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Parents should check the weight of backpacks. The weight of your childs backpack should be less than 20% of their bodyweight.
Example of a 100 pound child should not exceed a backpack weight of 20 pounds according to the Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics. American Chiropractic Association recommends no more than 10% of childs bodyweight. Exceeding this amount will increase the likelihood of your children to have severe back pain.
Based on these recommendations I advise my patients on a range of 10% - 20% of their bodyweight. There are things you can do to minimize this problem. To learn more click on the tab below to see the article...
An important 2010 study evaluated low back pain care for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee’s population over a two-year period. The 85,000 BCBS subscribers in the insured study population had open access to MDs and DCs through self-referral, and there were no limits applied to the number of MD/DC visits allowed and no differences in co-pays. Researchers compared costs of low back pain initiated with a doctor of chiropractic (DC), medical doctor and/or osteopathic physician. Thus, the data from this study reflect what happens when chiropractic and medical services compete on a level playing field.
Researchers found costs for the chiropractic group were 40 percent lower. Even after factoring in severity of the condition, costs when initiating care with a DC rather than an MD/DO, were 20 percent lower. Researchers concluded that insurance companies who restrict access to chiropractic treatment inadvertently pay more than they would if they removed such restrictions. According to this analysis, had all of the low back cases initiated treatment with Chiropractic, this would have led to an annual cost savings over $2.3 million for BCBS of Tennessee.
Researchers found costs for the chiropractic group were 40 percent lower. Even after factoring in severity of the condition, costs when initiating care with a DC rather than an MD/DO, were 20 percent lower. Researchers concluded that insurance companies who restrict access to chiropractic treatment inadvertently pay more than they would if they removed such restrictions. According to this analysis, had all of the low back cases initiated treatment with Chiropractic, this would have led to an annual cost savings over $2.3 million for BCBS of Tennessee.
A study in 2007 compared costs of treatment under the direction of a chiropractic doctor as their primary care physician (PCP) versus a medical doctor...
After a 7-year period, hospital admission costs were decreased by 60.2 percent, cost of days spent in the hospital were decreased by 59.0%, and outpatient surgeries and procedures were down by 62.0%. If these numbers were not astonishing enough, the costs associated with pharmaceuticals decreased by 85% when compared to conventional medically driven care. All of these comparisons were done in the same time frame, geography, and health maintenance organization product. To learn more click on the tab below to see the article...
After a 7-year period, hospital admission costs were decreased by 60.2 percent, cost of days spent in the hospital were decreased by 59.0%, and outpatient surgeries and procedures were down by 62.0%. If these numbers were not astonishing enough, the costs associated with pharmaceuticals decreased by 85% when compared to conventional medically driven care. All of these comparisons were done in the same time frame, geography, and health maintenance organization product. To learn more click on the tab below to see the article...
FROM: Proceedings of the World Federation of Chiropractic Congress 2001 Pgs. 255, Tucson, PJ, Bonello, R.
Another study was done to assess knowledge of Chiropractic students in orthopedics and neurology. Chiropractic students and medical doctors were asked to complete an orthopaedic questionnaire to the best of their ability within a 30 minute time period. The questionnaires were independently graded utilizing the grading system published by the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.
RESULTS... 70% of chiropractic students passed the clinical questionnaire, compared to an 80% FAILURE for the medical residents.
It needs to be mentioned, for clarity sake, the distinct difference between the chiropractic and the medical participants in these studies. The chiropractic group were students. The medical group had already graduated from medical school, been awarded their MD degrees, had completed all their hospital rotations, and accepted into a highly competitive orthopedic residency program.
One would expect that during medical rotations medical doctors might have picked up a little more musculoskeletal knowledge. Evidently this is NOT the case...
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
J. Bone and Joint Surgery 1998 (Oct); 80-A (10): 1421–1427
The purpose of this study was to test a group of recent medical school graduates on BASIC musculoskeletal medicine in order to assess the adequacy in this area. A basic-competency examination in musculoskeletal medicine was developed and validated. The examination was sent to 157 chairpersons of orthopaedic residency programs in the United States. To assess the criterion validity, the examination was administered to eight chief residents in orthopaedic surgery.
The study population comprised all eighty-five residents who were in their first postgraduate year at our institution. Eighty-two percent (82%) of the eighty-five residents failed to demonstrate basic competency.
RESULTS... Eighty-two percent (82%) of medical school graduates FAILED a valid musculoskeletal examination. We believe that medical school in musculoskeletal medicine is inadequate...
Journal Bone Joint Surgery 2005 (Feb); 87 (2): 310-314
A validated musculoskeletal cognitive examination was given to medical students, residents, and staff physicians in multiple disciplines of medicine to assess the adequacy of their musculoskeletal medicine training.
METHODS: The examination was given to 334 volunteers consisting of medical students, residents, and staff physicians. Analysis of the data collected and comparisons across disciplines were performed.
CONCLUSION: Seventy-nine percent (79%) FAILED the basic musculoskeletal cognitive examination. This suggests that training in musculoskeletal medicine is inadequate in medical school...
METHODS: The examination was given to 334 volunteers consisting of medical students, residents, and staff physicians. Analysis of the data collected and comparisons across disciplines were performed.
CONCLUSION: Seventy-nine percent (79%) FAILED the basic musculoskeletal cognitive examination. This suggests that training in musculoskeletal medicine is inadequate in medical school...
Researchers reviewed records from 1,450 patients in the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation database who had diagnoses of disc degeneration, disc herniation or radiculopathy, a nerve condition that causes tingling and weakness of the limbs.
Half of the patients had SURGERY to fuse two or more vertebrae in hopes of curing low back pain. The other half had NO SURGERY, even though they had comparable diagnoses.
RESULTS: After two years, only 26% of those who had surgery had actually returned to work. That’s compared to 67% of patients who didn’t have the surgery, even though they had the same exact diagnosis...
That translates to a resounding 74% failure rate! It also suggests that you have a 257% better chance of returning to work IF YOU AVOID SURGERY in the first place!
In another troubling finding, the researchers determined there was a 41% increase in the use of painkillers, particularly opiates, in those who had the surgery. Last year we reported that deaths from addictive painkillers has doubled in the last 10 years...
Half of the patients had SURGERY to fuse two or more vertebrae in hopes of curing low back pain. The other half had NO SURGERY, even though they had comparable diagnoses.
RESULTS: After two years, only 26% of those who had surgery had actually returned to work. That’s compared to 67% of patients who didn’t have the surgery, even though they had the same exact diagnosis...
That translates to a resounding 74% failure rate! It also suggests that you have a 257% better chance of returning to work IF YOU AVOID SURGERY in the first place!
In another troubling finding, the researchers determined there was a 41% increase in the use of painkillers, particularly opiates, in those who had the surgery. Last year we reported that deaths from addictive painkillers has doubled in the last 10 years...
