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The Role of Your Core in Preventing Back Pain

Reinhardt Chiropractic

The Role of Your Core in Preventing Back Pain When we think about core strength, six-pack abs or intense gym workouts often come to mind. A strong, healthy core plays a vital role in protecting your back and preventing pain. This prevents overloading specific areas, like the lower back, which can lead to pain or discomfort.

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Assessing and Treating Achilles Tendinopathy: A Comprehensive Guide for Evidence-Based Chiropractors

ChiroUp

Pain is often most noticeable when walking, running, or performing exercises that involve standing on the toes. Eccentric Exercise Rehabilitation Eccentric loading exercises have the most robust evidence supporting their effectiveness in treating Achilles tendinopathy.

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Treating cervicogenic headaches with dry needling and manual therapy

Chiropractic Economics

The results indicated that acupuncture is effective for treating frequent episodic or chronic tension-type headaches, but further trials, particularly comparing acupuncture with other treatment options, such as physical therapy, massage or exercise, are needed. Acupuncture for the Prevention of Tension-Type Headache (2016). Europe PMC.

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Chiropractic Care to Treat & Prevent Sports Injuries

Canadian Chiropractic Association

Sports and exercise are essential in maintaining well-rounded health, but they come with inherent risks. Chiropractors, as joint, muscle and nervous system experts, can help prevent and manage sports-related injuries. Following this record low, sports and recreational injuries increased 20% in 2021, 12% in 2022, and 2% in 2023.

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Why Your Rehab Exercises Should Match Your Stage of Healing

Chiros in Motion

Rehab exercises play a crucial part in recovering from injuries, but they can also be confusing. Athletes are often told to stretch or strengthen their muscles, but rarely are they given guidance about when certain exercises are most effective. This is especially true when it comes to managing common injuries like hamstring strains.

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Brachioradial Pruritus: The Neuropathic Itch Every DC Should Recognize

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Conservative options include cervical manipulation, manual therapy, traction, modalities, and therapeutic exercise. Fast Fact Limit nerve irritation, including underlying postural stressors Arm & neck exercises for brachioradial pruritis can help alleviate symptoms and improve function and mobility.

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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) Some studies recommend starting with ice and then switching to heat.