Adjusting Instrument Research part 4: Multiple Thrusts, More Spinal Motion

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Impulse brand adjusting instrument have found that multiple impulse thrusts create more intersegmental spinal motion. Increased multiaxial lumbar spinal motion responses during multiple-impulse mechanical force manually assisted spinal manipulation. [Tweet “multiple #thrusts by #impulse #adjusting #instruments create more #spinalMotion”] BACKGROUND: Spinal manipulation has been found to create demonstrable segmental and intersegmental spinal motion thought to […]

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Adjusting Instrument Research part 3: Mapping the Spinal Motions after adjustment

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Impulse adjusting instrument caused linear increase in both force and spinal motion response Adjusting instrument (Impulse vs Activator) resulted in the greatest acceleration and displacement responses [Tweet “#impulse #adjusting #instrument creates more #spinal #acceleration”] Three-dimensional vertebral motions produced by mechanical force spinal manipulation. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to quantify and compare the

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Instrument Adjusting Research part 2: Force Frequency

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Validation of the force and frequency characteristics of the activator adjusting instrument This study uses an accelerometer to measure the force frequency which just means we can measure spinal motion based on the strength of the Activator Adjusting Instrument OBJECTIVE: To determine the dynamic force-time and force frequency characteristics of the Activator Adjusting Instrument and

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Adjusting Instrument Research part 1: Impulse and Activator Preview

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Research time again and this time its about adjusting instrument activator and impulse IQ Let’s see if vertebral motion is restored with spinal manipulation via adjusting instruments. For the following 4 weeks I will be posting a couple abstracts of research performed on the Activator and Impulse Adjusting Instruments. All of these can be found

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L carnitine therapy for autism spectrum disorders?

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L carnitine, can it help with autism spectrum disorders? One paper says L Carnitine improved hand muscle strength of autism children. A prospective double-blind, randomized clinical trial of levocarnitine to treat autism spectrum disorders. Geier DA, Kern JK, Davis G, King PG, Adams JB, Young JL, Geier MR. The Institute of Chronic Illnesses, Inc., Silver

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Detoxifying Foot Baths Legit or Scam

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Detoxifying foot baths may not be doing much for your health Click the links and make a decision about foot baths for yourself, it’s your time and money, do what you think is best. Have you seen or heard about those “detoxifying foot baths” that people are buying like crazy these days? It’s one of the

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New study shows compression good for post exercise recovery

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Compression is effective as a post-exercise recovery Helps keep the swelling down Compression is effective as a post-exercise recovery [Tweet “Compression is effective as a post-exercise recovery.”] measure, says Daniel Cipriani, an associate professor of physical therapy at Chapman University in Orange, Calif. “Because it helps to keep down some of the swelling that occurs

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Chiropractic care and migraine headaches

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Frequency and length of time of the migraines was less with chiropractic treatment Today we will review a few of the papers that show the reduction in migraines The answer is yes, and here’s some proof: Seventy-two per cent of migraine sufferers in a clinical trial experienced either ‘substantial’ or ‘noticeable’ improvement after a period of

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88-90% of people with confirmed MRI lumbar disc herniation improved at 3 months and 1 year later following chiropractic treatments.

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88-90% of people with confirmed MRI lumbar disc herniation improved at 3 months and 1 year later following chiropractic treatments. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2014 Mar-Apr;37(3):155-63. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2013.12.011. Epub 2014 Mar 11. Outcomes of acute and chronic patients with magnetic resonance imaging-confirmed symptomatic lumbar disc herniations receiving high-velocity, low-amplitude, spinal manipulative therapy: a prospective observational

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chiropractic care in Medicare showed protective effect against 1-year decline in functional and self-rated health.

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Patients going to chiropractic care as a medicare recipient motivated a higher satisfaction. They also had protective effects on functional life activities at one year SUMMARY BY ME: 12170 people were followed for 10 years. They found that chiropractic care on the Medicare population had a protective effect against 1 year declines in functional and

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