged with: AMA, Back Pain, back pain Geneva IL, Chiropractic, chiropractor, Disc Degeneration, Disc Herniation, Failed Back Surgery, Geneva Chiropractic, Geneva Chiropractor, Health Care Policy, JAMA, Journal of the AMA, Low Back Pain, Spine Care, Spine Fusion, Staker Chiropractic
Posted in Back Pain, Healthcare Policy and Politics
Posted in Back Pain, Healthcare Policy and Politics