by thegrovewellness | Feb 7, 2011 | Comox Valley Chiropractic, Health Resources, Research
A meta-analysis recently published in the British Medical Journal questions the safety of common pain medications. This article, which can be found here, analyzed 31 trials which contained 116,429 patients with more than 115,000 patient years of follow-up. These...
by thegrovewellness | May 13, 2009 | Comox Valley Chiropractic, Myths, Research, treatment options
A current study published in Spine set out to determine the relationship between benign adverse events (reactions to treatment) and outcomes (neck pain and disability, perceived improvement) in a group of people who received chiropractic care for their neck pain. 529...
by thegrovewellness | Apr 29, 2009 | Comox Valley Chiropractic, Research, treatment options
Myofascial Pain Syndrome can be defined as chronic muscle pain. This pain originates around certain points of pain and sensitivity in your muscles called trigger points. A recent study was published in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics that...
by thegrovewellness | Mar 25, 2009 | Comox Valley Chiropractic, Health Resources, Research
Following up on my previous post about the necessity of X-rays, I came across a review of the literature for low back imaging. In 1994, the AHPR began recommending against imaging of the low back in the early stages of acute low back pain. This study was undertaken to...
by thegrovewellness | Nov 10, 2008 | Comox Valley Chiropractic, Research, treatment options
Myth #3: There is no evidence to support that chiropractic works. I don’t even know where to start with this one. The fact is that there is are so many studies done on spinal manipulation that a Medline search would be overwhelming. Instead of going through the...
