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Do your chiropractic clinical assessments need an updated?

Chiropractic Economics

DCs are constantly evolving their clinical assessments to meet the ever-growing needs of their patients. The answer may lie in incorporating balance and proprioception testing into our standard chiropractic clinical assessments. The patient should be able to hold this position for at least 10 seconds without needing additional support.

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Do your chiropractic clinical assessments need an update?

Chiropractic Economics

DCs are constantly evolving their chiropractic clinical assessments to meet the ever-growing needs of their patients. The answer may lie in incorporating balance and proprioception testing into our standard chiropractic clinical assessments. If they cannot, it may indicate a higher risk of falls and warrant further intervention.

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Best Sleeping Positions For Lower Back Pain

Beecher Chiropractic

Houston Chiropractor Comments: When patients come in to my office in Houston, Texas they often comment that they have been having trouble sleeping due to the pain. Other Considerations: Avoid Stomach Sleeping: Generally, sleeping on your stomach is not recommended for individuals experiencing lower back pain.

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

ChiroUp

22) When to Use Heat Therapy Lower Back Pain : Heat therapy is recommended for managing non-specific low back pain in acute, sub-acute, and chronic phases. Clinical practice guidelines from the Annals of Internal Medicine support heat therapy for reducing pain and improving function across these stages. (26)

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Why your practice needs search engine optomization (SEO)

Chiropractic Economics

Write articles on topics that matter to your patients, such as How chiropractic care can relieve lower back pain or Top five reasons to see a DC. For example, if you post an image of a patient receiving chiropractic care, your alt text could say patient receiving chiropractic adjustment for lower back pain.

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Logan University opens new Women’s Health Clinic

Chiropractic Economics

Foot Levelers donated $50,000 to Logan University’s new Women’s Health Clinic. With the opening of a new Women’s Health Clinic on its campus, Logan University received a generous donation from Foot Levelers, the world’s leading provider of hand-crafted custom orthotics. Jamie Greenawalt, President of Foot Levelers Inc.,

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Chiropractic Clinical Outcomes Among Older Adult Male Veterans With Chronic Lower Back Pain: A Retrospective Review of Quality-Assurance Data

ChiroOrg

Chiro.Org Blog: This retrospective review of a quality-assurance data set revealed clinically and statistically significant improvement in chronic LBP in terms of both numeric rating scale (NRS) and Back Bournemouth Questionnaire (BBQ) scores for this sample of older male U.S. veterans under chiropractic care.