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Shockwave is your doorway to treating myofascial pain and beyond

Chiropractic Economics

Most of the people reading this will agree that myofascial pain is a major cause of morbidity in our society. It is noted that anywhere from 20 to 95% of patients who go to their general medicine practitioners and pain management centers with musculoskeletal pain will be diagnosed with myofascial pain. Int J Surg.

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The top 6 common myths about chiropractic treatment

Canadian Chiropractic Association

In fact, spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) is recommended as first line intervention for back pain in numerous clinical practice guidelines including the Bone and Joint Decade Task Force, 3 the American College of Physicians and American Pain Society 4 as well as Britain’s National Institute of Health and Care Excellence. Kawchuk, GN.,

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Why do you have to adjust my neck?

Smart Pain Solutions

Why do you have to adjust my neck? It can be a scary thing if you have never had a neck adjustment done before. “Do Do whatever you need to do, but I don’t want my neck adjusted.” Thanks to 80’s action movies, most people think a cervical adjustment is similar to a deadly maneuver performed by Rambo.