Insurance companies have historically attempted to convince their insureds that accidents with low property damage claims do not justify medical claims. With the MIST (minor impact soft tissue) guidelines, Allstate even went so far as to create adjuster guidelines that segmented out auto accident claims with less than $1,000 damage. Claims adjusters were instructed that,...
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The following article is from a US News article, published March 19, 2013. Physical therapy is comparable to surgery in improving movement and reducing pain for some patients with knee arthritis and torn knee cartilage, new research finds. Many middle-aged and older adults have severe knee pain due to a tear in the meniscus, a...
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Previous studies have found rehabilitation programs to have efficacy roughly equal to lumbar fusion when chronic patients are randomized into treatment groups.(1-4) Hellum and colleagues recently attempted to compare the efficacy of a rehabilitation program to surgery with disc prosthesis.(5) Their results were released by the British Medical Journal this past May. Researchers randomized 173...
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Not only is discogenic pain common; it is often debilitating and refractory to multiple types of care. Popular interventions for discogenic pain include intradiscal electrothermal therapy, spinal fusions, and artificial discs. In conservative pain medicine, our treatment options include exercise therapy, facet injections, radiofrequency ablations, pharmacotherapy, etc. However, at Care Medical Center, we offer the...
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A research study recently published in Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing adds to the medical and scientific communities’ understanding of auto related neck injuries (1). Insurance companies have long argued that low impact automobile collisions do not produce sufficient force to cause serious injury. This is patently untrue. As health care practitioners, we have...
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Most people that have experienced this painful condition will call it a "pinched nerve", exclaiming, "it feels like I've pinched a nerve". However, the majority of the time there's a bit more going on! Between each of the bones of the spine there are a pair of openings, which are individually called the intervertebral foramen...
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Your sciatic nerve is the longest and widest nerve in your body, and runs from the lower back, down through the buttock, and all the way into the lower leg, where it controls the muscles in that area. It also provides sensation to the thighs, legs, and the soles of the feet. When the sciatic...
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Research shows that doctors can and should be doing a better job in the treatment of whiplash injuries. Current trends in the medical treatment of whiplash not only increase long-term morbidity for millions of Americans; the ineffectiveness of care makes it very difficult to quantify correctly the damage done by auto accidents. Patients with acute...
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Mechanical stress over the years of our life is often considered as a primary contributor to the deterioration of joints, ligaments, and tendons. Commonly known as arthritis or osteoarthritis it primarily affects the larger joints of the body such as the hips, knees and the lumbar spine. The shoulder is also prone to undergoing arthritic...
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Traveling can be rough on the body. Whether you are traveling alone on business or on your way to a sunny resort with your family, long hours in a car or an airplane can leave you stressed, tired, stiff and sore. "Prolonged sitting can wreak havoc on your body," says Dr. Scott Bautch, a member...
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