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Top bio hacks for longevity and optimal aging

Chiropractic Economics

Resistance exercises like squats, deadlifts and presses stimulate muscle protein synthesis and enhance bone density. Exercise performed at 60-70% of your maximum heart rate, e.g., brisk walking or light jogging, improves mitochondrial efficiency. Both forms of exercise reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.

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

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Recent evidence has led practitioners to shift from RICE to the PEACE & LOVE approach, which emphasizes early protection, elevation, avoiding antiinflammatories, compression, and education, followed by (controlled) loading, optimism, vascularization, and exercises. (2) 2023 Jun;32(11-12):2455-2465. 2023 Feb;12(1):93-110.

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Time to start thinking big: The 27th Annual Salary and Expense Survey

Chiropractic Economics

DCs could also be exercising financial caution, having just emerged from an extended downturn fueled by the coronavirus pandemic. Billings and collections We’re happy to report the DCs in our survey are billing for larger amounts, although they are receiving a slightly lower percentage of that money back than in 2023.

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Top 7 Things Chiropractors Need to Know About Back Mice (Episacral Lipomas)

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Symptoms may improve with light exercise, heat, or compression. (2) Likewise, several clinicians relayed the importance of counseling patients to avoid aggressive self-massage, compressive clotting, and gear like police or construction duty belts that could aggravate sensitized tissue. 2023 Dec 30;12(4):413-8. Pain physician.

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Chiropractic Treatment of Cervicogenic Headaches

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2023) further underscored this point by revealing that suboccipital muscles are stiffer, and the range of motion in cervical rotation and extension is smaller in CGH patients than in healthy controls. 3-5) Treatment Approach 3: Therapeutic Exercises for Cervicogenic Headache Management Research by Becher et al. 2023 Oct;13(5):463.

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How Doc’s Chiropractic Achieved a 44% Growth in Just 9 Months: Insights on Sustainable Practice Expansion

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The Turning Point: Entering the Inner Circle In early 2023, Lindsay and Chris attended a “new patient avalanche” workshop. These results directly contributed to their practice reaching two record-breaking revenue months in 2023. By July, they hit their all-time high, nearly reaching £41,000—a significant milestone.

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Equilibrium achieved. What’s next? Results of the 28th annual Fees and Reimbursements Survey (2024)

Chiropractic Economics

The rest reported a variety of specialists, the most popular (26%) being a licensed massage therapist (LMT). This is the same percentage as in 2023’s survey. Both types of practitioners reported working with specialists, the most common being a licensed massage therapist (16% of solo practices and 32% of groups).

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