Gallup Survey Finds High Satisfaction With Chiropractic Care

Eighty-eight percent of recent chiropractic patients agree the quality of care they received from chiropractic
was a good value for the money. This is from a recent Gallup Survey. It also showed that U.S. adults are more likely to describe chiropractic care as “very safe” and “very effective” than to say this about pain medications or back surgery. 
Nearly 62 million U.S. adults (25 percent) went to a chiropractor in the last five years, with more than half (35.5 million) saying they went in the last 12 months.
Are you surprised that respondents described chiropractic care as safer than pain medications?

One in Four Adults Sought Care for Neck/Back Pain Last Year

Knuckle-cracking is actually good for you

New study shows knuckle-cracking is actually good for you. The study by hand surgeon Dr. Robert was presented in December at a meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.
The study confirmed the results of a study from last year showing the the sound is produced by the creation of a gas bubble just as happens when we flip the tab on a soda can.
The study showed no adverse effects, and in fact showed benefit of increased range of motion. This is not surprising to doctors of chiropractic as we commonly see or feel increased range of motion after manipulations/adjustments and that is the main reason we adjust joints.
We are not "putting bones back in place". Joints are the hinges of the body and increasing the joints' range of motion always the body to move more correctly with less stress.


Knuckle-cracking is actually good for you

The most common injury at the Olympics

Many new patients are perplexed telling me that they have pain but they did not do anything. Many conditions I treat are not from a trauma or a single incident, and the same thing is true for Olympic athletes. Even though we commonly hear about traumatic injuries to Olympians, a majority of their injuries are what are commonly called repetitive or cumulative trauma injuries. These are small repetitive over stressing of tissues that eventually cause enough damage to begin to cause pain or other symptoms.
Repetitive trauma injuries are easier to treat and have a better prognosis when they are treated early before they become chronic and more severe.
The most common injury at the Olympics