From the monthly archives: May 2011
Whiplash is the colloquial term for a neck sprain strain injury that comes about from the head and neck being “whipped” back and forth as the result of a short-lived acceleration and deceleration of the body. Perhaps the most common event that can create this is a car collision; specifically a rear end car collision. [...]
Continue Reading →Prolotherapy, short for proliferation therapy is a controversial technique that involves a series of injections of an inactive irritant substance into a painful joint, or area where ligaments or tendons insert into bone. The injected substance can be dextrose, phenol, saline solution, glycerol, lidocaine, or even cod liver oil extract. Prolotherapy injections are intended to [...]
Continue Reading →Inversion therapy tables are see-saw like contraptions designed to use gravity to decompress the spine. They have been around for more than twenty years already, so today’s models offer more in terms of comfort and ease of use. But the principle is the same: use a platform balanced on a horizontal rod, with a mechanism [...]
Continue Reading →I’ve been fielding a lot of questions about bulging discs lately. Here are some of the questions I get: Can you heal a bulging disc? Is a bulging disc hereditary? How to treat a bulging disk? The short answer to the first question is “yes” if the bulge is not severe and the body still [...]
Continue Reading →When you think of a scorpion, the first thing that comes to mind is that scary, nasty poisonous tail. You really don’t want to have one of these things napping in your shoe. But, looks like the nightmarish creature may be offering pain sufferers some hope in the future. There is ongoing research into the [...]
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