Simmons Chiropractic, Rehab and Functional Neurology

07/10/2020

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/933673?nlid=136338_5402&src=wnl_dne_200710_mscpedit&uac=320546SZ&impID=2454311&faf=1

Serum levels of neurofilament light chain, a marker of brain injury, can help detect concussion and its severity and predict recovery in patients with mild traumatic brain injury.

07/10/2019

Evidence links alterations in gut bacteria to Fibromyalgia

Patients with fibromyalgia appear to have microbiome alterations, including deletions and an abundance of specific gut bacteria that differ from healthy controls.

06/27/2019

Mental imagery of moving a limb creates plastic changes in the brain.

Recent findings have been challenging current understanding of how fast the human brain change its structural and functional connections in response t…

03/15/2019

For those of you who take statins for hypercholesterolemia, CoQ10 supplementation can help with muscle pain and fatigue associated with the use of cholesterol lowering drugs.
This is a meta-analysis study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

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11/17/2018

Yet another study that illustrates the beneficial effects of exercise on the brain.

As researchers unravel the molecular machinery that links exercise and cognition, working out is emerging as a promising neurotherapy.

06/28/2018

https://www.google.com/amp/s/blog.frontiersin.org/2018/06/07/neuroscience-leg-exercise-brain-nervous-system-health/amp/

Groundbreaking research shows leg exercise is critical to neurological health, altering current brain and nervous system medicine: Frontiers in Neuroscience

03/16/2018

Providing testimony for Connecticut Legislature concerning concussion and protective sports equipment.

03/13/2018

Neck joint receptors effect sympathetic control of blood flow to the lower limbs

03/01/2018

The link between convergence insufficiency and idiopathic neck pain may be altered afferent input from the cervical spine .

02/13/2018

Another study using new imaging techniques showing damage to brain pathways and area post concussion.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-single-concussion-may-triple-the-long-term-risk-of-suicide1/