Arthroscopic Knee Surgery is Usually Useless

Good article from sports medical physician Dr. Gabe Mirkin, describing research studies showing that except for acute injuries or cases with locking and/or giving out of the knee, most cartilage surgery is useless.
With this amount of evidence, why do you think the medical physicians continue to perform 2 million of these procedures at a cost of $3 billion dollars per year?

Arthroscopic Knee Surgery is Usually Useless

Chiropractic Care Significantly Reduces Risk of Opioid Prescribing

Study from the March issue of Pain Medicine Journal using claim data from three states found that patients with spinal pain who saw a chiropractor had half the risk of filling an opioid prescription.
Impact of Chiropractic Care on Use of Prescription Opioids in Patients with Spinal Pain

New research shows marathoners have less arthritis than non-runners

Many people have heard that higher mileage running is bad for the knees and increases the chance of arthritis. There has never been any good evidenceto support that contention. A new study from the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery showed that long term marathoners had half the incidence of knee and hip osteoarthritis as matched controls of non runners.
Does this surprise anyone?
New research shows marathoners have less arthritis than non-runners

For chiropractor George Billauer, the soccer stars have aligned

Story about Dr. George Billauer who has been the team chiropractor for the US soccer team for 27 years and has also worked with professional baseball and hockey teams and professional boxers.
Do you see chiropractic care as beneficial for sports teams?
For chiropractor George Billauer, the soccer stars have aligned

Price Of A Brace Brings Soccer Player To His Knees

Doctor's offices typically mark up braces and other medical equipment 3-4 times. This article from Kaiser Health News recommends checking online for prices because many times one can get the same product for up to hundreds of dollars less. 
Has anyone found that they significantly overpaid for medical equipment at a doctors office?Price Of A Brace Brings Soccer Player To His Knees

3 Times a Chiropractor Can Make You Feel Better—and 9 Things They Cannot Help

Article from Men's Health on chiropractic treatment helping many back conditions, sports injuries, and migraines. No compelling evidence that it helps with non-musculoskeletal conditions. 
Would you agree?
3 Times a Chiropractor Can Make You Feel Better—and 9 Things He Should Never Even Attempt

A New Prescription for Back Pain

Chiropractic is a profession, not a treatment. Although it is most known for spinal manipulation (adjustments), most doctors of chiropractic (DC's) use a variety of treatments including soft tissue manipulation, mobilization, exercise therapy, and sometimes multidisiplinary rehabiliation.

A New Prescription for Back Pain

Lower Back Pain Relief: Treatments That Really Work

A new article in Readers Digest entitled "Lower Back 
Relief Treatments That Really Work" recommends chiropractic care, physical therapy and several other conservative professions and treatments.
Do you think these are good recommendations?
Lower Back Pain Relief: Treatments That Really Work

House Introduces Bill to Expand Chiropractic Access to Military Retirees, Families

A bill introduced last week in the House of Representatives and would expand access to chiropractic services to military retirees, dependents and survivors through the Department of Defense TRICARE health program.
It would also establish, in the wake of the nationwide opioid crisis, an important non-drug option for pain management in the program.
Do you think this would be beneficial for the military and their families?
House Introduces Bill to Expand Chiropractic Access to Military Retirees, Families

Steroid Injections May Increase Cartilage Breakdown

"Steroid (cortisone) injections for osteoarthritis is like Snapchat. Everyone seems to be doing it, and no one is quite sure why."
Most previous studies have not been of high quality and have not shown much benefit. 
The Journal of the American Medical Association recently published probably the best study on this topic. It found no benefit of steriod injections over placebo of saline solution over two years. We have known that steroids are harmful to the joint cartilage and this study showed a significant loss of cartilage thickness in the steroid group.
Has anyone had benefit of a knee disorder with chiropractic or other manual treatments?

Steroid Injections May Increase Cartilage Breakdown

Ex-Giants punter credits chiropractic for long NFL career

Ex-NFL punter credits chiropractic care for the fact that he never missed a game in 10 years.
The Professional Football Chiropractic Society formed 15 years ago. Today, all 32 teams have chiropractors as part of the comprehensive medical team that tends to players.
Do you think this is beneficial for the NFL players?

Ex-Giants punter credits chiropractic for long NFL career

American Chiropractor David Pascal Helps Athletes in Rio

Now that we are into my favorite Olympic sport of track, here is one more article on another one of the 40 chiropractors working on the US Olympic medical team. 
Here he Dr. David Pascal with the Sydney McLaughlin, the youngest member of the US Olympic team who at 17 years old made it to the finals of the 400 meter hurdles.
American Chiropractor David Pascal Helps Athletes in Rio

Cape chiropractor set to work behind the scenes with wrestlers at Olympics

Dr. Matt Uchtman is one of 40 chiropractic physicians treating athletes at the Rio Oympics. Uchtman will be stationed with the wrestlers, but the group will also work with judo competitors, weightlifters, USA volleyball and a bevy of other medal hopefuls.
Cape chiropractor set to work behind the scenes with wrestlers at Olympics

DR. KEVIN RINDAL EARNS ‘GREATEST HONOR’ AS USA SWIMMING CHIROPRACTOR FOR RIO GAMES

Hope you also have been enjoying the great Olympic swimming competitions.
Dr. Kevin Rindal, a doctor of chiropractic is currently serving as USA Swimming team-chiropractor at the the Summer Olympics in Brazil working to keep the 40 member swim team in top shape.
Did you know that chiropractors have been serving on the Olympic medical teams since the 1980's?

DR. KEVIN RINDAL EARNS ‘GREATEST HONOR’ AS USA SWIMMING CHIROPRACTOR FOR RIO GAMES

Doctor of Chiropractic to act as chief medical officer for Team USA at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games

William Moreau, who is a Doctor of Chiropractic and Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Board of Sport Medicine is the managing director of sports medicine for the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and chief medical officer for Team USA at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. 
Did you know that doctors of chiropractic have been involved with treating athletes at the Olympics for over 30 years?

William Moreau, DC, Leads Sports Medicine Team and Serves as Chief Medical Officer for Team USA at Rio 2016 Olympic Games

Super Bowl 50 NFL Chiropractors for the Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos

All 32 NFL football teams include the professional services of a doctor of chiropractic (DC)? 
Super Bowl 50 will showcase the leading players in the
National Football League, with Joshua Kollmann, DC and Brad Wiest, DC – team chiropractors for the Carolina Panthers – and Shawn Caldwell, DC, team chiropractor for the Denver Broncos, helping players achieve optimal performance.
Below is a link to information about these doctors.
F4CP Celebrates Super Bowl 50 with NFL Chiropractors for the Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos

Alternative medical options including chiropractic now sought throughout NFL

Article from USA Today about NFL teams having chiropractic physicians and other non medical practitioners on their medical staffs. It states that probably every team in the NFL now has a chiropractor on staff.


Alternative medical options including chiropractic now sought throughout NFL

Federal Way chiropractor keeping Seahawks in top shape for Super Bowl

Here is an article from a Washington newspaper about the Seattle Seahawk's team chiropractic physician Dr. James Kurtz. He has been with the Seahawk's for 4 years and is one of 32 NFL team physicians. 
During his distinguished career, he has been a member of the sports medicine staff of the PGA Tour, and was the first chiropractor ever selected by the United States Olympic Committee to an international Paralympic event. He was Team USA’s chiropractor at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing.

http://www.federalwaymirror.com/sports/242493291.html

Derrick Rose's chiropractor gets shout-out

Short story about the chiropractor for Bull's star Derrick Rose after Rose
thanked him on national TV :-)


Derrick Rose's chiropractor gets shout-out

Many people are not aware that many pro, college and other amateur teams have team chiropractors.
Here is a New York television station story on the the chiropractic physician for the New York Giants!

The story is titled NE Patriots and NY Giants: The Essential Role of Chiropractic Care to Super Bowl LVI

http://chiropracticcareinformation.com/?cat=42