Dr. Stuart McGill demonstrates research based core exercises

I just spent 16 hours at a weekend seminar instructed by Dr. Stuart McGill, who is a world renowned spinal biomechanics researcher and who works with many world class athletes from many different sports. I have been following his work for about 15 years. Please take his advise and stop doing sit ups, crunches and the many other "abdominal" exercises that put repetitive flexion into the spine as these will many times eventually cause disc damage including herniations. He knows this because he has researched it in his lab at the Univ of Waterloo.
Here is a video form NY Times Magazine featuring his big four exercises.
Can you see why these exercises are much better for building the core?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kukmaW9CmSU

When to Say No to Your Doctor Medical Overutilization

I unfortunately see much very poor medical reporting by the media. 
Below is what I think is an extremely well researched article by someone who understands research analysis. It covers current findings on common screening tests, the over prescription of drugs, and the overutilization of surgery. It is rather long but I encourage everyone to read it as it may save you much time, money, worry, and unnecessary dangerous medical treatment.

http://www.mensjournal.com/magazine/when-to-say-no-to-your-doctor-20140919?utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=092214_1201&utm_medium=email&ea=cGF0cmlja2ttY2NhcnRoeUB5YWhvby5jb20=

This article mentions the new VA chiropractic study that I just wrote about last week.
"VA doctors wrote more than 6.5 million prescriptions in 2012 for hydrocodone, oxycodone, methadone and morphine — more than the total number of patients they saw and a 270 percent increase from 2001. As a result of the numbers, the Minneapolis VA launched the Opioid Safety Initiative in 2012. Since the beginning of the program, the Minneapolis VA says it has been able to decrease risky high-dosage opioid use among patients by 67 percent. The Minneapolis VA, will be collaborating on a study of how chiropractic care might best be used for vets who have a combination of musculoskeletal pain and mental health conditions."
Do you think this new program will be beneficial?

Minneapolis VA studying chiropractic treatment and other alternatives to pain meds

Researchers at the Palmer Chiropractic College were recently awarded a $718,00 research grant form the National Institutes of Health.
The DoD/VA Pain Management Task Force now recommends chiropractic as a Tier 1 treatment within its comprehensive pain-management program. 
This study will find how chiropractic care might be best integrated into existing Veterans Health Administration (VHA) clinical practice guidelines for veterans with a combination of musculoskeletal pain and mental health conditions.
Do you think having better access to chiropractic care will decrease the problem of narcotic dependence and deaths of the veterans?

http://www.chiroeco.com/news/chiro-article.php?id=15582

Spine & Sports: Why go to a chiropractor?

Below is a link to an article from the Harvard Post that explains that although doctors of chiropractic are known for managing back and spine disorders, they are trained and in most states including Illinois they are licensed to manage a wide variety of musculoskeletal disorders.
Also mentions the Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital's Medical Back Pain Program in Plymouth, MA. Their medical director is a chiropractor and they employ other DCs in the clinic and emergency department. This model is also used at other hospitals in the US.
Do you think hospitals in our area should adopt this model?

Spine & Sports: Why go to a chiropractor?

Inaugural Chiropractic VA Residency Appointees

I have posted about the new US Dept of Veteran's Affairs chiropractic residency program. The first six inaugural selections have been named. These three year hospital-based training programs expand the residents’ ability to collaborate with other healthcare professionals in team care, as trainees learn with and from other healthcare providers during interdisciplinary rotations.
Doctors of chiropractic presently treat veterans at 47 VA clinics around the country.

http://blogs.palmer.edu/news/2014/09/12/san-jose-campus-alumna-among-inaugural-va-residency-appointments/

The US Open's wellness team was created in 2002 and is chaired by chiropractic physician Dr. Jeffrey Poplarski. 
This year, the 125-member wellness team included massage therapists, athletic trainers, hyperbaric chamber technicians and some 30 chiropractors, assembled in two different locations to provide care to players, support staff and volunteers.
Have any of you golfers been treated by one of these manual medicine professions?

http://mydigimag.rrd.com/display_article.php?id=1785588&id_issue=221336