Dr_Snow's blog

Objective:
The objective of this study was to perform an investigation evaluating if cervical spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) can increase grip strength on judo athletes in a top 10 national-ranked team.

Here it is, a brand new year with brand new resolutions. Will you be smarter about your training this year? Will you be smarter about taking care of your injuries this year? 2011 was a brutal year for me with two surgeries from an unrelated injury I sustained in an auto accident in 2007. I learned the hard way that injuries left unattended will come back to bite you.

How many of you have lower back pain? How about neck pain? How many of you have been adjusted as a result? I’m certainly not immune myself, and get regular chiropractic adjustments. Of course, when we are in pain, we look to get treated. But what do we do when we feel good?

Chondroitin sulphate reduces both cartilage volume loss and bone marrow
lesions in knee osteoarthritis patients starting as early as 6 months
after initiation of therapy: a randomised, double-blind,
placebo-controlled pilot study using MRI

Cost of care for common back pain conditions initiated with chiropractic doctor vs medical doctor/doctor of osteopathy as first physician: experience of one Tennessee-based general health insurer.