Perns Back and Neck Clinic

07/28/2025

07/27/2025

Many assume pharmaceutical companies aim to improve public health, but profit often takes priority. From marketing tactics to controlling care narratives, Big Pharma's influence raises serious ethical concerns.

02/27/2025

A gentle, non-invasive approach: chiropractic care can be life-changing for children with recurring ear infections. 👧💛
https://vertebralsubluxationresearch.com/coherence/

06/27/2024

02/12/2024

01/08/2024

Laser therapy is a safe and effective treatment.

Laser Therapy for Incision Healing in 9 Dogs
Wardlaw, et.al.

Laser therapy is becoming common place in veterinary medicine with little evidence proving efficacy or dosages. This study evaluated surgical wound healing in canines. Twelve Dachshunds underwent thoraco-lumbar hemilaminectomies for intervertebral disc disease (IVDD). Digital photographs were taken of their incisions within 24 h of surgery and 1, 3, 5, 7, and 21 days postoperatively. The first three dogs were used to create a standardized scar scale to score the other dogs' incision healing. The remaining 9 dogs were randomly assigned to either receive 8 J/cm2 laser therapy once a day for 7 days or the non-laser treated control group. Incision healing was scored based on the scar scale from 0 to 5, with zero being a fresh incision and five being completely healed with scar contraction and hair growth. All scar scores significantly improved with increasing time from surgery (

10/06/2023

𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐰-𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐀 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥
Madieros, et.al.

Objectives: To evaluate the effects of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) on functional rehabilitation following hamstring strain injury (HSI) in amateur athletes treated with an exercise-based rehabilitation program.

Design: Randomized controlled trial.

Methods: Male athletes (18-40 years old) who sustained HSI were randomized in LLLT or placebo groups. All patients were engaged in the same exercise-based rehabilitation program until they met specific criteria to return to sport. Hamstring muscles were treated with LLLT or placebo immediately after each rehabilitation session. The primary outcome was time-to-return to sport. Secondary outcomes were the number of rehabilitation sessions, hamstring flexibility, hamstring strength, and re-injury rate.

Results: Twenty-four athletes began rehabilitation, and 22 (11 per group) completed the study schedule. Participants of LLLT and placebo groups had similar age, body size, injury characteristics, and baseline levels of hamstring flexibility and strength. The two groups increased flexibility and strength similarly throughout the rehabilitation program. Time-to-return to sport was the same for athletes treated with LLLT (23 ± 9 days) and placebo (24 ± 13 days). There were no re-injuries within 6 months after return to sport.

Conclusion: LLLT, as used in this study, did not optimize functional rehabilitation following HSI in amateur athletes treated with an exercise-based rehabilitation program.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1466853X19305863

05/24/2023

The word “chiropractic” combines the Greek words cheir (hand) and praxis (action), and means “done by hand”.

03/16/2023

Steps To Ignite Your Passion

16/16. Track this ratio with your team, or family for a week to gauge productivity.

Lee J. Colan-Author

03/15/2023

Steps To Ignite Your Passion

15. Check the balance on your life’s ledger.

03/14/2023

With opioids still causing big problems in our world, consider sharing a safe alternative to pain management.

𝐋𝐨𝐰-𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐑 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐄𝐃 (𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲) 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬
DE OLIVEIRA, et.al. (full paper available click on HTML or PDF)

[...] Over the past several decades, physicians have become increasingly willing to prescribe opioids to manage pain. However, the opioid use can cause side effects as poor coordination, sedation, mood swings, depression, and anxiety combined with a dependence on the drugs. In the rehabilitation setting, patients benefit most when their health providers utilize a multimodal approach combining different types of therapies and when patients take on a significant role in optimal management of their own pain. The use of light as a therapeutic alternative form of medicine to manage pain and inflammation has been proposed to fill this void. Photobiomodulation therapy applied in the form of low-intensity Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (LASER) and light-emitting diode (LED) has been shown to reduce inflammation and swelling, promote healing, and reduce pain for an array of musculoskeletal conditions. There is evidence that photobiomodulation therapy reduces pain intensity in non-specific knee pain, osteoarthritis, pain post-total hip arthroplasty, fibromyalgia, temporomandibular diseases, neck pain, and low back pain. Therefore, the purpose of this paper was to present the up-to-dated evidence about the effects of low-intensity LASER and LED (photobiomodulation therapy) on pain control of the most common musculoskeletal conditions. We observed that the photobiomodulation therapy offers a non-invasive, safe, drug-free, and side-effect-free method for pain relief of both acute and chronic musculoskeletal conditions as well as fibromyalgia.

https://www.minervamedica.it/en/journals/europa-medicophysica/article.php?cod=R33Y2022N02A0282