This week from Dr. Cerami and Utah Sports and Wellness From: Journal of the American Heart Association, 2018   Quick Summary: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) causes over 787 000 deaths in the United States. Whereas sleep duration is generally not considered a traditional risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), growing evidence supports its association with cardiovascular risk (CVR) factors and [...]

This week from Dr. Cerami and Utah Sports and Wellness From: Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2017   Quick Summary: This study was conducted using the most sophisticated technology to date, to assess the effects of chiropractic adjusting. Spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) was applied using an Activator in accordance with the Activator Methods protocols. “The intensity [...]

This week from Dr. Cerami and Utah Sports and Wellness From: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, April 2017   Quick Summary: The objective of this study was to investigate the efficacy of shoe orthotics with and without chiropractic treatment for chronic low back pain as compared to no treatment. It is a Randomized Controlled Trial [...]

This week from Dr. Cerami and Utah Sports and Wellness From: The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, February 2016   Quick Summary: This is the “first systematic review to investigate the evidence for administering SMT in conjunction with other modalities, such as exercise, on people with COPD. The manipulation used was any form of [...]

This week from Dr. Cerami and Utah Sports and Wellness   From: Frontiers in Immunology, January 2017   Quick Summary: The prevalence of autoimmunity is increasing in the Western countries. The role of vitamin D goes beyond the regulation of calcium homeostasis and bone health. Vitamin D is important in the modulation of the immune system. [...]

This week from Dr. Cerami and Utah Sports and Wellness   From: Frontiers in Neurology, March 2016   Quick Summary: The purpose of this article, was to investigate the effects of cervical mobilization and manipulation on pain intensity and headache frequency, compared to traditional physical therapy in patients diagnosed with cervicogenic headache. Officially, cervicogenic headache is [...]

This week from Dr. Cerami and Utah Sports and Wellness   From: BoiMed Central (BMC) Health Services Research, October 2015   Quick Summary: This comprehensive study was designed to compare health care costs for patient with spine pain who received chiropractic care v. care from other health care providers. This review identified 25 cost comparison [...]

This week from Dr. Cerami and Utah Sports and Wellness   From: Journal of Craniovertebral Junction Spine, April-June 2016   Quick Summary: These authors evaluated 39 subjects with leg length discrepancy and low back pain and 43 controls to quantify the occurrence of disc herniation between the two groups. Traditionally, surgery has been the primary [...]

This week from Dr. Cerami and Utah Sports and Wellness   From: Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine, January 2017   Quick Summary: In the November 15, 2016 issue of the JAMA, the latest US Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement on statins for prevention of cardiovascular disease in adults was published. The [...]

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, [...]