Bartley Chiropractic

08/13/2025

07/16/2025

Chiropractic care/spinal manipulation with acupuncture, was proven to be substantially better than other treatments for lumbar disc herniations. Three month follow ups were also substantially better overall for the patient.

If you have a low back problem bulging disc
or a disc herniation, our techniques have shown 80 to 90% improvement rates.!
Conclusion: This study demonstrates that acupuncture combined with spinal manipulation significantly reduces pain and improves lumbar function in Lumbar disc herniation patients compared to other tested interventions. The symptom relief rate was significantly higher in the acupuncture + manipulation group compared to the acupuncture, manipulation, and traction groups.

https://www.chictr.org.cn/index.aspx, identifier ChiCTR2200058598.

07/08/2025

Spinal adjustments was shown to be the most effective treatment for cervicogenic neck pain, and headaches compared to massage and exercise.
This is the third most common thing we see in our office and we have excellent results with our techniques.
Give us a call 812-482-6600

To evaluate and compare the safety and efficacy of spinal manipulation, mobilization, and massage for the management of cervicogenic headache (CGH) using meta-analytic techniques. Comprehensive searches were conducted in Cochrane, Embase, PubMed, ...

05/29/2025

These findings indicate that many health benefits of chiropractic care are due to altered brain activity.

05/14/2025

ACUTE NECK PAIN
This is an excellent data analysis showing the efficacy of chiropractic adjustments in the treatment of acute neck pain. The study shows a greater than 15% improvement of pain, range of motion and disability using chiropractic manipulation over pharmaceutical and medical treatment.

Neck pain is the second most common thing we see in our office besides low back pain and we utilize Cox technique, which is a low force non-invasive treatment versus a high velocity adjustment such as cracking the neck. Patients love it!

Next time you have a neck problem or pain referring into your arms, give us a call at 812–482–6600. Conservative care should be your first treatment before you do drugs, injections, or surgery.

PROSPERO CRD42021264411.

04/22/2025

Dr. Bartley's daughter, Avery, will be featured on WITZ 104.7 today to talk about her experience seeing Pope Francis Sunday and attending Easter Mass in Rome.

04/06/2025

We see several young people in the office with low back pain, and this is a very good study explaining why. What it reveals as that 75% of adolescents between the ages of 11 and 18 show some degree of degeneration on MRI….After their growth spurt. Evaluating your spine at a young age definitely has its advantages.
Call our office at 812–482–6600 if you have any questions.

More relative growth between ages 11 and 18 is significantly associated with the occurrence of DD in emerging adulthood. Among the measures investigated, height and sitting height are nonmodifiable. Maintaining an ideal body weight during the pubertal growth spurt may be beneficial for the health of...

03/18/2025

Dr. Bartley will be out of the office this afternoon until March 31. If you need us while he is out, please give us a call at 812-482-6600. We will be checking messages and returning phone calls while the office is closed.

03/13/2025

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. James Cox, our mentor and leader in chiropractic care. Dr. Cox was a pioneer in chiropractic creating Cox technique which has helped thousands of patients assist and manage their spinal related pain. I have been a certified Cox technique provider for over 30 years and Dr. Cox has been instrumental in guiding us and thousands of chiropractors in the world. He will be sadly missed, but his contributions and legacy will continue to forge forward in evidence-based treatment and management of spinal related pain. Rest in peace and our prayers go out to Dr. Cox and his family. 

Dr. James M Cox DC DACBR passed away on March 3, 2025.

02/23/2025

If you have chronic back pain, research shows do not get a spinal injection. There are other conservative measures that can assist you. Like exercise, chiropractic, physical therapy and any movement based care.

A panel of international experts give a strong recommendation that spine injections should not be given to adults with chronic back pain because they provide little or no pain relief compared with sham injections
bmj.com/content/388/bm…
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Clinical question What is the comparative effectiveness and safety of commonly used interventional procedures (such as spinal injections and ablation procedures) for chronic axial and radicular spine pain that is not associated with cancer or inflammatory arthropathy? Current practice Chronic spine....

02/23/2025

I have attended many CPR classes over the years, but was never told this…..
When you are alone and have a heart attack. What are you gonna do then ?
A rarely good post that can't be shared often enough:
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Take a 2 minute break and read this:
Let's say it's 5:25 pm and you're driving home after an unusually hard day's work.
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You are really tired and frustrated.
All of a sudden your chest pains. They are starting to radiate in the arm and jaw. It feels like being stabbed in the chest and heart. You're only a few miles away from the nearest hospital or home.
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Unfortunately you don't know if you can make it..
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Maybe you've taken CPR training, but the person running the course hasn't told you how to help yourself.
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How do you survive a heart attack when you're alone when it happens? A person who is feeling weak and whose heart is beating hard has only about 10 seconds before losing consciousness.
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But you can help yourself by coughing repeatedly and very strongly! Deep breaths before every cough. Coughing should be repeated every second until you arrive at the hospital or until your heart starts to beat normally.
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Deep breathing gives oxygen to your lungs and coughing movements boost the heart and blood circulation. Heart pressure also helps to restore a normal heartbeat. Here's how cardiac arrest victims can make it to the hospital for the right treatment
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Cardiologists say if someone gets this message and passes it on to 10 people, we can expect to save at least one life.
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FOR WOMEN: You should know that women have additional and different symptoms. Rarely have crushing chest pain or pain in the arms. Often have indigestion and tightness across the back at the bra line plus sudden fatigue.
Instead of posting jokes, you're helping save lives by spreading this message.
❤️ COPY (hold your finger, click on the text and select copy, go to your own page and where you normally want to write, select finger again and paste)

02/19/2025

Raw HONEY can lower inflammation 75% according to this study!
We offer local raw honey for $8/bottle.