The Chronic Pain Crisis is the Opioid Crisis

Bottom Line:   What began as a chronic pain epidemic has evolved into our current opioid crisis. For decades, opioids were marketed as a "safer" alternative to treat chronic pain. However, as the number of people with chronic pain...

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The Opioid Crisis: How Did We End Up Here?

Bottom Line:   About 30 years ago, there was a fundamental shift in medicine as to how pain was understood and treated. The number of people with chronic pain seemed to be rising, and it was thought that the options to address the pain...

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5 Signs Injured in a Car Accident

One of the biggest mistakes people make after being in a minor car accident is to assume they escaped without injury. If you are able to walk away from a fender-bender or a simple rear-end accident you may just feel like it’s your lucky day. But...

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Harmonize with the seasons: Fall, the lungs and colon, and your health

We are now in the season of Autumn and with it we now face the impending threat of sickness that comes with the changing of the seasons. I would like to share with people some further information on the season, the organs associated with it and what...

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Chiropractic Services and Risk of Adverse Drug Events

There is more and more outreach to doctors and patients alike about the dangers of pain medications, both prescription and over the counter pain medications. Over the past several years there has been a shift in guidelines for treating spine pain. A...

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Thankfulness and abundance

It is Thanksgiving week and a time we should all take stock of the blessings in our lives. Be it large or small it is a real benefit to, not only recognize what is good in our lives, but to also actively acknowledge the goodness. In that light, I also...

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