An article published in the Western Journal of Medicine in 1998, discussed the etiology of some chronic daily headaches. This article recommends discontinuation of the daily headache medicine for some people who suffer from chronic daily headaches. The daily use of medication to treat headache symptoms often causes drug rebound headaches. Furthermore, failure to stop taking daily pain medication in some cases, the article warns, can lead to drug resistant headaches.
A review of the medical literature found that up to 78 percent of patients studied who suffered from chronic daily headaches experienced a marked lessening of symptoms just by cutting out daily use of headache symptom medicine. The study reports that many common prescription and non-prescription medicines, including narcotics, pain pills containing caffeine, or as little as three aspirin per day can cause a rebound headache.
Symptoms from drug-induced, rebound headaches are usually relieved after patients go through a wash-out period of 8 weeks without taking daily medication, although symptoms often improve much sooner. Once a person stops taking daily pain medication they may feel worse for about 2 weeks before the improvement trend begins.
Thatcher Chiropractic is located at 3535 American Drive in Colorado Springs, Colorado near the intersection at Austin Bluffs Parkway and Academy Boulevard. For more information, you can visit our website, thatcherchiropractic.com. If you have questions or to schedule an appointment, please feel free to contact us by phone at (719) 574-3700.
Monday, March 27, 2017
Monday, March 13, 2017
Low Back Pain: Adjustments Superior to Muscle Relaxants
A study published in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiologic Therapeutics revealed the superiority of adjustments when compared to prescription muscle relaxants in the treatment of low back pain.
One hundred ninety two patients with low back pain were assigned to one of two intervention groups (adjustments with placebo medicine or muscle relaxants with sham adjustments) or to a control group (sham adjustments with placebo medicine).
After just two weeks, chiropractic adjustments with placebo medicine proved to be more effective than sham adjustments and placebo medicine and muscle relaxants and placebo adjustments in reducing low back pain. Overall, further improvement was seen in patients' low back pain severity after four weeks as judged by each outcome measure. Therefore, if your lower back pain is not responding to muscle relaxants prescribed by your doctor, contact our office.
Thatcher Chiropractic is located at 3535 American Drive near the intersection at Austin Bluffs Parkway and Academy Boulevard in Colorado Springs, Colorado 80917. For more information, you can visit our website: thatcherchiropractic.com. If you have additional questions or wish to schedule an appointment, please feel free to contact us by phone at (719) 574-3700.
One hundred ninety two patients with low back pain were assigned to one of two intervention groups (adjustments with placebo medicine or muscle relaxants with sham adjustments) or to a control group (sham adjustments with placebo medicine).
After just two weeks, chiropractic adjustments with placebo medicine proved to be more effective than sham adjustments and placebo medicine and muscle relaxants and placebo adjustments in reducing low back pain. Overall, further improvement was seen in patients' low back pain severity after four weeks as judged by each outcome measure. Therefore, if your lower back pain is not responding to muscle relaxants prescribed by your doctor, contact our office.
Thatcher Chiropractic is located at 3535 American Drive near the intersection at Austin Bluffs Parkway and Academy Boulevard in Colorado Springs, Colorado 80917. For more information, you can visit our website: thatcherchiropractic.com. If you have additional questions or wish to schedule an appointment, please feel free to contact us by phone at (719) 574-3700.
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Old whiplash injury? It's still not too late for treatment!
Whiplash injuries result from indirect injury to the cervical spine and produce a syndrome comprising headache, neck and upper back pain, arm nerve pain, or a combination of these. Often times people with whiplash receive no treatment or the wrong kind of treatment following injury. A study published in The Journal of Orthopedic Medicine entitled A Symptomatic Classification of Whiplash Injury and the Implications for Treatment further explored earlier evidence showing people with chronic (condition had gone on for more than 3 months) whiplash would benefit from chiropractic treatment.
Research!
In this study, the objective was to determine which patients with chronic whiplash would benefit from chiropractic treatment. The study design recognized three groups of patients. Group 1 consisted of patients with isolated neck pain associated with restricted neck movement. Group 2 consisted of patients with neurological symptoms or signs associated with a restricted neck movement. Group 3 comprised patients who described an unusual group of symptoms with a bizarre distribution.
Outcome...
The outcome of this study revealed that 72% of group 1 benefited from spinal manipulation and 94% of group 2 benefited from the same treatment. However, only 27% of the group 3 patients improved following treatment. The results of this study seem to confirm the efficacy of chiropractic, along with other previous research, in the treatment of chronic whiplash injury. The authors of this study have documented through their literature review that chiropractic has been proven effective in the treatment of chronic whiplash.
Thatcher Chiropractic is located at 3535 American Drive in Colorado Springs, Colorado 80917 near the intersection at Austin Bluffs Parkway and Academy Boulevard. You can visit our website, thatcherchiropractic.com, for more information. If you have additional questions or wish to schedule an appointment, please feel free to contact us by phone at (719) 574-3700.
Research!
In this study, the objective was to determine which patients with chronic whiplash would benefit from chiropractic treatment. The study design recognized three groups of patients. Group 1 consisted of patients with isolated neck pain associated with restricted neck movement. Group 2 consisted of patients with neurological symptoms or signs associated with a restricted neck movement. Group 3 comprised patients who described an unusual group of symptoms with a bizarre distribution.
Outcome...
The outcome of this study revealed that 72% of group 1 benefited from spinal manipulation and 94% of group 2 benefited from the same treatment. However, only 27% of the group 3 patients improved following treatment. The results of this study seem to confirm the efficacy of chiropractic, along with other previous research, in the treatment of chronic whiplash injury. The authors of this study have documented through their literature review that chiropractic has been proven effective in the treatment of chronic whiplash.
Thatcher Chiropractic is located at 3535 American Drive in Colorado Springs, Colorado 80917 near the intersection at Austin Bluffs Parkway and Academy Boulevard. You can visit our website, thatcherchiropractic.com, for more information. If you have additional questions or wish to schedule an appointment, please feel free to contact us by phone at (719) 574-3700.
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