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Heat or Ice AFTER Manual Therapy: Revisiting the Evidence for Optimal Recovery

ChiroUp

1-3) When To Use ICE Therapy In a neck pain trial, patients received cervical mobilizations with cryotherapy; after 5 weeks, pain and disability improved significantly. Notably, cryotherapy plus mobilization produced greater reductions in neck pain and disability than a similar program that added stretching exercises. (4)

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Heat vs. Cold Therapy: Which is Best for Musculoskeletal Injuries

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2015 Jan 2;127(1):57-65. 2015, September). 2015 Nov 1;29(11):3245-52. Use of low level of continuous heat and Ibuprofen as an adjunct to physical therapy improves pain relief, range of motion and the compliance for home exercise in patients with nonspecific neck pain: a randomized controlled trial.

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5 Time-Saving Hacks Every Chiropractor Needs to Do

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Comparison of two different delivery methods of home-based exercise on neck pain. 2015 Dec;3:1-2. Increase your efficiency, improve patient outcomes, and streamline your practice with ChiroUp. Get Started. References Yaarer, zden, Hrriyet Grsel Yilmaz, and Halis Doan. Somatosensory & Motor Research. 2023 Apr 6:1-8.

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Top Chiropractic Research from 2024: Elevating Evidence-Based Care

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Nov 2023 Link "Neural mobilisation as part of multimodal interventions appears to have a positive effect on pain for patients with low back pain and neck pain and on function in people with low back pain." (18) Chiropractic & Manual Therapies (2015) 23:19 Link 24. 10) Trager et al. " (17) Lin et al.

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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. Haldeman, S.,

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Meditrac: The Future of Traction is Movement-Based

The Evidence Based Chiropractor

The research supporting best practices in lumbar decompression devices is available for the discerning provider or patient interested in implementing a truly effective low back pain treatment method. Non-invasive solution for back and neck pain through the innovative "traction on the move" protocol. What is Traction on the Move?

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Expert analysis: Did cervical spine manipulation cause the death of Katie May?

Chiropractic Economics

May entered the chiropractic office with a history of trauma, neck pain, headache and nausea consistent with existing VAD. Similar epidemiological studies in 2015 by Kosloff, et al., Risk of stroke after chiropractic spinal manipulation in Medicare B beneficiaries aged 66 to 99 years with neck pain. 2015;23:19.

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