Introduction: Lumbar disc injuries to L5-S1 and the accompanying neurological radicular syndrome are one of the most common discogenic injuries to the spine. The common occurrence of this condition and its devastating effects on the health and well-being of the individual is staggering. In the United States the lifetime incidence of LBP has been reported…
Introduction: Searching for care that is safe and offers low levels of intervention for our children is essential in our evolving healthcare arena. One important aspect of pediatric skeletal healthcare involves the awareness and treatment of scoliosis. Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) remains the most common deforming orthopedic condition in children [1,2]. “Increasingly, both adults and…
Introduction: The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether chiropractic care and the application of Sacro Occipital Technique (SOT) protocols utilized for evaluation and adjusting of subluxation patterns may have a global effect on health. While a condition such as stenosing tenosynovitis (trigger finger) is not usually considered neurological or musculoskeletal in nature it…
The nervous system is a highly adaptive, fault tolerant system. Its primary purpose is to maintain homeostasis – balance within the all the body’s systems. When its threshold is lowered, its ability to adapt decreases, creating compensated responses. These can be heightened, deferred, or regressive in nature. The response varies but the underlying cause is…
Introduction: A call has been made for more rigorous scientific inquiry to examine the value of manipulative therapy in the treatment of pediatric conditions [1]. Simultaneously there have also been inquiries by our scientific community attempting to isolate what subset of patients with nonmusculoskeletal conditions might respond to chiropractic care [2-5]. While there is a…
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