Exercise as Medicine One of my professors at university had a great analogy for how exercise can be used as medicine: “If I were to put my hands around your throat and squeeze, within a few seconds, you will quickly realise that air is essential for life. If I...
Does technique matter in Chiropractic? Well, this depends on what is meant by technique. If we are discussing how a particular technique or intervention is performed, then yes. How a chiropractor applies a specific manipulation to a patient’s spine is very important, because performing the technique incorrectly, or poorly,...
What is a Chiropractor? The question “What is a chiropractor?” has come up several times recently in the clinic. I have been asked this question throughout my career by patients, friends, family and other healthcare professionals, and it is a good question to ask. I have addressed questions regarding...
What’s the crack? Recently, I have seen a lot of misinformation and misunderstanding about the “popping” or “cracking” sound that can be heard during spinal manipulation or when you crack your knuckles. The cause of the popping sound is also a question I get a lot from my students...
How Can Exercise Help Your Back Pain? Low back pain affects 577 million people worldwide at any given time 1, so what are the best ways of managing the most common of the most common conditions? In contrast to the title of this blog, not that long ago, medical...
Obesity and back pain, are they related? The simplest answer is yes, excessive body mass increases loads on the spine leading to excessive stress and strain on the tissues and joints of the low back. The effects of mechanical loads and forces on the spine is something that has...
Whole body vibration is a key element of our spinal rehab plans here at Spriggs Chiropractic. Whole body vibration is well-recognised as a useful alternative and adjunct exercise modality with resistance training1, having been found to be effective for: Increasing force and power generation capacity in skeletal muscles2 Increasing...
Discussing the sacroiliac joint and low back pain is a deep and complex topic. The sacroiliac joint is an amazing structure and is possibly the most intriguing joints of the human body and is the next in our series of how your spine works. The structure of this joint...
Me and the team at Spriggs Chiropractic and Spriggs Nutrition have spend the last week in Eagle Idaho at the Ideal Spine Health Centre and the Chiropractic Biophysics (CBP) Doctor Institute. We were here to learn from (in my opinion) the best Chiropractic researchers in the profession at this...
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