More On Disc Herniations Resulting from Baltimore Auto Accidents In the last blog post I mentioned the prevalence of disc herniations in the asymptomatic population. We discussed that despite prevailing thought that approximately 50% of the population has an asymptomatic (painless) herniated discs, we discovered that the true number is probably closer to 20%. The other 80 percent of population that has herniated discs get to be this way due to the gradual breakdown of
Disc Herniations resulting from Baltimore Auto Accidents Before we discuss different types of disc inflammatory processes in my next blog post, I’d like to discuss some popular myths regarding disc herniation in the “asymptomatic population.” The asymptomatic population refers to people like you who walk around without neck and back pain. When I treat patients involved in Baltimore auto accidents if they are not improving with therapy quickly I will usually refer them for an
The Difference in Effectiveness of Medical vs. Chiropractic Care In The Treatment of Acute and Chronic Back Pain Have you ever considered what type of provider is the best suited to treat back pain? Since there are so many treatment options available today, it is quite challenging to make this decision without a little help. To facilitate, a study looking at this very question compared the effectiveness between medical and chiropractic intervention. Over a 4-year
Does Chiropractic Work? – What Do Insurance Companies Say? If chiropractic care helps patients get better faster and costs the patient and/or insurance company less, shouldn’t EVERY low back pain patient FIRST see a chiropractor before any other type of doctor? That is in fact, what should be done, based on a recent report! On October 20, 2009, a report was delivered on the impact on population, health and total health care spending. It was
Low Back Pain with Radiation Following Baltimore Auto Accidents As many of you who follow my blog realize, I enjoy writing about the area of whiplash injuries associated with Baltimore auto accidents. Although on the surface you may think that if you’ve seen one auto accident you’ve seen them all, each case and its individual differences are really interesting to me. One area that I have not spent much time on is the idea of