The 5-Steps to Relieve Tinnitus
My patient T.K. was a wreck. He looked like he hadn’t slept in a week. I asked him what was going on.
“It’s nothing you can fix, doc,” he said. “I’ve been to three specialists, and they all told me the same thing…
“I’ve got tinnitus, and I just have to live with it.”
Luckily, I was able to help him.
Tinnitus is an aggravating, nerve-racking, and unseen condition.
The constant ringing in your ears robs you of sleep, makes you miserable as it drowns out your hearing, and, over time, makes you more prone to illness. Tinnitus also shatters your focus and concentration.
Sadly, up to 25% of the U.S. populatio...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - August 9, 2023 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Jacob Tags: Anti-Aging Source Type: news
Odds of Gabapentin Rx Down for Adults With LBP Receiving Spinal Manipulation
MONDAY, July 31, 2023 -- Adults receiving chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy (CSMT) for newly diagnosed radicular low back pain (rLBP) have significantly reduced odds of receiving a gabapentin prescription during one-year follow-up, according... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - July 31, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
A Hive Mind of Doctors Can Mean Better Care for Patients
If you’re like an unlucky 5% of American adults, you’ll visit a doctor with a medical complaint this year, only to be misdiagnosed and, often, misprescribed a treatment. If you’re like a far less lucky one of 100,000 hospitalized Americans, such a misdiagnosis will cost you your life. There are a lot of reasons for medical errors: inexperienced caregivers; ambiguous symptoms; understaffed hospitals, underlying conditions.
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But according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), there’s one more little...
Source: TIME: Health - July 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Student, 20, given weeks to live after lower back pain revealed to be rare blood cancer
Despite chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant, doctors have said his condition is terminal. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - July 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
"Back pain is part of sport … I'm just gonna have to live with it": exploring the lived experience of sport-related low back pain in adolescent athletes - Wall J, McGowan E, Meehan W, Wilson F.
OBJECTIVES: To examine the lived experience of adolescent athletes reporting an episode of sport-related low back pain (LBP), including effects on daily life, relationships with parent/guardians, teammates, and coaches with relation to LBP, experiences of ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 11, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Opioid analgesia for acute low back pain and neck pain (the OPAL trial): a randomised placebo-controlled trial - Jones CMP, Day RO, Koes BW, Latimer J, Maher CG, McLachlan AJ, Billot L, Shan S, Lin CWC, McLachlan H, Webb M, Hamilton M, Ahedi H, Barber A, Mak W, Mathieson S, Petrova V, Bompoint S, Shan S, Murnion B, Buckley N, Demirkol A, Wrigley P, Needs C, Brooks L, Cantori S, Preisz P, Aitken J, Allan S, Burke M, Cameron G, Cepeda FJV, Davis C, Dullur J, Emmanuel J, Errey C, Fieuw-Makaroff S, Gaudry A, Genua L, Longhurst I, McCroary K, Merhi D, Nguyen T, Obayd ZR, Penm M, Pobbathi S, Poh WS, Schnitzler P, Shahnaz S, Tan V, Tang D, Tan B, Thu WK, Triantopolous T, Venkatesan R, Wong WCF, Yang SC.
Background
Opioid analgesics are commonly used for acute low back pain and neck pain, but supporting efficacy data are scarce. We aimed to investigate the efficacy and safety of a judicious short course of an opioid analgesic for acute low back pain and n... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 11, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Opioids Not Beneficial for Pain Relief in Acute Low Back, Neck Pain
MONDAY, July 3, 2023 -- For acute nonspecific low back pain or neck pain, opioids do not confer benefits compared with placebo, according to a study published online June 28 in The Lancet.
Caitlin M.P. Jones, Ph.D., from the University of Sydney,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - July 3, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Effectiveness of integrative Korean medicine treatment in patients with traffic-accident-induced acute low back pain and mild adult scoliosis - Shin N, Nam H, Kim DW, Lee YJ, Kim D, Ha IH.
We investigated the effectiveness of integrative Korean medicine treatment in patients with pre-existing scoliosis who received inpatient care for traffic-accident-induced acute LBP. We selected 674 patients diagnosed with scoliosis between 1 January 2015,... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 1, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Cigna insures Relievant Medsystem's back pain treatment
Cigna Healthcare will provide national health insurance coverage to the Intracept Procedure, a minimally invasive low back pain treatment developed by Edina-based medical device company Relievant Medsystems Inc. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - June 20, 2023 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Alyxandra Sego Source Type: news
Cigna insures Relievant Medsystems back pain treatment
Cigna Healthcare will provide national health insurance coverage to the Intracept Procedure, a minimally invasive low back pain treatment developed by Edina-based medical device company Relievant Medsystems Inc. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - June 20, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Alyxandra Sego Source Type: news
619 Million Affected by Low Back Pain Globally in 2020
TUESDAY, May 30, 2023 -- Overall, 619 million people were affected by low back pain globally in 2020, and the number of prevalent cases is projected to continue increasing, according to a review published in the June issue of The Lancet... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - May 30, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
How My Employee Made A Stunning Recovery, And How You Can Too
All the patients we treat at the Sears Institute are special. But today I want to tell you about one who is like family to me…
I’m talking about my clinic manager Brandi. If you’ve been to my clinic, you’ve probably met her. She’s a favorite with patients.
In all the time I’ve known her, she always had a smile on her face. But Brandi’s smile hid the unbearable pain she endured every moment.
Brandi had been in a horrific car accident that caused major damage to her back. Injuries to both her cervical and lumbar spine left her in constant pain. Every move she made was agonizing. It got to the point she coul...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - May 16, 2023 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Jacob Tags: Anti-Aging Source Type: news
Inadvertent Intrathecal Drug Injection Treating Low Back Pain Inadvertent Intrathecal Drug Injection Treating Low Back Pain
This patient inadvertently received an intrathecal thiocolchicoside injection while being treated for low back pain. What were the consequences?Journal of Medical Case Reports (Source: Medscape Orthopaedics Headlines)
Source: Medscape Orthopaedics Headlines - May 5, 2023 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Journal Article Source Type: news
Meet PainTEQ, a 2023 Best Places to Work honoree
PainTEQ provides a novel therapy for treating sacroiliac (SI) joint dysfunction, a prevalent source of chronic low back pain. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - April 24, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Chris Erickson Source Type: news
TriHealth interventional pain specialist on treating chronic back pain
In the U.S., chronic pain is the most common symptom leading patients to their physicians, according to Dr. Sara Nashi, a TriHealth physician who specializes in pain management, in this podcast episode of Getting Health Care Right. “Actually, 25% of the population will have back pain in a given year, and up to 80% of the population will have low back pain during their lifetime,” Nashi says.
In the episode, Nashi’s patient, Brenda White, shares her challenges with back pain in recent years… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 21, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: TriHealth Source Type: news
