Tennessee Chiropractic Association

F4CP Issues Follow-up White Paper – Chiropractic: A Key to America’s Opioid Exit Strategy

Posted in: Back Pain, Cost-Effectiveness, Neck Pain, Safety

‘Chiropractic: A Key to America’s Opioid Exit Strategy’ (www.f4cp.com/opioid2.0) is a follow-up discussion to ‘Chiropractic: A Safer Strategy than Opioids’ (www.f4cp.com/opioidwp-download.php) (June 2016), which examines[...]

American life expectancy has been cut short by opioids

Posted in: Articles, Addressing Pain, Research, Safety

According to a newly released study, opioid drugs — including both legally prescribed painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, as well as illegal drugs such[...]

Eat Away Your Headache

Posted in: Research, Headache, Wellness, Other

Chronic headache sufferers may find pain relief in their food choices. Omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids have been shown to impact physical pain and psychological[...]

Chiropractic Care + Shoe Orthotics = Significant Med-free Pain Relief

Posted in: Back Pain, Research, Wellness, Other

For years, chiropractors have prescribed custom foot orthotics to patients suffering with back pain. A new study conducted by the National University of Health Sciences[...]

How to Deal with Hyperglycemia

Posted in: Research, Wellness, Other

It is not uncommon for people to trivialize hyperglycemia, sometimes referred to as pre-diabetes. It is characterized by fasting blood glucose levels that exceed 100[...]

Benefits of Vitamin D Continue to Grow

Posted in: Research, Wellness, Other

Vitamin D is widely known to be involved in bone metabolism and acquired largely from exposure to sunlight and, to a lesser extent, to dietary[...]

Research Shows Spinal Manipulative Therapy Benefits Low –Back Pain Patients

Posted in: Back Pain, Research, Safety

A group of researchers reviewed 26 randomized clinical trials to determine if there was reasonable evidence that spinal manipulative therapy is beneficial for patients with[...]

Chiropractic for GI Disorders? YES!

Posted in: Research, Other

Canadian researchers reviewed studies regarding chiropractic care for disorders of the gastro-intestinal (GI) tract. A total of 21 articles published in peer-reviewed journals between 1980[...]

Study Shows How You Carry a Heavy Load Matters

Posted in: Back Pain, Research, Safety

Many military personnel have experienced low back pain associated with carrying heavy loads. While there is data related to the soldier’s posture when carrying heavy[...]

How Long Does It Take To Become Addicted To Opioids?

Posted in: News, Back Pain, Articles, Addressing Pain, Research, Safety

Sadly, the answer is not long – and a much shorter time than most people would expect. According to a recent study, the transition from[...]

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