by LAsportsandspine | Jun 18, 2018 | The Inactivity Crisis
Avoid interventions with high downside risk. Higher value options exist (better benefit/cost ratio). Sustainable approach. Think upstream. Reassurance & reactivation. Avoid trusting those with no “skin in the game”. They benefit weather you do or not. Trust. Link:...
by LAsportsandspine | Jun 18, 2018 | Excessive Imaging For Musculoskeletal Problems, Low Back Problems and Sciatica, Overutilization of Surgery
Reduction in sciatica symptoms can occur without any change in MRI findings vis a vis size of disc bulge. Additionally discs can reabsorb (ie shrink) without surgery. Link: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1209250
by LAsportsandspine | Jun 18, 2018 | Healthy Aging, The Inactivity Crisis
“2 forms of exercise are the best way to stave off the effects of aging — here’s how to incorporate them into your life” – Business Insider Link: https://apple.news/AJc_TEmNbRUmexeKCweoziQ
by LAsportsandspine | Jun 18, 2018 | Low Back Problems and Sciatica
“This trial provides additional support for the inclusion of chiropractic care as a component of multidisciplinary health care for low back pain” Link: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2680417
by LAsportsandspine | Jun 18, 2018 | Excessive Imaging For Musculoskeletal Problems, Healthy Aging, Knee, Overutilization of Surgery, The Inactivity Crisis
“Physical activity and exercise therapy not only improve symptoms and impairments of OA, but are also effective in preventing at least 35 chronic conditions and treating at least 26 chronic conditions, with one of the potential working mechanisms being...
