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…
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The placebo effect in surgery
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
Long Term Cost of a Spinal Fusion
Spinal fusion is a very common procedure today to treat spine and spine related pain and dysfunction. While the field of spinal surgery has come a long way and their advances have resulted in better long term outcomes, one thing…
Tagged with: Alternative Medicine, 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, Disc Herniation, Failed Back Surgery, Geneva Chiropractic, Geneva Chiropractor, Low Back Pain, Spine Care, Spine Fusion, Staker Chiropractic
Posted in Back Pain, Exercise and Fitness, Neck Pain
Posted in Back Pain, Exercise and Fitness, Neck Pain
Spinal Manipulation Plus Exercise Better For Chronic Back Pain
Chronic back pain is a serious condition that many Americans suffer from today. Finding the right treatment that has long term benefits is difficult and in some cases impossible. Today a very common treatment for chronic back pain is giving…
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Disc Degeneration
Spinal Disc Degeneration is something we see every day. This is because, while intervertebral disc degeneration and spinal arthritis does not necessarily equate to back pain, they can be part of the contributing factors that cause back pain. It stands…
Spine Pain After Surgery
An estimated 15% to 61% of patients suffer from persistent or recurrent spine pain after surgery and up to two thirds of chronic spine pain patients seen at pain centers suffer from failed back surgery. With these numbers it is…
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
Sagittal Balance
Having normal spinal sagittal balance is vitally important to human health and specifically physical health. Normal sagittal balance basically can be described as having normal upright ,posture. Normal upright posture includes your head centered over your shoulders, your shoulders centered…
Tagged with: Back Fusion, back pain Geneva IL, Chiropractic, chiropractic biophysics, chiropractor, Failed Back Surgery, Geneva Chiropractic, Geneva Chiropractor, Low Back Pain, Posture, Sagittal Balance, Side plane posture, Spine Care, Spine Fusion, Staker Chiropractic
Posted in Back Pain, BStrong4Life, Exercise and Fitness, Neck Pain, Wellness
Posted in Back Pain, BStrong4Life, Exercise and Fitness, Neck Pain, Wellness
Maintenance Care
Have you ever heard of a chiropractor talk about “maintenance” care, or perhaps they used the term wellness care, any way its is called it may sound like some ploy to keep you as a chiropractic patient the rest of…
Tagged with: Alternatives to Back Surgery, Back Pain, back pain Geneva IL, Back Surgery, Chiropractic, chiropractor, chronic back pain, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Disc Degeneration, Disc Herniation, Failed Back Surgery, Geneva Chiropractic, Geneva Chiropractor, Low Back Pain, maintenance care, neck pain, spinal manipulative therpay, Spine Care, Spine Fusion, Staker Chiropractic
Posted in Back Pain, Injury Prevention, Neck Pain, Wellness
Posted in Back Pain, Injury Prevention, Neck Pain, Wellness
Medicare Benefits From Chiropractic
A few months back I wrote a post on how Complimentary and Alternative Medicine can reduce health care costs if implemented more widely instead of suppressed. Insurance companies the state, local, and federal government have all been looking at suppressing…
Tagged with: Alternative Medicine, Alternatives to Back Surgery, Back Fusion, Back Pain, CAM, Chiropractic, Disc Degeneration, Disc Herniation, Failed Back Surgery, Health Care Costs, Health Care Policy, Illinois State Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare Audits, Medicare costs, Medicare expenditures, Medicare Savings, neck pain, Projected Medicare Spending, Spine Care, Spine Fusion, Staker Chiropractic
Posted in Healthcare Policy and Politics
Posted in Healthcare Policy and Politics
Failed Back Surgery
Patients who had spinal fusion surgery were less likely to return to work and needed more opiates, study says Recently a report published by NBC News highlighted the issue of failed back surgery. Experts estimate that nearly 600,000 Americans opt for…
Tagged with: Alternatives to Back Surgery, Back Fusion, Back Pain, Back Surgery, Chiropractic, Disc Degeneration, Disc Herniation, Failed Back Surgery, Geneva, Geneva Chiropractic, Geneva Chiropractor, Geneva IL, Low Back Pain, Sciatica, Spine Care, Spine Fusion, Staker Chiropractic, Stenosis
Posted in Back Pain
Posted in Back Pain