Compared with local exercise therapy, hands-on spinal manipulation therapy is more effective in improving knee pain and function in patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome, according to published ...

William Reed DC, PhD, directs the Mechanisms of Spinal Manual Therapy laboratory (MSMT). Globally, there is growing popularity and increased use of non-pharmacological approaches for acute and chronic ...

Background: The safety of the manual treatment techniques such as spinal manipulation has been discussed and there is a need for more information about potential adverse events after manual therapy.

Manual-therapy randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are difficult to perform because it's challenging to conceal a placebo when patients are able to physically feel a treatment that's being delivered.

Dr. Brian Hesser and his team at Millennium Health and Wellness have recently introduced a breakthrough spinal decompression therapy that offers hope for patients seeking relief from chronic back and ...

The FDA approved Novartis’ Itvisma (onasemnogene abeparvovec-brve), the company’s first and only gene replacement therapy for spinal muscular atrophy in children 2 and older, as well as for teens and ...

Correspondence to: M M Sran Division of Orthopaedic Engineering Research, Department of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, VGH Research Pavilion, Room 500, 828 W 10th ...

This week we are going to discuss something that occurs in the spine that is quite common and can be debilitating, particularly if not taken care of swiftly. This condition is the locked facet ...

There is no strong evidence that a chiropractor can cure scoliosis. While chiropractic may not correct the curve, limited studies suggest it could relieve pain, improve quality of life, and increase ...

New Hope for Paralyzed Patients? If you have a spinal cord injury, recent reports on stem cell therapy look like a dream come true. Like wire spliced into a severed cable, stem cells could restore ...