Evidence-Based Chiropractic

Modern healthcare should be based on a combination of relevant current research, the clinical experience of your healthcare provider, and your wishes and values. This is called “evidence-based practice”.

You deserve to know the scientific facts about your healthcare. So, your healthcare provider should know what the best available evidence is that’s relevant to you, and they should share it with you when you see them. But not all things have yet been studied, so your healthcare provider also has to rely on their own clinical experience when caring for you.

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Headaches

Do you suffer from headaches, or do you know someone who does? If you do, know that you are not alone. The head is actually the most common site of pain in the body. Headaches can range from a mild pain that comes and goes, through to constant intense pain that’s so bad you have to crawl into bed with a bucket in case you throw up!

Headaches, like any pain in your body, are a sign that something is not quite right. Your brain will create for you the sensation of pain if it thinks there is something wrong or if it thinks there is a potential problem.

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Explaining Lower Back Pain

Do you suffer from lower back pain? It is now the leading cause of disability worldwide. Back pain guidelines recommend seeing a chiropractor or other form of healthcare before medications such as relaxants or opioid-based pain relief.

Back pain can be frustrating and debilitating. With so many suffering from back pain, doctors often don’t know what’s causing the pain, as most of the time, back pain isn’t due to something like a fracture or an infection. It’s often due to a change in how your back is moving and functioning, which changes how your brain senses what is going on in your back.

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