Stouffville Chiropractic Health Centre

09/02/2025

Quantum optical coherence in cytoskeletal microtubules: Implications for brain function

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/15280350_Quantum_optical_coherence_in_cytoskeletal_microtubules_Implications_for_brain_function?fbclid=IwY2xjawMkUpRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF6dVRxcDdDQ2gxa0VoV0luAR5f0FKZ2XFzfJckZpltW1KWP4LoF1hYiBKZu9Ogz3agS1zXCKc1x-fNeHdTQg_aem_80k2fsevi67Lc_O_3-lgLA

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04/29/2025

The Effects of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment on Brain Activity: A Scoping Review of MRI and EEG Studies

by Mirjam Bonanno 1,*ORCID,Giuseppe Alfredo Papa 2,Paola Ruffoni 3,Emanuele Catalioto 4,Rosaria De Luca 1ORCID,Maria Grazia Maggio 1ORCID andRocco Salvatore Calabrò 1ORCID
1
IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Cda Casazza, SS 113, 98124 Messina, Italy
2
Kinestudio, Via Albero Perroni, Terme Vigliatore, 97050 Messina, Italy
3
International College of Osteopathic Medicine, 20092 Milan, Italy
4
Radiodiagnostic Unit, A.O. Papardo, 98158 Messina, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Healthcare 2024, 12(13), 1353; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12131353
In conclusion, OMT seems to have a role in influencing functional changes in brain activity in healthy individuals and even more in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain.

Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) is a hands-on therapy aiming to achieve the global homeostasis of the patient. OMT focuses on treating the somatic dysfunctions characterized by tissue modifications, body asymmetry, and range-of-motion restrictions. The benefits related to OMT are thought to...

03/13/2023

Corrective sitting strategies: An examination of muscle activity and spine loading

Marcos Duarte
2014, Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology
Conclusion
While sitting, there are two fundamental and contrasting movement patterns to adjust the posture from a slouch position to an upright trunk position, a lumbopelvic pattern and a thoracic pattern, at least in the young and healthy participants studied here. The lumbopelvic pattern, which involves hip flexion to align the spine, generates a smaller joint moment on the lumbar spine than the thoracic pattern, which is a movement that occurs predominantly in the thoracic-lumbar spine transition region. The lumbo-pelvic strategy also positions the lumbar spine closest to the neutral posture minimizing passive tissue stress. This may be the strategy of choice for people with low back flexion intolerance, although the relevance of this hypothesis awaits further research.

03/12/2023

Vertebrogenic Pain: A Paradigm Shift in Diagnosis and Treatment of Axial Low Back Pain
Aaron Conger, DO, Matthew Smuck, MD, Eeric Truumees, MD, Jeffrey C Lotz, PhD, Michael J DePalma, MD, Zachary L McCormick, MD
Pain Medicine, Volume 23, Issue Supplement_2, August 2022, Pages S63–S71, https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnac081
Published: 20 July 2022

Summary
Accumulated damage to the discovertebral complex may result in chemical and mechanical sensitization of endplate nocioceptors resulting in chronic vertebrogenic LBP.

Midline LBP, pain exacerbation by physical activity, sitting, and forward flexion are factors associated with treatment success after BVN RFA.

In appropriately selected patients, BVN RFA results in substantial reduction in pain and disability in the majority of those treated at 12 months, with similar long term outcomes at 5 years.

The presence of MC1 or MC2 is currently the best radiographic indicator of vertebrogenic pain. Outcomes after BVN RFA are not impacted by the volume of MC, location of MC, degree of disc degeneration, or presence/size of endplate defects. Patients with MC1 vs MC2 experience similar rates of success after BVN RFA.

Clinicians are encouraged to select patients for BVN RFA based upon the clinical and radiographic criteria used in published studies to date.

