Chiropractic News and Research by ChiroNexus

Chiropractic Speeds Sciatica Recovery

July 21, 2014

Sciatica pain is often so debilitating that it forces people to miss work and other normal activities. Of all patients with low-back pain, sciatica patients have the highest level of disability (1).

Why Teens Shouldn't Rely on Painkillers

July 16, 2014

It seems as if you can't check the news without finding at least one story of a life being lost to drugs. What is perhaps most concerning is that, all too often, the person who succumbed tragically for drug-related reasons is fairly young.

Overweight? Don't blame it on overeating

July 14, 2014

Pick up most any weight loss book and one of the first things the authors usually address is scaling back on portion sizes and reducing your calorie intake. However, Medical News Today reports that a study just published by the American Journal of Medicine now points to lack of exercise as the biggest culprit in the growing obesity crisis, potentially changing the focal point behind what it takes to get thin. Researchers from Stanford University analyzed data from 22 years of eating, exercise, and obesity among participants involved in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Study Shows Chiropractic Offers an "Economic Advantage"

July 9, 2014

Oftentimes, getting quality medical care takes money. Money that you either don't have or you had earmarked to go to something else, like food, utilities, or other necessary living expenses.

Why Aging Aggravates Spinal Injuries

July 7, 2014

Aging inhibits healing from countless conditions, including spinal chord injury. A new study from Ohio State University helps to explain why.

Seatbelts and the Risk of Auto Injury

July 7, 2014

Orthopedic surgeons and neurosurgeons at the Medical College of Wisconsin see a lot of spine injuries in patients who have been in an auto accident. You may not be aware of it, but the leading cause of spine injuries in your midback (thoracic) and low back (lumbar) areas is auto accidents. In a study, doctors evaluated records of 4572 patients between 1996 and 2011 entered into the Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network database who were moderately to severely injured in an auto accident.

New Evidence that Steroid Injections Fail to Fix Spinal Stenosis

July 3, 2014

Every year millions of patients are injected with epidural steroids to treat back pain, but now, new research suggests that many of those injections are completely unnecessary. In a study released Wednesday from The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers found that epidural steroid injections failed to produce any measurable benefits compared to lidocaine injections for spinal stenosis. This isn't the first study to question the effectiveness of epidural steroid injections for back pain.

Prescription Painkillers Deadlier Than Heroin

July 2, 2014

As rates of prescription painkillers soar, new research from the American Journal of Public Health reveals just how deadly opioids can be. Media reports on these deaths focus on doctor errors and websites selling the drugs, but researchers from McGill University in Canada are finding something else. What they found was that in 2010, prescription painkillers resulted in more than 16,000 deaths in the US, reports Medical News Today.

Doctors Writing Off Vitamin D for Asthma

June 27, 2014

Is vitamin D the magical supplement for chronic inflammatory diseases? In the case of asthma, a new study says "no." But there are reasons to assume the study didn't examine the whole picture. In this new study performed at 19 different hospitals in the U.S., patients were supplemented with 100,000 IU vitamin D once, and then 4000 IU daily for 28 weeks. The researchers reported that the level of supplementation raised vitamin D levels of patients who were deficient to the amount considered adequate in the study (41 ud/dl).

Kids Who Eat Mediterranean Diet Less Likely to Be Obese

June 25, 2014

As parents, we want nothing more for our children than for them to be healthy and strong. This requires that they maintain a healthy weight as they are just as prone to weight-related conditions as adults (such as type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure).