The man who wants to kill crunches

Now getting back to my specialty of manual medicine. 
During my three years of post graduate classes which ultimately lead to my board certification in chiropractic rehabilitation in 2001, Dr. Stuart McGill taught one of my classes. I have been following his fascinating work ever since that time.
He is a professor of spinal biomechanics and has researched and written extensively on the detrimental effects of lumbar (low back) flexion and is a critic of abdominal crunch exercises.
I teach many abdominal and core exercises based on the results of his work that put significantly less stress of the lumbar discs than crunches and many of the traditional abdominal and low back exercises.
Was anyone aware this work?
http://www.macleans.ca/society/health/the-man-who-wants-to-kill-crunches/

Workers compensation study from Spine Journal shows chiropractic results in significantly less surgeries

I guess this substantiates the famous psychologist Maslow's statement "I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail". This workers compensation study from the prestigious medical journal Spine found that of patents with work injuries who first consulted a surgeon 42.7% underwent surgery, but of those who first consulted a doctor of chiropractic only 1.5% underwent surgery!
Does this huge difference surprise anyone?
http://www.f4cp.com/hosted/newsletter/2014/august/F4CP-WSJ-Ad1.pdf

Certified medical examiner and now performing DOT CDL examinations

As I had posted in April, I am now a certified NRCME medical examiner for DOT (Department of Transportation) CDL examinations. As of May 21st of this year all medical providers are required to be certified in order to perform these exams. I have now begun to perform examinations.
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration guidelines are used to determine safe driving status. Most patients and others are not familiar with these examinations. They consist of a review of medical history, a physical examination of many of the body systems, vision and hearing testing, blood pressure testing, color recognition, and urine dipstick testing for several substances. Further testing and reports from specialists are obtained if needed. This information is used by the examiner to determine certification to drive up to a maximum of two years.
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Chiropractic Treatment More Cost Effective for Work Injuries

Getting back to the medical literature, here is a synopsis of a recent research study from the June issue of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 
This study of over 13,000 work related back injuries found chiropractic to be the least expensive of five treatment categories, including more than 50% less expensive than physical therapy.
They concluded that this was probably because the chiropractors followed the research based back treatment guidelines better than any of the other providers.
This is the latest of a long list of studies showing chiropractic care to be less expensive, yet insurers many times think that by cutting chiropractic coverage they will save money.
Why do you think there is this irrational action by insurers?
Employers Need Chiropractic First and Sooner

Appreciation of patients makes it all worthwhile

The young American bicycle racer Andrew Talansky recently became only the third American to win the prestigious Dauphine race beating the favorites for this year's Tour de France.
“You put your life into something — the sacrifices, the training, the times when you crash or get sick — but it’s moments like this that make everything worth it,” said Talansky. “Just one moment like this makes you forget it all. This is why we do this, for moments like today.”
I feel the same way every time a patient tells me how much I helped them get their life back 

http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/06/news/wins-criterium-du-dauphine_331972

Going from the 38 year old winner of the Boston Marathon to the 91 year old woman who just set an over 90 year old age group female marathon record.

hoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/91-old-marathoner-smokes-competition-153723959--abc-news-health.html

Ok...now getting of the topic of epidural steroid injections. I and many others were very excited to see an American male win the prestigious Boston Marathon for the first time in 21 years! Here is an Interview with Meb Keflezighi's chiropractic physician.

http://www.toyourhealth.com/mpacms/tyh/article.php?id=1978