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

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When treating musculoskeletal injuries, chiropractors often face the key question of when to use heat vs ice therapy. When to Use Ice vs Heat for Musculoskeletal Injuries Heat and cold therapy both play valuable roles in managing pain and promoting healing. Mechanisms and efficacy of heat and cold therapies for musculoskeletal injury.

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

Chiropractic Economics

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. Collections were reported at $506,543, another significant increase from $489,129 in 2023’s survey. This year’s average group billings were $1.47

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

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Manual Therapies While a minority of DCs (13%) employ direct compression to the lipoma, many chiropractors felt that heavy manual therapies like direct myofascial release or deep massage could potentially exacerbate symptoms, making adjuncts like ice, modalities, laser, or dry needling preferable options. 2023 Dec 30;12(4):413-8.

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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. Consensus among musculoskeletal experts for the management of patients with headache by physiotherapists? Musculoskelet Sci Pract.

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Shining a light on back pain

Musculoskeletal Australia

We saw this reflected in the responses we received to our 2023 national survey from people with back pain. Well, for one thing, like most musculoskeletal conditions, back pain is invisible. Why is this? Why is there so much stigma attached to back pain and back injuries? And it can seem to come and go for no particular reason.