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8 Feb 2017

Are We Treating Patients Like Dice?

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Statistics tell us the probability of throwing a 2 with a regular die, is one in 6 – something we can easily verify by throwing the die repeatedly to see whether our prediction matched reality. We can also predict that rolling one die...

7 Feb 2017

Calcium as an essential nutrient

Posted BySimon King

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In the January Webinar We covered Calcium and it’s role as an essential macro-nutrient. It turns out Calcium is such a big topic, it’s really hard to do it justice in an hour, but some of the topics we covered included:...

30 Jan 2017

Involuntary Neck Movements caused by Apicectomy

Posted BySimon King

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An interesting case showcasing afferent input. A young man with a diagnosis of torticollis (which was really involuntary movement) and winging of the scapulae. I diagnosed the cause of his nerve interference on his first visit and here you can see...

22 Dec 2016

December Webinar

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This month webinar focused on human movement and how better understanding the way our bodies move can help us to become better practitioners. The webinar started with some basic questions regarding our body. What is the basic function of the...

14 Oct 2016

The Elephant in the Room for EBM

Posted BySimon King

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P-values are the gold medal of research. Finding a p-value less than .05 in your clinical trial is the pinnacle of achievement. Even though there is virtually no difference between p=.047 and p=.053, get the former and your research is a...

9 Aug 2016

The Quickest Way to Change Muscle Tone

Posted BySimon King

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Muscle tone is a NEUROLOGIC phenomenon. It depends on the nervous system working without interference. The basic unit of neurological function is the neurological impulse which leads to axonal depolarisation. It mostly originates in the muscle spindle cells and periodontal...

26 Jul 2016

Physiology-based Practice

Posted BySimon King

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It makes no sense to me that we spend many years studying anatomy and physiology and then we are supposed to rely on an (EBM) model that takes no account of physiology. The statistics we use to determine p values...

14 Jun 2016

Neck Adjustment for Low Back Pain

Posted BySimon King

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Adjustments provide afferent input. Where there is a deficiency of input, an adjustment will produce benefit. If there is no deficiency of input, the adjustment will have no benefit. The trick to providing benefit is providing the right amount of input...

8 Jun 2016

The Withdrawal Reflex

Posted BySimon King

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Afferent Input provides a common understanding of the beneficial effects of all the physical therapies, from reflexology to yoga, chiropractic to physiotherapy, Qi Gong to aerobics, Pilates to Shiatsu. Any practitioner who touches, moves, pokes, prods, adjusts, manipulates or mobilises a...

24 May 2016

The Vitalism Debate

Posted BySimon King

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The Vitalism vs (Research) Paper-based debate and division of chiropractic needs to end. Neither is truthful and the artificial distinction ultimately leaves the majority of chiropractors out in the cold. Vitalism was discredited when Hermann Kolbe synthesized acetic acid from inorganic substances obtained from...

17 May 2016

The Tragedy of Treating Conditions

Posted BySimon King

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We get so used to naming conditions, we end up thinking of them as entities when they are not. A condition is a description of the state of the host, not a description of something that is independent of the...

10 May 2016

Afferent Input – the Universal Treatment

Posted BySimon King

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Any practitioner who touches, moves, pokes, prods, or examines a patient, is providing that patient with altered afferent input. Since we know that the withdrawal reflex is just one of the many reflexes that will operate when the patient is...

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