Powerlifting and Low Back Pain
by Spine IQ Staff | May 18, 2022 | Conservative Spine Clinicians | 0 Comments
Welcome back to the SpineIQ Back Blog! This week, we are summarizing and discussing the clinically relevant findings of a novel study of powerlifting for chronic low back pain.1 Powerlifting and lifting heavy objects in general are an oft-debated topic in low back...
Low Back Pain and Motherhood
by Spine IQ Staff | May 11, 2022 | Conservative Spine Clinicians, Exercise, Women | 0 Comments
Welcome back to Spine IQ’s Back Blog! Mother’s day just passed and we would like to take this time to wish a very happy mother’s day to all of the mothers that read our blog. This week, our blog will focus on low back pain and motherhood. This blog will contain...
Evidence and Clinical Implications Surrounding the Relationship Between Depression, Anxiety, and Pain
by Spine IQ Staff | May 4, 2022 | Conservative Spine Clinicians | 0 Comments
Welcome back to Spine IQ’s BackBlog! Last week, we discussed the relationship between stress and pain. This week, we will continue the discussion surrounding psychological comorbidities and their clinically relevant association with pain, which is often overlooked by...
Helping Patients Cope With Stress
by Spine IQ Staff | Apr 26, 2022 | Conservative Spine Clinicians | 1 Comment
Welcome back to the Spine IQ BackBlog! This week, we will be discussing the prevalence of stress and how to help your patients cope with stress. Numerous definitions have been given for stress, the most common being a physical, mental, or emotional strain as a...
Advice for Low Back Pain
by Spine IQ Staff | Apr 19, 2022 | Conservative Spine Clinicians | 2 Comments
Welcome back to SpineIQ’s Back Blog! Last week we discussed self-management which is recommended as first-line treatment in every clinical practice guideline for low back pain. This week we will be discussing a treatment that is also recommended as first-line...
Self-Management For Low Back Pain
by Spine IQ Staff | Apr 13, 2022 | Conservative Spine Clinicians | 0 Comments
Welcome back to Spine IQ’s Back Blog! This week, we would like to discuss a complex topic that is recommended by every clinical practice guideline as treatment or goal for low back pain: self-management.1,2 Low back pain is thought to effect 80% of people at some...
Evaluating the Importance of Who is Delivering Care for Low Back Pain
by Spine IQ Staff | Apr 6, 2022 | Conservative Spine Clinicians | 1 Comment
Welcome back to Spine IQ’s BackBlog! This week, we would like to discuss findings summarized in a recent briefing from the Center for Health Workforce Studies at the University of Washington titled “Opioid prescriptions, radiography, and costs for self-limited...
Review of Study “Exercise for Chronic Low Back Pain”
by Dr. Wren Burton, Geronimo Bejarano & Dr. Christine Goertz | Mar 30, 2022 | Conservative Spine Clinicians | 0 Comments
Welcome back to Spine IQ’s BackBlog! We are finishing off Women’s History Month by focusing on a study led by Jill Hayden, DC, PhD and her team (3/5 woman co-authors) titled, “Exercise for chronic low back pain.”1 This Cochrane review is an update of Dr. Hayden’s 2005...
Review of Study “The relationship between spinal pain and comorbidity: cross-sectional analysis of community-dwelling, older Australian women.”
by Dr. Wren Burton, Geronimo Bejarano & Dr. Christine Goertz | Mar 23, 2022 | Conservative Spine Clinicians | 1 Comment
Welcome back to SpineIQ’s BackBlog! This week, we are highlighting a WFC-NCMIC Louis Sportelli Research Award winning paper led by Dr. Katie De Luca, titled “The relationship between spinal pain and comorbidity: cross-sectional analysis of community-dwelling, older...
Review of Study “Chiropractic care for adults with pregnancy-related low back, pelvic girdle pain, or combination pain: a systematic review” Weis et al.
by Dr. Wren Burton, Geronimo Bejarano & Dr. Christine Goertz | Mar 16, 2022 | Conservative Spine Clinicians | 0 Comments
Welcome back to SpineIQ’s Back Blog! This week, we will continue our month-long focus on women- led research for Women History month. Low back pain in pregnancy has been understudied considering the burden and prevalence. A recent study led by Dr. Carol Ann Weis,...