50-72% of women have low back pain (LBP) and/or pelvic pain during pregnancy. Only about a third of them do anything about it. Pregnancy-related low back pain (PLBP) is a debilitating condition. It is the most common cause of work absences in pregnant women. In 2004, Americans spent $26.1 billion on treatments for pregnancy-related back […]
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Whiplash, or “Whiplash Associated Disorders” (WAD), results from a sudden jarring motion. Often, from a car crash that occurs too fast for someone to voluntarily “brace” themselves. This is because the whole “whiplash cycle” is over within 300 msec. We cannot contract a muscle faster than 700-800 msec. Other injury factors include the type and
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All healthcare providers may be bias about certain things. If a patient with neck and arm pain presents to a chiropractic clinic, the chiropractor will recommend a non-surgical trial of care as long as “red flags” don’t exist. (“Red flags” are “bad” things like bowel/bladder weakness, rapidly worsening symptoms, and a few others). Frequently, the
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