Adjusting baby
Joseph Medina is convinced it takes a little adjustment for pregnant women to get ready for impending motherhood. The Canton-area chiropractor is among a small but growing number of chiropractors nationwide who are performing a chiropractic adjustment known as the Webster technique on pregnant women's lower backs.
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By Cheryl Powell,
Beacon Journal medical writer,
10/08/2002 06:40 AM PDT)
Q&A; ON SPINAL STENOSIS
Today's questions are answered by Jeffrey B. Cantor, an orthopedic surgeon at South Florida Spine Associates in Fort Lauderdale. Q. What is spinal stenosis?
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10/03/2002 07:33 AM PDT)
Chiropractic groups push for change
After years of being treated as second-class providers in the medical profession, chiropractors are lobbying hard to shape the Department of Veterans Affairs' new coverage of chiropractic treatment in hopes of winning broader access to patients nationally.
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SHARON THEIMER,
Associated Press Writer,
09/24/2002 06:55 AM PDT)
Music may soothe the savage backache
While music is thought to soothe the savage beast, a new study suggests it might come in handy when taming that bad back as well, according to a study presented recently by Austrian researchers at the 10th World Congress on Pain
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BY KATHLEEN DOHENY,
Reuters,
09/04/2002 07:26 AM PDT)
Backpacks not always to blame for kids' back pain
Parents often warn their school-age children not to carry heavy backpacks, worried that they'll get backaches. But a new study has found that the load on the back is often not the culprit when youngsters develop low back pain.
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BY KATHLEEN DOHENY,
Reuters,
08/20/2002 07:19 AM PDT)
Backache After Childbirth Not Linked to Epidural
Women who have an epidural during labor are at no greater risk of lower back pain afterwards than women who have other forms of pain relief, British researchers have found.
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BY STEPHEN PINCOCK,
Reuters,
08/16/2002 11:36 AM PDT)
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