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Boost Your Clinical Neuro Skills: Take Our Chiropractic IQ Test and Review Essential Insights

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Radiculopathies and peripheral neuropathies are some of the most common presentations in chiropractic offices. Not only will you challenge yourself, but you'll also gain valuable insights from our accompanying tutorial, where we'll review the answers and share essential clinical pearls. Take the quiz now and see how you compare!

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7 Essential Neurodynamic Tests For Sciatica And Lumbar Radiculopathies

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1) However, radiculopathies originating above L4 necessitate alternative nerve tension tests. 2,3) Check out the following synopsis for additional clinical pearls on lower extremity neurodynamic testing. Meta-analysis indicates fair reliability (4); a positive straight leg raise test shows 83-89% sensitivity for lumbar radiculopathy.

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Why Your Chiropractic Practice Needs the CerVico2000 Cervical Traction Device

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Why Your Chiropractic Practice Needs the CerVico2000 If you have patients with cervical radiculopathy, you've probably recommended cervical traction. Wouldn't it make more sense to have your patients upright, weight-bearing, and performing functional exercise while receiving traction? With the CerVico2000, you can.

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The Top 3 Nerve Flossing Techniques Every Chiropractor Must Know—And Why You Can’t Ignore Them

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Nerve flossing has emerged as a game-changer for chiropractors looking to address common conditions like sciatica, cervical radiculopathy, shoulder pain, and carpal tunnel syndrome. Deeper Dive: Check out our prior blog and tutorial video on 4 Nerve Flossing Exercises for Back & Leg Pain Relief. Check out this video to learn how.

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Answers to Common Questions About Epidural Steroid Injections

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Collaborating with a local pain management physician for chemical pain symptoms during painful episodes may be needed for some patients, enabling them to participate in exercise therapy and tolerate mechanical treatments in the chiropractic office. of those undergoing spinal injections reporting minor and transient systemic effects.

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Schmorl’s Node Refresher: 7 Surprising Facts Every DC Must Own

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36) Considerations include anti-inflammatory measures, bracing, soft-tissue therapy, nutritional support (particularly vitamin D and calcium in older patients), and progressive aerobic and therapeutic exercise as tolerated. (37) Schmorl’s Node: An Uncommon Case of Back Pain and Radiculopathy. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience.

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Top Chiropractic Research from 2023

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and deliver the essential chiropractic clinical pearls directly to your door. Up your game in under 5 minutes with valuable tools to improve patient outcomes: 5 new infographics 2 useful new tests 2 popular clinical webinars 2 Chiropractic toolkits to help make our profession the undeniable best choice for patients and payors alike!