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The top 6 common myths about chiropractic treatment

Canadian Chiropractic Association

For example, spinal and joint manipulation has been shown to be effective treatment for acute and chronic musculoskeletal conditions, like back pain. 5 Adjustments are painful In general, adjustments or joint manipulations do not hurt. 5 Adjustments are painful In general, adjustments or joint manipulations do not hurt.

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Why do you have to adjust my neck?

Smart Pain Solutions

Pain in your neck is often associated with an inflamed or irritated joint. When a joint is inflamed it typically does not move like it should. Additionally, muscles near the aberrant joint receive signals indicating there is a problem. Now you have joint pain and muscle stiffness. Curious to hear what you think?

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Shining a light on back pain

Musculoskeletal Australia

Pairs of small joints (facet joints) connect vertebrae to one another. The pain comes from the muscles, ligaments and joints. Moving keeps your joints and soft tissues more flexible and less painful. The spine is made up of bones (vertebrae) stacked together to form a loose ‘S’-shaped column.

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Shining a light on back pain

Musculoskeletal Australia

Pairs of small joints (facet joints) connect vertebrae to one another. The pain comes from the muscles, ligaments and joints. Moving keeps your joints and soft tissues more flexible and less painful. The spine is made up of bones (vertebrae) stacked together to form a loose ‘S’-shaped column.

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Women in JBJS

JBJS

For the entire time The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery has existed, orthopaedics has been a male-dominated field. Mady Tissenbaum worked at JBJS from 1977 to 2015, progressing from a copyeditor to Publisher and accumulating much institutional knowledge along the way.

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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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Marc F. Swiontkowski, MD, assumes role as Editor-in-Chief

JBJS

Swiontkowski, MD (Editor-in-Chief, 2015-Present) Leading by Example with a Focus on Excellence, Integrity, and Humanity Marc F. In 2015, JBJS partnered with KUDOS, a free, web-based service that enables authors to boost and measure the impact of their published work. In a 2015 editorial, Dr. Swiontkowski (along with Robert G.