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Heat or Ice AFTER Manual Therapy: Revisiting the Evidence for Optimal Recovery

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1-3) When To Use ICE Therapy In a neck pain trial, patients received cervical mobilizations with cryotherapy; after 5 weeks, pain and disability improved significantly. Notably, cryotherapy plus mobilization produced greater reductions in neck pain and disability than a similar program that added stretching exercises. (4)

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Heat vs. Cold Therapy: Which is Best for Musculoskeletal Injuries

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2017 Mar 7;8:93. Noninvasive treatments for acute, subacute, and chronic low back pain: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians. 2017 Apr 4;166(7):514-30. Effects of supplemental heat therapy in multimodal treated chronic low back pain patients on strength and flexibility.

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Chiropractic Keywords: A Detailed Guide to Get Started

iMatrix

For example, you might find that “neck pain relief near me” has a strong search volume but less competition than broader keywords. If you notice that “sciatica treatment near me” or “neck pain relief” are starting to gain clicks, you can focus more content on those topics.

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5 Effective Cervicogenic Headache Treatments

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2017 Feb 1;98(2):211-9. Patients with neck pain demonstrate reduced electromyographic activity of the deep cervical flexor muscles during performance of the craniocervical flexion test. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation. Page P, Frank CC, Lardner R. Assessment and treatment of muscle imbalance. (No

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The Top 3 Nerve Flossing Techniques Every Chiropractor Must Know—And Why You Can’t Ignore Them

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With evidence supporting its role in reducing symptoms for a wide range of conditions—lower back pain, neck pain, sciatica, carpal tunnel, and shoulder impingement, to name a few—nerve flossing is a must-know for every practitioner. 2017 Sep;47(9):593-615. Basson A, Olivier B, Ellis R, Coppieters M, Stewart A, Mudzi W.

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7 Benefits of Kinesio Taping

Fisher Chiropractic

One small 2017 study found that using kinesio tape to create additional space in the knee joint helped relieve patellofemoral pain, and related studies have published similar findings for the shoulder joint as well. Experts can use the tape to increase the space around the joint, even by just a fraction.

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Head and neck injuries make up nearly 28 percent of all electric scooter accident injuries

ScienceDaily: Back and Neck Pain

A new study is sounding the alarm on the rise of electric scooter injuries, and particularly head and neck injuries, since the 2017 introduction of e-scooter rideshare programs in urban centers.