I had an interesting case this week of NTOS and he also had tinnitus that improved from the treatment.

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The book Crooked by Cathryn Jackobson Ramin is a must-read book for anyone who works with back pain patients or is considering a back surgery for low back pain.

I talk about research the author mentioned and some other research that will blow your mind.

Crooked is available on Audible if you prefer an audio book.

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The Value of Magnetic Resonance Imaging of The Lumbar Spine to Predict Low-Back Pain in Asymptomatic Subjects

The catastrophization effects of an MRI report on the patient and surgeon and the benefits of ‘clinical reporting’: results from an RCT and blinded trials

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Anterior shoulder pain on shoulder flexion

Anterior shoulder pain on planting a ski pole

Pseudo Frozen Shoulder

Restricted Shoulder Flexion

All cases I saw this week.

Pec Major and Lats for the win!

(Some dry needling was necessary)

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Is it frozen shoulder or an impingement?

Can we fix a frozen shoulder with acupuncture?

Here are my 2 cents.

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Double Crush Syndrome is mostly seen in the medical field as something rare that happens to people in an earthquake when a building collapses on them.

In the world of successfully treating peripheral neuropathies with Functional Acupuncture it's helpful to take a less restrictive definition of Double Crush.

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Why I'm calling my style of acupuncture Functional Acupuncture.

Janda famously said that there are 2 schools of thought in musculoskeletal medicine. Stuctural and Functional. Most are still using the Structural approach (and our patients are paying the price - literally)

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The functional approach to knee pain will look for movement dysfunction and attempt to correct it.

Others might blame arthritis, the patient's weight, L4-5 issues...

I'm going to look at joint pain as an issue of how the joint moves.

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Very interesting case this week.

And a second case of crippling pain where all the doctors threw their hands up and said, "there's nothing we can do."

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