Every year 30 million people in the US and two million people in Illinois use chiropractic services and it is the most popular form of natural healthcare in the world. Gov. Quinn has signed a proclamation naming October, 2012 Chiropractic Healthcare Month in Illinois! Here is a link to the proclamation.

Chiropractic Healthcare Month in Illinois Proclamation

Dr. Steven Santolin Attends Seminar on Diagnosis and Management of Common Shoulder Disorders

Dr. Steven Santolin recently attended a three-hour Illinois continuing education seminar by Dr. Chadwick Prodromos of the Illinois Sports Medicine And Orthopedic Centers on the diagnosis and treatment of common shoulder disorders. This included management of rotator cuff tears, labral cartilage tears, frozen shoulder, shoulder arthritis, acromioclavicular joint separations and disorders, bicep tendon tears sternoclavicular joint dislocations.

I spend much time and effort motivating my patients to become or stay more active.
Two new studies with one from the British Journal of Sports Medicine had several surprising findings including that every hour of television watched after the age of 25 reduces the viewer’s life expectancy by 21.8 minutes. Also “highest sedentary behavior,” meaning those who sat the most, had a 112 percent increase in their relative risk of developing diabetes; a 147 percent increase in their risk for cardiovascular disease; and a 49 percent greater risk of dying prematurely — even if they regularly exercised.
So the take home message is get regular activity and cut down on the amount of sitting.

Get Up. Get Out. Don’t Sit.

I would think that everyone is aware of the 14 unfortunate deaths from the fungal infected epidural cortisone injections causing meningitis. I am aware that epidurals are often ineffective or only give temporary relief while having possible

 very significant side effects, so I only send patients for them very infrequently when the patient is severely disabled by a pinched nerve and not getting relief with anything else.
I guess we learn something everyday because I was not aware that cortisone is not approved by the FDA for injection into the epidural space of the spinal canal.

Before a Wave of Meningitis, Shots Were Tied to Risks

Dr. Santolin attends Illinois Chiropractic Society convention

Dr. Steven Santolin recently attended the Illinois Chiropractic Society convention and receive 15 education in the topics of evidence-based examination, prevention of medical errors, and common conditions affecting the cervical spine including vertebral basilar dissection.