Income as a Predictor for Coping with Chronic Back Pain
How can we predict how well a person will cope with pain or respond to management in terms of chronic back pain? It might sound like an unanswerable question, but…
Chiropractic Management of MND
A recent case report, the first to emerge from ASRF’s Case Report Project, has been published in the Asia Pacific Chiropractic Journal. The novel report discussed the case of a…
Study Predicts Short Term Responses to Spinal Manipulative Therapy in Back Pain Sufferers
There is a plethora of research that shows us that chiropractic care can be effective for, and is recommended in the clinical guidelines for, effective management of chronic low back…
Neurobiological basis of chiropractic care for major depression
Is there ever a more pertinent time to talk about chiropractic care and depression than eighteen months into a pandemic, when it has been widely reported that many mental health…
Chiropractic Care and Neuroplasticity Post Stroke: A Case Report
In 2020, 27,428 Australians experience stroke for the first time in their lives. This equates to about one stroke every 19 minutes. [1] It is one of the biggest killers…
Cranial Chiropractic Care in an Adult: Case report
Usually when we hear about cranial work in the wide world of chiropractic, it has to do with the care of infants and young children. The bones of the cranium…
Muscular Dystrophy under Chiropractic Care
Muscular Dystrophy is not the kind of diagnosis that anyone likes to hear. Usually diagnosed in childhood, it refers to a group of genetic diseases that result in progressive loss…
Plagiocephaly, cervical range of movement & primitive reflexes in an infant under chiropractic care
A new case report has hit the Asia Pacific Chiropractic Journal covering the chiropractic-plus-helmet co-management of an infant with plagiocephaly. Plagiocephaly is the clinical term for when an infant develops…
Resolution of a left sided trigger finger in a 2½ year-old female
The first association many of us have with the term “Trigger finger” is that of Western movies and stand-off scenes, perhaps with a tumbleweed rolling by. But for many, trigger…
Coeliacs Disease under Chiropractic Care: Case Report
Coeliac’s Disease is a monster we know well these days. It’s an autoimmune disease provoked by proteins present in gluten-containing foods such as wheat, rye, and barley, and sometimes even…