In 1966, an article reported that the source of chronic low back pain (CLBP) could not be identified in 79% of male and 89% of female patients from a general pr

03/09/2023

Front. Physiol., 08 March 2023
Sec. Exercise Physiology
Volume 14 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2023.1102526
Exercise improves depression through positive modulation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). A review based on 100 manuscripts over 20 years
Frederick R. Carrick

This review shows that acute exercise, particularly high-intensity exercise, elevates BDNF levels in healthy humans and clinical populations, as evidenced by aerobic and resistance-based studies. More importantly, there is an increase in BDNF concentrations with acute forms of exercise in people living with depression. However, to date, only one study has measured the severity of depression after acute/short-term exercise. Following acute/short-term exercise, there is a temporary increase in the concentration of BDNF, which rapidly returns to baseline levels, possibly indicating a quick re-uptake by the brain, aiding its neuroplasticity functions.

The aim of this review was to explore the relevant neurobiology and the association between peripheral levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and acute and short to long-term exercise regimes, as well as its relation to depression and antidepressant treatment. A 20-year literature search...

03/05/2023

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology
Corrective sitting strategies: An examination of muscle activity
and spine loading
Raquel Castanharo a, Marcos Duarte b, Stuart McGill c,

Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to quantify the load on the lumbar spine of subjects when they are asked to adjust from a slouched sitting posture into an upright posture with one of three different strategies:
In summary, the lumbopelvic pattern strategy using predominantly the movement of anterior pelvic tilt results in smaller joint moments on the lumbar spine and also positions the lumbar spine closest to the neutral posture minimizing passive tissue stress. This may be the strategy of choice for people with
low back flexion intolerance.

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03/02/2023

Research shows that spinal adjustments affect brain function and how the brain perceives pain

This study is the first to investigate the effect of HVLA-SM thrust magnitude on WDR and NS lateral thalamic mechanical response threshold. Our data suggest that, at the single lateral thalamic neuron level, there may be a minimal spinal manipulative thrust magnitude required to elicit an increase i...

02/26/2023

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36800722/

Studies indicated immediate improvement in range of motion as well as pain after thrust manipulation, but others reported no such clinical difference. Manipulation should be combined with other exercise therapy to ensure some clinical improvement.

02/25/2023

Distinct Clinical Features of Post-COVID-19 Vaccination Early-onset Graves’ Disease
Luigi di Filippo, Laura Castellino, Agnese Allora, Stefano Frara, Roberto Lanzi, Francesca Perticone, F***y Valsecchi, Alberto Vassallo, Raffaele Giubbini, Clifford J Rosen ... Show more
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Volume 108, Issue 1, January 2023, Pages 107–113, https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgac550
Published: 21 September 2022 Article history
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Abstract
Context
Several case reports of Graves’ disease (GD) occurrence after COVID-19 vaccination that are possibly related to the autoimmune syndrome induced by adjuvants (ASIA) were published recently.

Objective
The aim of our study was to evaluate possible distinctive features in the presentation and clinical course of patients with GD occurring early (within 4 weeks) after COVID-19 vaccination who attended our Endocrine Unit in 2021.

Methods
Patients with a first episode of GD attending a tertiary endocrine center between January 1, 2021, and December 31, 2021, were included.

Results
Sixty-four patients with a first episode of GD were seen in 2021: 20 (31.2%) of them had onset within 4 weeks following vaccine administration. Compared with the other 44 patients, the 20 patients with postvaccine early-onset (PoVEO) GD were older (median age 51 years vs 35 years, P = .003) and more likely to be male (40.0% vs 13.6%, P = .018). At diagnosis, the biochemical and immune profiles were similar between the 2 groups. However, at 3 months after starting methimazole, patients with PoVEO GD had significantly lower thyrotropin receptor antibody titer and were taking lower doses of methimazole than the other patients with GD. None in the PoVEO group had sustained free triiodothyronine elevation.

