Chiropractic management of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: a report of two cases.

Objective: To discuss 2 patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome seeking chiropractic evaluation and management of their disabling musculoskeletal pain and associated disorders.

Clinical Features: Two disabled patients diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome had spinal pain, including neck and back pain, headache, and extremity pain. Commonalities among these 2 cases included abnormal spinal curvatures (kyphosis and scoliosis), joint hypermobility, and tissue fragility.

Chiropractic management of chronic chest pain using mechanical force, manually assisted short-lever adjusting procedures.

Objective: To discuss a case involving a patient with chronic chest pain, dyspnea, and anxiety. Although resistant to previous treatment regimens, the condition responded favorably to chiropractic manipulation of the costosternal articulations.

Clinical Features: A 49-year-old man had chronic chest pain, dyspnea, and anxiety for over 4 months.

A novel method for assessing elbow pain resulting from epicondylitis.

Objective: To describe a novel orthopedic test (Polk's test) which can assist the clinician in differentiating between me- dial and lateral epicondylitis, 2 of the most common causes of elbow pain. This test has not been previously described in the literature.

Clinical Features: The testing procedure described in this paper is easy to learn, simple to perform and may provide the clinician with a quick and effective method of differentiating between lateral and medial epicondylitis.