Neck pain (NP) is a leading cause of disability and can be a consequence of failed cervical spine surgeries. Articles showing successful conservative therapies after a failed surgery in the cervical spine are very rare. A 26-year-old male reported six years of worsening and disabling NP.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLumbar spondylolisthesis affects ~20% of the US population and causes spine-related pain and disability. This series reports on three patients (two females and one male) aged 68-71 years showing improvements in back pain, quality of life (QOL), and urinary dysfunction following correction of lumbar spondylolistheses using CBP spinal rehabilitation. Pre-treatment radiographs showed lumbar hyperlordosis (-49.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To report improvements in post-concussion syndrome and concussion incidence following cervical spinal alignment correction.
Case Presentation: A 27-year-old professional rugby player with 20 documented concussions presented with abnormal cervical spinal alignment and post-concussion syndrome. After 30 sessions of cervical rehabilitation, health outcomes improved.
Background: Spinal radiographic analyses are valid and reliable practices used for patient management in healthcare. Technologies and tools used for these analyses need to be valid and reliable.
Objective: This study investigates repeated accuracy for validity and intra- and inter-examiner reliability of computer-aided lateral spinal radiograph measurements using PostureRay EMR software.
Objective: Discuss non-surgical spinal rehabilitation for a 27-year-old male with thoracic and lumbosacral spondylolistheses. A selective literature review and discussion are provided.
Clinical Features: A 27-year-old male presented with severe, 8/10 mid and low back pain.
Introduction: Cervical Spondylolisthesis (CS) in children is under-studied. This cross-sectional study reports the CS prevalence in children.
Materials & Methods: Subjects were selected from a private practice.
[Purpose] To report on the reduction of a double lumbar spine spondylolisthesis by use of Chiropractic BioPhysics technique. [Participant and Methods] A 57 year-old male presented with severe chronic low back pains and sciatica. After playing hockey for 50 years, he was unable to continue and was forced to retire.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCervical spondylolisthesis indicates instability of the spine and can lead to pain, radiculopathy, myelopathy and vertebral artery stenosis. Currently degenerative cervical spondylolisthesis is a wait-and-watch condition with no treatment guidelines. A literature review and discussion will be provided.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFContext: Loss of cervical lordosis is associated with decreased vertebral artery hemodynamics.
Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate cerebral blood flow changes on brain magnetic resonance angiogram (MRA) in patients with loss of cervical lordosis before and following correction of cervical lordosis.
Settings And Design: This study is a retrospective consecutive case series of patients in a private practice.
Objective: Discuss the use of non-surgical spinal rehabilitation protocol in the case of a 69-year-old female with a grade 2 spondylolisthesis. A selective literature review and discussion are provided.
Clinical Features: A 69-year-old female presented with moderate low back pain (7/10 pain) and severe leg cramping (7/10 pain).
Objective: This study investigates the impact of isometric contraction of anterior cervical muscles on cervical lordosis.
Methods: 29 volunteers were randomly assigned to an anterior head translation (n=15) or anterior head flexion (n=14) group. Resting neutral lateral cervical x-rays were compared to x-rays of sustained isometric contraction of the anterior cervical muscles producing anterior head translation or anterior head flexion.
Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the intra-examiner and inter-examiner reproducibility of paraspinal thermography using an infrared scanner.
Materials And Methods: The thermal functions of a commercially available infrared scanner (Insight Subluxation Station®) were evaluated for clinical reliability. Two practicing clinicians conducted the measures on 100 subjects.