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The benefits of CBD for pain management

Chiropractic Economics

Support musculoskeletal health: DCs focus extensively on the musculoskeletal system, addressing issues related to muscles, joints and connective tissue. Over time, Robert experiences reduced pain and improved joint function, enabling him to engage more fully in physical therapy and daily activities.

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Chiropractic Treatment of SLAP Lesions

ChiroUp

1) However, in the presence of any joint pathology, patients will often develop compensatory movement patterns in everyday life and athletic activity or sacrifice one injured tissue for another until performance decreases or pain increases to an unacceptable level. Epub 2014 Mar 27. J Bone Joint Surg Am. January 2016 vol.

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Seven Crucial Things You Need to Know About A Hip Labrum Tear

ChiroUp

The hip joint, a complex ball-and-socket mechanism, owes much of its integrity to the acetabular labrum. This fibrous rim, varying in shape from triangular to round or irregular, is crucial in enhancing the joint's stability. (1) Limiting excessive movement of the femoral head within the socket, thus stabilizing the joint.

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Mastering the Hip Exam: Top Tests for Hip Pain

ChiroUp

13) MRI Considerations Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is more sensitive to detect joint effusion/synovitis, cartilage, labral, and bone marrow lesions. (15) Structural [hip] joint changes are frequent in asymptomatic population and neither radiographs nor MRI have shown a good correlation with pain and functional impairment.” (15)

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Health Span: What is it & why does it matter? – Part Two

First Principles of Movement

D) “In 2014, two researchers at Brigham Young University surveyed Americans and found that typical adults attributed about 80 percent of the increase in life expectancy since the mid-1800s to modern medicine.” Consider the knee, that most bedeviling of joints. BBC – Can exercise reverse the ageing process?

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Vernon T. Tolo, MD, assumes role as Editor-in-Chief

JBJS

Tolo, MD (Editor-in-Chief, 2010-2014) Preserving Stability While Embracing Change ­­­­Vernon T. Tolo, MD (Editor-in-Chief, 2010-2014) presided over a particularly dynamic period of JBJS history that was marked by a wide range of organizational changes, technological advancements, experimentation, new initiatives, and new products.

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Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome & Treating Runners

ChiroUp

A reverse lunge allows the tibia to remain vertical, which reduces the compression at the patellofemoral joint. However, progressing to a forward lunge, gradually taking smaller and smaller steps, will help build a tolerance to increased compression at the joint. Increasing running step rate reduces patellofemoral joint forces.

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