Research
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Spinal Pain Syndromes
The subject of pain has always been a focus of attention because of its debilitating nature. According to Bonica,
Pain has been a major concern of humankind since our beginnings, and it has been the object of ubiquitous efforts to understand and to control it. Indeed, it is even older, for there is reason to believe that pain is inherent in any life linked with consciousness.
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A Proposed Etiology of
Cervicogenic Headache
The pain and discomfort experienced from headaches are significant indicators that anatomic and physiologic changes have taken place. Headaches can result from cervical spine joint complex dysfunction
(1) vascular disease, metabolic dysfunction, brain tumors, and trauma. The severity of this disorder leads to more than 18 million annual office visits in the United States.
(2)The Nuprin Report has documented that, 156 million full-time work days are lost each year because of headaches, at an estimated cost of 25 billion dollars in lost productivity. -
Spinal Manipulation vs.
Amitriptyline for the Treatment of
Chronic Tension-Type
Headaches
Headaches lead to more then 18 million offices visits annually in the United State. In 1986, the Nuprin Pain Report showed that 156 million full time work days are lost each year.
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Misuse of the Literature by
Medical Authors in Discussing
Spinal Manipulative
Therapy Injury
Among the health professionals, chiropractic has impressive safty records for its 99 years existence. Chiropractors in Australia are aware that complications can occur after spnial manipulation therapy.
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Dysafferentation
in recent artical, the term join complex dysfunction was suggested as replacement for subluxation/subluxation complex.
(1) Join complex dysfunction refers to pathological and functional changes that occurs in join complex structure in cluding. -
A Randomized controlled Trial of
Chiropractic Spinal Manipulative
Therapy for Migraine
iThe Migraine Foundation of Australia estimates that some 12% of Australians aged 15 years and over experience migraines.
(1) However, the true number of subjects with migraines is unknown because not all such subjects visit a general practitioner.
(2) A study performed in Australia estimated the cost of migraines to society as more than $750 million per annum.
