Hello professionally integrated, Here is a paper where the authors looked at patients who were diagnosed with “discogenic pain” and evaluated them with flexion extension lumbar x-rays to determine the likelihood of instability. This paper is great to explain how abnormal movement can lead to increased pain. The authors suggest this imaging should be done on patients with “nonspecific pain”… Read More
Hello Professionally Integrated, Knowing what position your patients head is in is important! Many studies show that a head turned can increase injury to the cervical spine in a MVC ( I posted this on this site). Here is a study that shows neck injuries greatly increase if the head is turned a little. In this paper they look at… Read More
Hello Professionally Integrated GOLD AND PREMIUM MEMBERS, Here is a fascinating study where the authors looked at that ALL and PLL and the vascular and nerve structures that also can get damaged when the ligament gets disrupted (This is found with particular signs on Xray). The disc, vascular bundles, and nerve bundles can also get disrupted with this particular ligament… Read More
Here is a study Professionally Integrated wants you to be familiar with. This study shows how head and neck position and/or direction of the impact, will increase the possibility of injury to the cervical spine. I feel this is important to know because in a trauma, like a car crash, knowing our patients head postilion is more clinically relevant than… Read More
Hello Professionally Integrated Members! Here is a paper where the authors look at C1 INJURY AND INSTABILITY. This is an injury that can be common in car crashes and is not “just whiplash” and will NOT just get better in a few weeks like many insurance companies suggest. These authors go over imaging as well as clinical findings and the… Read More
Discussion about the recent cervical instability research paper published by Dr. Evan Katz et al. Read more about the paper “Diagnostic Accuracy of Videofluoroscopy for Symptomatic Cervical Spine Injury Following Whiplash Trauma” here. This webinar recording includes a LIVE Q&A session with Dr. Evan Katz. Below are a few excerpts from the paper: A total of 196 subjects… Read More
Here is what I believe to be one of the most groundbreaking papers on spinal biomechanics comparing injured patients and noninjured patients. I am proud to be one of the authors of this paper where we evaluated 196 patients. Some had chronic pain after a crash, while others have never had neck pain that lasted more than a week in… Read More
I just explained this paper to attorneys, docs, and other providers and it generated many new patients. Here is a complex study that looks at myelopathy in the cervical curve. Many studies I have posted show that abnormal shape and mechanics of the cervical spine will lead to myelopathy. This study looked at quality of life and how abnormal spinal mechanics… Read More
Here is a FREE paper and video I breakdown so you can have this information for yourselves and to further educate your patients, as well as document this in your notes. This paper suggests that instability is about 2 mm in the cervical spine, which is less than 3.5 mm that has been used for a very long time. However,… Read More
Hello Professionally Integrated, Here is another video and break down of a paper to help educate your patients and improve documentation to help validate your care. In this paper that authors look at an evaluate many MRIs and they measure many areas to look at the difference between patients in pain and those not in pain. Understanding these findings help… Read More
Hello professionally integrated, Here is a paper where the authors looked at patients who were diagnosed with “discogenic pain” and evaluated them with flexion extension lumbar x-rays to determine the likelihood of instability. This paper is great to explain how abnormal movement can lead to increased pain. The authors suggest this imaging should be done on patients with “nonspecific pain”… Read More
Hello Professionally Integrated GOLD AND PREMIUM MEMBERS, Here is a fascinating study where the authors looked at that ALL and PLL and the vascular and nerve structures that also can get damaged when the ligament gets disrupted (This is found with particular signs on Xray). The disc, vascular bundles, and nerve bundles can also get disrupted with this particular ligament… Read More
Here is a study Professionally Integrated wants you to be familiar with. This study shows how head and neck position and/or direction of the impact, will increase the possibility of injury to the cervical spine. I feel this is important to know because in a trauma, like a car crash, knowing our patients head postilion is more clinically relevant than… Read More
Hello Professionally Integrated Members! Here is a paper where the authors look at C1 INJURY AND INSTABILITY. This is an injury that can be common in car crashes and is not “just whiplash” and will NOT just get better in a few weeks like many insurance companies suggest. These authors go over imaging as well as clinical findings and the… Read More
I just explained this paper to attorneys, docs, and other providers and it generated many new patients. Here is a complex study that looks at myelopathy in the cervical curve. Many studies I have posted show that abnormal shape and mechanics of the cervical spine will lead to myelopathy. This study looked at quality of life and how abnormal spinal mechanics… Read More
Hello Professionally Integrated, Here is another video and break down of a paper to help educate your patients and improve documentation to help validate your care. In this paper that authors look at an evaluate many MRIs and they measure many areas to look at the difference between patients in pain and those not in pain. Understanding these findings help… Read More
Hello Professionally Integrated, here is a paper that helps us understand what signs to look for on imaging that can lead to worse outcomes. I believe we need to educate our patients about how our care can help minimize LONG TERM health problems. “Not all patients with spinal cord compression due to cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) have clinical symptoms and… Read More
Dear Professionally Integrated, Here is a cool paper that I believe 1) Helps us help more patients 2) Helps us understand more, making us different than most in our community 3) this suggests how much damage may be associated with abnormal spinal movement. The authors cut ligaments and joints of the spine before and after they measured vertebral spinal movement… Read More
Discussion about the recent cervical instability research paper published by Dr. Evan Katz et al. Read more about the paper “Diagnostic Accuracy of Videofluoroscopy for Symptomatic Cervical Spine Injury Following Whiplash Trauma” here. This webinar recording includes a LIVE Q&A session with Dr. Evan Katz. Below are a few excerpts from the paper: A total of 196 subjects… Read More
Here is what I believe to be one of the most groundbreaking papers on spinal biomechanics comparing injured patients and noninjured patients. I am proud to be one of the authors of this paper where we evaluated 196 patients. Some had chronic pain after a crash, while others have never had neck pain that lasted more than a week in… Read More
Here is a FREE paper and video I breakdown so you can have this information for yourselves and to further educate your patients, as well as document this in your notes. This paper suggests that instability is about 2 mm in the cervical spine, which is less than 3.5 mm that has been used for a very long time. However,… Read More