Conclusion
This relatively large series suggests that in 2021 PoVEO GD may be a new nosologic entity representing one-third of patients evaluated for new-onset GD in our center. Distinctive features included older age at onset, higher male prevalence, and a better initial biochemical and immunologic response to treatment. Further studies are warranted to clinically and biochemically differentiate these cases from sporadically occurring GD.

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02/20/2023

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36793568/
Alkhathami K, Alshehre Y, Brizzolara K, Weber M, Wang-Price S. Effectiveness of Spinal Stabilization Exercises on Movement Performance in Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain. Int J Sports Phys Ther. 2023 Feb 1;18(1):169-172. doi: 10.26603/001c.68024. PMID: 36793568; PMCID: PMC9897033.

The results of the study favor SSEs over GEs in improving movement performance for individuals with CLBP, specifically after four weeks of the supervised SSE program.

02/20/2023

BEYOND THE NOISE

Synovial joints can actually be found all along the length of
the spine and your DC will refer to them as “facet joints.”
Facet joints contain lots of tiny nerves⁴ to detect position
and they are by far the most common joint type adjusted in
the chiropractic office.⁵
The formal term for the popping noise is ‘joint cavitation,’
which is the audible exchange of gas within the joint. It is
important to note that the avmount of cavitation does not
determine the success of an adjustment. Though joint noise
does often occur, different types of adjustments will have
different levels of cavitation. Even similar adjustments on
different occasions may not exhibit the same sounds. Many
low impact adjustments will not have any noise at all but
they are as equally as effective to restore joint function.⁶
A synovial joint provides the ability for movement but it also
limits movement to prevent injury.⁷ Though it isn’t difficult
to pop a knuckle to simply make a noise, it is possible to
actually over-stretch the capsule or move joints of the
spine in the wrong direction and cause harm or injury.
This is why you should never try to adjust yourself or allow
someone else to try if they are not professionally educated.
It is pertinent that only trained specialists should issue a
chiropractic adjustment to your spine or extremities.
Specific adjustments go way beyond a sound show
and provide multiple physiological
benefits in the process

• The restoration of normal range of motion as the
locked facet joint is freed from restriction.
• The normalization of nerve function (or even vascular
function) for those structures that might be directly
affected.
• The relaxation of muscles adjacent to the joint as they
are able to stop ‘protecting’ the joint through spasm
and resume their natural tonicity.
• A decrease in inflammation when the stress on the
joint is resolved.
• A decrease in pain through the release of endorphins
at the region of care.⁸
THESE ASPECTS OF CHIROPRACTIC CARE CAN
HELP REDUCE THE NEED FOR PATIENTS TO TAKE
OTHER MEDICATIONS such as muscle relaxers, antiinflammatory
drugs or pain killers. What happens during a
chiropractic adjustment is multifold and complex. It holds
the advantage of safely restoring properly functioning joints,
and also aids in providing relief from the many symptoms
associated with it, naturally.

02/20/2023

What makes the sound when a Chiropractor makes an adjustment?

Everyone wants to know
what the ‘popping’ noise is
that is experienced during
some adjustments. Though
minds may race to bones cracking
and rubbing together, the answer
is much softer. DCS ADJUST
SYNOVIAL JOINTS. These are
freely moveable joints created by two
bones surrounded by a joint capsule.
The capsule is filled with a lubricant called
synovial fluid. Synovial fluid also serves as a
source of nutrients for the cells that maintain the
joint cartilage. Within its contents, synovial fluid
also contains dissolved gases of oxygen, nitrogen and
carbon dioxide.³
When a synovial joint is stretched, it can create pressure
within the fluid that results in an exchange of dissolved gases. In
some instances, that exchange will create a sound.
DCs will often explain to first-time patients, especially children,
that they may hear a sound so that the noise isn’t alarming. IT’S
IMPORTANT FOR PATIENTS TO KNOW THAT THEIR BONES
ARE NOT MAKING THE CRACKING NOISE!