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

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When treating musculoskeletal injuries, chiropractors often face the key question of when to use heat vs ice therapy. Understanding the benefits of ice and heat therapy can significantly impact a patient's healing journey. Mechanisms and efficacy of heat and cold therapies for musculoskeletal injury. Kwiecien SY.

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

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After manual therapy, heat is often used to soothe tight muscles or to maintain tissue elasticity gains from stretching/mobilization. When To Use HEAT Therapy Heat is commonly recommended for chronic or subacute musculoskeletal pain. Clinical guidelines for low back pain notably endorse superficial heat as an effective therapy.

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HSS Presents Innovative Research Aimed at Faster Recovery After Knee Surgery at AAOS Annual Meeting

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We found that limiting tourniquet use was associated with slightly lower rates of opioid use to control pain after surgery and a quicker ability to complete physical therapy and leave the hospital, said Brian P. The study included more than 23,000 people who had TKA at HSS between 2017 and 2021. 3 in rheumatology by U.S.

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Time to start thinking big: The 27th Annual Salary and Expense Survey

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“Black Americans were as likely as White Americans to access occupational therapy or physical therapy but half as likely to access chiropractic care,” noted a Boston Medical Center press release about the study. Females made up 25% of respondents in 2023, 27% in 2022, 25% in 2021, 28% in 2020 and 23.3% TECAR therapy: 0.6%

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Top 7 Things Chiropractors Need to Know About Back Mice (Episacral Lipomas)

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Pain and Therapy. 2021 Dec;10(2):1029-50. Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Science. Adipose tissue as pain generator in the lower back and lower extremity: application in musculoskeletal medicine. Cañis Parera M, Expósito Izquierdo M, Cabré Vila JJ. Copeman WS. British Medical Journal. 1949 Jul 7;2(4620):191.

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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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Quick Tutorial : Neurodynamics 101: What You Need to Know in 90 Seconds Chiropractors know all too well the impact of poor neurodynamics on musculoskeletal health. 2021 Jun 1;20(2):59-69. Journal of orthopaedic & sports physical therapy. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. Physical Therapy.

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Treat knee conditions with high-energy inductive therapy and extracorporeal shockwave therapy

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The patient tolerated the procedure well and progressed toward full weight bearing in physical therapy (PT). 1, 2021, the patient’s knee became infected with Cutibacterium acnes , which was treated with an extensive washout with an antibiotic solution and replacement of the acrylic portion of the implant. Stratton, S.