This week from Dr. Cerami and Utah Sports and Wellness   From: PAIN, March 2018   Quick Summary: While there has been a long-standing belief that low back pain (LBP) is limited to adults, there is now substantial evidence to the contrary. In fact, research has shown that LBP develops with increasing frequency in adolescence, [...]

This week from Dr. Cerami and Utah Sports and Wellness   From: American Journal of Surgery, April 1957   Quick Summary: Although only 15% of motor vehicle crashes are rear-end collisions, rear-end collisions account for 92% of patients who seek treatment for injuries. Over-compensation by the neck musculature in combination with the sudden deceleration results [...]

This week from Dr. Cerami and Utah Sports and Wellness   From: Stroke, April 2017   Quick Summary: Sugar and artificially-sweetened beverage intake have been linked to cardiometabolic risk factors, which increase the risk of cerebrovascular disease and dementia. This study examined whether sugar or artificially sweetened beverage consumption was associated with the prospective risks [...]

This week from Dr. Cerami and Utah Sports and Wellness   From: Annals of Thoracic Surgery, January 2017   Quick Summary: The aim of this study was to assess whether osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) contributes to post heart surgical sternal pain relief and improves postoperative outcomes. Eighty post-sternotomy patients were randomly allocated to receive a [...]

This week from Dr. Cerami and Utah Sports and Wellness   From: Medicine, March 2015   Quick Summary: This current study, "clearly indicates that hypertension can be associated with cervical spondylosis, as a secondary condition." These authors report 2 patients with cervical spondylosis with concomitant cervical vertigo and hypertension who were treated successfully with anterior [...]

This week from Dr. Cerami and Utah Sports and Wellness   From: Pain Medicine, January 2015   Quick Summary: This study takes a look the case of a 54 year old female who had suffered from chronic neck pain with episodic vertigo and tinnitus for 24 years. She had loss of cervical lordosis and a small [...]

This week from Dr. Cerami and Utah Sports and Wellness   From:Dose-Response: An International Journal, June 2018   Quick Summary: Chiropractic therapy realignment of the structure of the spine can address a wide range of pain, muscle weakness and functional impairments. To improve diagnosis and reduce the use of inappropriate treatment, spinal X-rays are essential. [...]

This week from Dr. Cerami and Utah Sports and Wellness   From: Spine, September 2017   Quick Summary: This study was performed to determine if there is a correlation between multiple MRI findings or single MRI findings in cases of low back pain. With data collected from more than 400 subjects, the authors concluded that, “The [...]

This week from Dr. Cerami and Utah Sports and Wellness   From: Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, October 2017   Quick Summary: Concussions represent almost 9% of all injuries in high school athletics. This study was performed to determine whether female athletes in middle school and high school with a first time, sports related [...]

This week from Dr. Cerami and Utah Sports and Wellness   From: Acta Neuropathology, March 2017   Quick Summary: These authors followed 14 retired soccer players with dementia regularly for 30 years until their deaths. All were skilled headers of the ball and had played soccer for an average of 26 years. Six of these [...]