Active Care Summary Active Rehabilitative Care to maximize the effectiveness of your treatment and accelerate your recuperation. Years ago, machines such as muscle stimulation, ultra sound, heat and other regimens were the standard of care. The problem with these methods were that the results were only helpful when people were in pain, and did not help the person improve long term. In today’s competitive treatment environment, with its high costs, deductibles and inconsistencies, Read More
Active Rehabilitative Care Active rehabilitative methods are used to maximize the effectiveness of your treatment and accelerate your recuperation. Years ago, machines such as muscle stimulation, ultra sound, heat and other regimens were the standard of care. The problem with these methods were that the results were only helpful when people were in pain, and did not help the person improve long term. In today’s competitive treatment environment, with its high costs, deductibles Read More
NJ workers compensation carriers suffering from high costs; The chiropractic profession is ready to help you afford care again. High NJ worker’s compensation costs; The chiropractic profession is ready to help everyone afford care again. Worker’s compensation in NJ has been a good old’ boy network of large clinics, mediocre care, unnecessary tests, surgeries, and bureaucracies. The problem has worsened with hospital and medical group consolidation. The rates for disability per week have increased as did the cost of a medical report or expert fee as well if you Read More
Effective pain relief starts with chiropractic care; here’s why. Effective pain relief starts with chiropractic care; here’s why. Most people have been taught that pain relief comes in a bottle. Doctors for years have reinforced this idea however patients are realizing that medicinal pain relief does not solve problems. In fact, there is growing evidence that pain relief through medication results in problems becoming more painful over time, otherwise known as chronicity. Who you visit first will determine your Read More
Why corporate healthcare is stealing the soul of medicine and the ethics of healing. Why corporate healthcare is stealing the soul of medicine and the ethics of healing. Anyone who has visited a doctor lately has noticed the entire framework has changed. While there are still a few independent groups of doctors who wish to care for people and help them with their problems, many of us have found that our favorite doctor now works for a large conglomerate hospital system or other entity. Read More
Why are so many men screened for prostate cancer when research suggests active surveillance instead? Why are so many men screened for prostate cancer when research suggests active surveillance instead? When doctors don’t know, they test. There is also something called best practices that different professions have developed to eliminate unneeded or potentially damaging procedures that are of little or no value if done routinely. In chiropractic, best practices include being more selective about taking X-rays. Compared to years ago when the standard of practice Read More
Harvard Health strongly recommends chiropractic care for back problems; shouldn’t your doctor do this too? Harvard Health Publishing strongly recommends chiropractic care for back problems; shouldn’t your doctor do this too? Being a chiropractor for 38 years hasn’t been easy, as we always seem to be the underdogs of quality affordable musculoskeletal health care. For many educated consumers, we offered a holistic approach to pain, function, and quality of life that works and has been backed up by study after study. Harvard Health, Consumer Reports, Read More
Back Pain: Prevention and Conservative Treatment should always begin with drug free care according to the latest research Back Pain: Prevention and Conservative Treatment should always begin with drug-free care according to the latest research The current literature on lower back pain recommends drug-free care for lower back pain which can have many causes. The Annals of Internal medicine in February of 2017 recommended avoiding expensive tests such as an MRI and offered a list of things you could try for lower back pain. Chiropractors use many of Read More
More reasons to be wary of Medicare Advantage Plans according to Medpage today. More reasons to be wary of Medicare Advantage Plans according to Medpage Today. Our blog has reported on the problems that exist with Medicare Advantage Plans. Many of these plans offer to give you an enhanced benefit in exchange for using a private insurance carrier. Most people find out the benefits disappear when they try to use a specialist or have an out-of-state healthcare emergency. Medicare Advantage, otherwise known as Read More
Heart failure kills more Americans than any other disease according to Time magazine. Is our healthcare system failing them or are we failing ourselves? Heart failure kills more Americans than any other disease according to Time magazine. Is our healthcare system failing them or are we failing ourselves? Heart failure is the number 1 killer of Americans according to a new report published in JAMA Cardiology. Improvements in public health and medicine have improved life expectancy. A rapidly-aging U.S population with high rates of diabetes and obesity is challenging the progress made so far Read More
Inside the medication mill; What is wrong with healthcare in Florida? Inside the medication mill; What is wrong with healthcare in Florida? The last few months had been surreal with the loss of my dad who passed away just after his 93rd birthday. Some of his health problems were from good intentions gone bad. Incontinence appeared years later after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer and after a second opinion from Sloan Kettering. He was offered the treatment option of radiation treatments that were Read More
Back pain; why the evidence does not support most treatments being sold to patients and how you can find care that works. Back pain; why the evidence does not support most treatments being sold to patients and how you can find care that works. Evidence based care is the current buzz word in healthcare, yet the costs of care continue to rise and as the evidence of what we do and how we practice is often a contradiction. As a result, we are doing fewer mammograms, fewer pap screen, fewer knee surgeries Read More