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Top Chiropractic Research from 2024: Elevating Evidence-Based Care

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This blog distills key findings and themes from this years chiropractic studies, spotlighting the benefits of spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) and other chiropractic interventions. This case presents a unique circumstance of a fatal vertebral artery dissection after self-chiropractic manipulation." (4) 3) Fagundes et al.

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Top Chiropractic Research from 2023

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Multimodal approaches incorporating education, exercise, and spinal manipulation. SMT Does Not Cause Strokes (again) "The association between cervical spinal manipulation and cervical artery dissection is not causal in nature. The association between cervical artery dissection and spinal manipulation among US adults.

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What is Chiropractic?

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Doctors of Chiropractic – often referred to as chiropractors or chiropractic physicians – practice a drug-free, hands-on approach to health care that includes patient examination, diagnosis and treatment.

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Chiropractic Treatment of Shoulder Pain and Weakness

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Properly identifying these symptoms can lead to a more accurate diagnosis and prognosis. If a patient presents with a positive DIME test and a confirmed full-thickness tear of the supraspinatus, and conservative care (4-6 weeks of manual therapy, spinal manipulation, patient education, and rehab) has failed, surgery may be a viable option.

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Medicare Part B’s advance beneficiary notice

Chiropractic Economics

This is because, by definition, any service other than spinal manipulation is never covered when ordered or delivered by a DC. In the typical chiropractic practice, this would include evaluation and management services, X-rays, therapy charges and personal comfort items.

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Chiropractic Care: Your Ultimate Solution for Chronic Back Pain Relief

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As a health professional, I also appreciate that chiropractic care poses no interference with diagnostic tools like magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), allowing for continued monitoring of structural issues like cancer, without the risk of complicating the diagnosis.

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Frequently asked questions

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Current literature shows that minor discomfort or soreness following spinal manipulation typically fades within 24 hours. Neck pain and some types of headaches are treated through precise cervical manipulation. What type of education and training do chiropractors have?

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