425- Factors That Affect the Use of Chiropractic and Integrative Care

Why do some people choose opioids for chronic pain while others choose integrative care (including chiropractic)? On today's episode, we explore new research around the factors that affect how people with chronic pain choose various modalities to find relief.

Episode Notes:

Engagement in Integrative and Nonpharmacologic Pain Management Modalities Among Adults with Chronic Pain

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398- Reducing Gabapentin Use with Chiropractic

Gabapentin has been rampantly used off-label for spinal pain since it was introduced on the market. However, new research indicates that seeing a chiropractor before "usual medical care" can reduce your likelihood of receiving a Gabapentin prescription by nearly 50%!

Episode Notes:

Association between chiropractic spinal manipulation and gabapentin prescription in adults with radicular low back pain: retrospective cohort study using US data

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381- TMJ Disorders and Chiropractic Care

TMJ disorders affect nearly 5% of the population. Chiropractic care is one of the best options to find relief. On today's episode, discover the latest research showcasing how over 90%+ of people struggling with TMD improve with chiropractic care.

Episode Notes:

Temporomandibular Disorder Treated With Chiropractic Therapy

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368- North American Spine Society's Thoughts on Chiropractic

Discover what the North American Spine Society (NASS) has to say about chiropractic care on today's episode. You may be surprised to discover their research fully supports chiropractic as a preferred option for treating acute low back pain!

Episode Notes:

NASS Contemporary Concepts in Spine Care: spinal manipulation therapy for acute low back pain

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343- Reducing Benzodiazepine's with Chiropractic Care

Benzodiazepine's are ineffective and overprescribed for radicular low back pain. On this episode we highlight a new study showcasing how chiropractic care, and spinal manipulative therapy, can lead to a dramatic reduction in benzodiazepine prescriptions.

Episode Notes:

Association between chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy and benzodiazepine prescription in radicular low back pain: a retrospective cohort study protocol using national real-world data

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334- How Often People Are Using Chiropractic for Relief from Chronic Pain

Between 2016-2018, the health data from all of the residents of Rhode Island was analyzed to determine how often they are using chiropractic, physical therapy, or opioids for chronic pain. In this episode, we discuss their findings.

Episode Notes:

Receipt of Physical Therapy and Chiropractic Care by Adults Diagnosed with Chronic Pain: Analysis of the 2016-2018 Rhode Island All Payer Claims Database

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317- Tackling the Opioid Epidemic with Chiropractic

A new commentary from Medical Care highlights the role that chiropractic care can play in response to the opioid epidemic. Plenty of clinical pearls to use for patient and provider communication are available in today’s episode.

Episode Highlights:

Increased Utilization of Spinal Manipulation by Chiropractors to Tackle the Opioid Epidemic

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283- The Impact of Chiropractic Care on Opioid Use

It's believed that opioid use is at an all-time high as a side-effect of the pandemic. New research showcases how chiropractic care can decrease opioid utilization by over 50%! It's time to find relief without the dangers of drugs.

Episode Notes:

Impact of Chiropractic Care on Use of Prescription Opioids in Patients with Spinal Pain

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247- The Health Perils of E-Learning

The challenges associated with e-learning are a huge opportunity for you to teach and invite in your community to stimulate new patients. Discover the latest research, talking points, and action steps you can take today!

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234- Quality of Life Changes with Chiropractic

SPINE recently released a study showcasing the quality of life improvements experienced by people with chronic low back and neck pain after receiving chiropractic care.

Episode Highlights-

Group and Individual-level Change on Health-related Quality of Life in Chiropractic Patients With Chronic Low Back or Neck Pain

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232- Maintenance Care Updates

Discover the brand new research that updates our understanding of maintenance care and hear why this should impact your clinical decision making!

Episode Highlights-

The Nordic maintenance care program: maintenance care reduces the number of days with pain in acute episodes and increases the length of pain free periods for dysfunctional patients with recurrent and persistent low back pain - a secondary analysis of a pragmatic randomized controlled trial

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221- Reducing Opioids with Chiropractic

Hot off the press! A new study was just released showcasing how chiropractic care can reduce the likelihood of filling an opioid prescription by over 50%.

Episode Highlights-

Impact of Chiropractic Care on Use of Prescription Opioids in Patients with Spinal Pain

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220- How to Work with Elite NFL Athletes

How can you build relationships with top tier NFL and UFC athletes? And what’s it like taking care of them? This week I had the chance to chat with Dr. Chad Teague, of Code Chiro, who answers these questions and more.

Episode Highlights-

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218- Sham Surgery Beats the Real Thing

New research indicates that sham surgical procedures may be more safe, and just as effective as many commonly performed surgical procedures.

Episode Highlights-

Sham surgical procedures for pain intervention result in significant improvements in pain: systematic review and meta-analysis.

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210- Maintenance Care Research Updates

On this weeks episode, discover the brand new research that examines the use of chiropractic maintenance care. Do you offer maintenance care to your patients?

Episode Highlights:

Chiropractic maintenance care - what’s new? A systematic review of the literature

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184- Adjustments and Pressure Pain Thresholds

Discover the new research highlighting the positive changes in range of motion and pressure pain thresholds that adjustments can make for those patients experiencing myofascial pain.

Episode Highlights-

The immediate effects of manual stretching and cervicothoracic junction manipulation on cervical range of motion and upper trapezius pressure pain thresholds.

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182- Resilience, Pain, and Your Practice

Is every step of your patient journey encouraging resilience? Check out this weeks episode to discover the research on chronic pain and resilience while discovering a few tips to empower your patients to achieve their goals.

Episode Highlights-

The path to capacity: resilience and spinal chronic pain.

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180- Fear of Movement and Chiropractic Adjustments

Fear of movement and highly correlated with the development of chronic low back pain. This new research paper showcases the brain changes that can occur after an adjustment- and how these changes can help you make a huge impact in your community.

Episode Highlights-

Brain Mechanisms of Anticipated Painful Movements and Their Modulation by Manual Therapy in Chronic Low Back Pain.

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176- Interview with Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Flip Clifford

An awesome interview with orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Flip Clifford, where we discuss MD/DC relationships, regenerative medicine, out-patient surgery, and more…

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174- Adjustments Work By Making Changes to Biochemical Markers

New research indicates that adjustments, or manipulations, can impact oxytocin, neurotensin, and oxrexin levels in individuals with neck pain. This continues to further our understanding of how an adjustment works.

Episode Highlights-

The immediate effects of cervical spine manipulation on pain and biochemical markers in females with acute non-specific mechanical neck pain: a randomized clinical trial

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