Cervical Spine Pain Natural History

What is the Long-term Natural History of Back & Neck Pain – Dr. Malik Slosberg

McGorry RW, MSBE, PT et al. Spine 2000;25(7): 834-841. Two thirds of the people who have had back pain in the past can be expected to have some symptoms every year. Borkan, PhD, Van Tulder, PhD, et al. Advances in the field of low back pain in primary care. A report from the Fourth International […]

Natural course of acute neck and low back pain in the general population: The HUNT study

Ottar Vasseljen PAIN Volume 154, Issue 8 , Pages 1237-1244, August 2013 Summary In subjects who largely refrained from health care treatment, neck and low back pain declined rapidly after a new pain episode, with the exception of some important subgroups. Abstract In this prospective cohort study we aimed to describe the natural course of […]

The Nervous System and Metabolic Dysregulation: Emerging Evidence Converges on Ketogenic Diet Therapy

David N. Ruskin Front Neurosci. 2012; 6: 33. Published online 2012 Mar 26. Prepublished online 2012 Jan 16. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2012.00033 Abstract A link between metabolism and brain function is clear. Since ancient times, epileptic seizures were noted as treatable with fasting, and historical observations of the therapeutic benefits of fasting on epilepsy were confirmed nearly […]

Prognosis of Acute Idiopathic Neck Pain is Poor: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

People with neck pain do not experience a complete resolution of condition. Much like an episode of lower back pain consumers who have a bout of neck pain don’t simply all resolve with time and simple rest. Neck pain is common with typical 12 month prevalence estimates of 30%-50% in adults and within children and adolescents […]