Category: Back Pain

Batuhan: The business of pain

PRIOR to this week, I have never had any first-hand experience with chiropractic medicine. Sure, I have seen adverts and literature about it, but it has always seemed like a distant subject to me-something that you hear and know a little something about, but nothing more.

Veteran OKC chiropractor teaches techniques, treats children worldwide

Chiropractor Bobby Doscher is known as “Dr. Bobby” to her patients including 13-year-old Gia Henderson, who was born with spina bifida. [PHOTO BY CHRIS LANDSBERGER, THE OKLAHOMAN] It’s the premise on which veteran Oklahoma City chiropractor Bobby Doscher has practiced for 40 years and successfully treated hundreds of children with diagnoses ranging from nursing difficulties, colic and asthma to autism, cerebral palsy, spina bifida and more.

Hamburg chiropractor to celebrate 30

… his 30th anniversary, Dr. Karas has no plans for retirement or even semi-retirement. According to him, “health is wealth” and he looks forward to the future and expanding the practice to include an associate, an individual massage area …

Medovex Corp. Completes Financing

On February 9, 2017, Medovex Corporation entered into a unit purchase agreement with selected accredited investors. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, the Company sold an aggregate of 2,905,770 shares and 1,452,885 warrants for gross proceeds of $3,022,000.

Caring for Elders: Tips for Managing Pain

… to their doctors. “Untreated chronic pain puts a great deal of stress on the body and on the individual’s emotional health as well,” she says. “It can lead to depression, anxiety, reduced mobility and strength, and loss of appetite and sleep.” …

Kira finally had her surgery, only to be left in agony

Kira Carberry may have finally got the operation she needed – but only after years of setbacks and deterioration to her scoliosis condition. Alice Carberry says her daughter Kira has missed out on 78 days at school and had been on a waiting list for 16 months Kira Carberry may have finally got the operation she needed – but only after years of setbacks and deterioration to her scoliosis condition.

BioRestorative Therapies Receives FDA Clearance to Initiate Phase 2…

BioRestorative Therapies, Inc. , a life sciences company focused on stem cell-based therapies, today announced that it has received clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to commence a Phase 2 clinical trial using its lead cell therapy candidate, BRTX-100, to treat chronic lower back pain due to degenerative disc disease related to protruding/bulging discs. The Phase 2 clinical trial is a 72 patient, randomized, double-blind, controlled, multi-center study designed to evaluate safety and efficacy of a single dose of BRTX-100 in treating chronic lower lumbar disc disease.

Megan’s spinal surgery trip total leaps to A 5,000

THE family of an aspiring young gymnast are a step closer to accessing surgery that could change her life, following a fantastic fundraising event. Ten-year-old Megan Sadler will travel to America later this month, for a consultation with doctors at the Shriners Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia.

Back pain medications do more harm than good

… and arguably not of any clinical significance,” she said. The work by researchers at The George Institute for Global Health is the latest study to question the effectiveness of medicines for treating back pain. Yet most clinical guidelines recommend …

Gov’t asked to extend NHIS to Orthopaedic patients

Professor Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, President of the Foundation of Orthopaedics and Complex Spine , has called on the government to extend the National Health Insurance Scheme to cover the treatment of orthopaedic care. Prof Boachie who is also Professor Emeritus of Orthopaedic Surgery said: “If the cost of treatment is GH? 10,000.00 for instance, the NHIS could decide to take up GH? 2000.00 as the patient takes care of the rest, which we can help to make part payment and start a payment plan.”

Runners in Chorley brave fog to reach 5k

DOZENS of runners braved the morning mist with New Year’s resolutions to rise to the Couch to 5k challenge at Astley Park on Saturday. The programme is designed to get people off the couch and gradually work up to running 5k or for half an hour, in just nine weeks.

Teenager hurt in Coogee cliff fall

A teenage girl has been taken to hospital after plunging seven metres from a cliff at a popular Sydney beach into shallow water. The girl, believed to be aged in her mid teens, was treated by paramedics for lower back pain after falling from the Coogee cliff at around 11.20am on Wednesday.

The Medical Minute: Taking Control of Back Pain

… better, then how to prevent a recurrence . Dr. Mark Knaub , chief of adult orthopedic spine service at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center , said soft tissue injuries – strains of muscles, ligaments or tendons – are the most common …

Effective Exercises for Back Pain

Proper alignment of the head over the shoulders, over the hips, over the knees, or over the feet, is imperative in maintaining a pain-free body. Firm abdominal muscles help to keep the back straight and strong.

New Trends in Laser Therapy

Let’s face it: While most Americans are familiar with the concept of physical therapy, very few actually know about the wide range of treatments it can entail. New patients tend to come in with a set of ideas about physical therapy and, generally, these ideas aren’t wrong.