As the weather warms, many of your patients will likely start heading outdoors to get a start on their spring gardening. But a sudden increase in activity after a long winter can lead to strains and sprains. For chiropractors, this represents an opportunity to educate your patients about exercises and stretches to help prevent these kinds of injuries. The American Chiropractic Association offers these tips, which you can customize to your practice either as patient handouts or as a news release to promote your practice in the community. 

The drop table is becoming standard in most chiropractors’ offices. Tables such as  pin-drop tables and PHS Chiropractic’s ErgoStyle Drops Tables are changing the way chiropractors perform adjustments. Why? These tables offer a safer way for each chiropractor to deliver care. With less fatigue by the end of the day, chiropractors are able to perform adequate adjustments to all patients. Julie Duck of ChiroEco.com breaks down how drop tables work and why they should be standard in your practice.

Chiropractic has gotten used to attacks throughout its past. Many are not even worthy of a response. But a recent article on the respected news outlet Forbes magazine online by reporter Steven Salzberg with its heavily biased view of chiropractic has brought forward a strong response from the International Chiropractors Association. ChiroEco.com explains.

What’s the deal with whole body vibration? While the platforms are becoming more widely available at many therapy clinics and gyms (even some at-home practitioners are using them), many have questions about how the platform fits into a regular exercise routine and the types of benefits they add. According to several recent articles, when used as part of an overall exercise regimen and in conjunction with a healthy diet, WBV can help build strength, reduce pain, serve as an effective warm-up or cool down, and even improve overall bone health in older adults. 

In our daily lives, our necks and shoulders carry a lot of weight. We sling on bulging bags or backpacks, lift and carry our children, or move heavy boxes or other items at work. Over time, this can result in chronic neck pain. Cervical manipulation, mobilization, massage or rehabilitative exercises are all possible treatments. Laser therapy is a newer modality that’s also been found to give relief. ChiroEco.com explains how laser therapy works.

PHS Chiropractic Releases 5,000 mW Laser Technology

Arthritis pain affects millions of Americans every day. While medication, physical therapy and even surgery are common forms of treatment, laser therapy is emerging as an alternative treatment that is making an impact. ChiroEco.com explores how laser therapy works and what types of joint pain it can treat, plus what sufferers and clinicians can look forward to in terms of future treatments.

Chiropractors can play an important role in employee health, according to a new position paper by the nonprofit Foundation for Chiropractic Congress.

Back pain and other neuromuscular conditions are common in today's deskbound and smartphone-centric workplaces, but case studies presented in the paper demonstrate the value of having chiropractors working side by side with medical doctors at corporate health clinics, both in decreasing health care costs and improving patient satisfaction.

Chiropractic care such as adjustment offers a drug-free and non-invasive option for the care of common work-associated conditions like lower back pain. According to the paper, chiropractic care helped reduce the costs of radiology, outpatient, emergency and physical therapy services; improved neuromuscular function; demonstrated more improvement and higher satisfaction when compared to family medicine; had better outcomes, fewer surgeries and less opiod use. 

Corporate health clinics are expected to grow at a rate of 15 to 20 percent per year, according to the paper.

How do you walk? How do you run? Thanks to a subsystem of the body known as the posterior oblique subsystem, we are allowed to do the basic functions that are taken for granted. When these muscles are imbalanced, that’s when movement suffers. Treatment techniques, including laser therapy and soft-tissue mobilization, can bring movement back. Perry Nickelston, DC, FMS, SFMA, Dynamic Chiropractic, offers practical advice on how to reset the posterior oblique movement chain.