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How do you know if you need a chiropractic adjustment?

Are you having muscle pains? Do you feel stiff In the neck or low back? As in, you turn your neck left and right and you feel stiff, sore, achy or that you just know you could and should be able to do more than that? Were you in a minor car accident?  Insurance call […]

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acetaminophen is ineffective for low back pain new study says

Study shows acetaminophen for low back pain has only minimal benefits Osteoarthritis, or as some call it old age arthritis , of the knee and spine were the object of this study. My SUMMARY: paracetamol (acetaminophen) is ineffective in the treatment of low back pain and provides minimal short term benefit for people with osteoarthritis. 

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Twelve treatments had a modest benefit in in pain-free and disability-free days even for chronic low back pain and did not increase the cost nor increase the loss of productivity.

Twelve treatments had a modest benefit in in pain-free and disability-free days even for chronic low back pain and did not increase the cost nor increase the loss of productivity.   J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2014 Jun;37(5):300-11. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2014.03.002. Cost analysis related to dose-response of spinal manipulative therapy for chronic low back pain: outcomes from

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pain relief was obtained for patients with disc bulges and herniations using spinal decompression.

I’ll keep this non surgical non drug spinal decompression literature review simple. In  the text description underneath the study title I will bold a sentence that is the highlight.  If that sentence is complicated then I’ll write a brief “translation” and underline it for ease of comprehension. This weeks review will be about: pain relief

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