FBRC Health Updates

Smoking Enhances Your Chances Of Having Spinal Pain, Headaches, & Extremity Pain Using data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Stanford University researchers report that smokers are two-to-three times more likely than non-smokers to have spinal pain, headaches, and extremity pain. Call top Fanwood chiropractor Eric Chludzinski of Fanwood Back Relief Center…

Neuromuscular Technique for ChronicNeck Pain in Fanwood During a ten-week clinical trial involving 40 patients with mechanical neck pain, those treated with a combination of therapeutic exercise and a manual therapy technique to reduce trigger points experienced greater improvements in neck muscle strength and endurance than participants in a therapeutic exercise-only group. This finding is…

Chiropractic Care for Chronic Neck Painin Fanwood Among a group of 48 female dentists with chronic neck pain, those who participated in an eight-week therapeutic exercise program experienced improvements related to neck pain, disability, posture, and overall health status that were not observed in participants in a control group who did not receive exercise instruction.…

Excess Weight Gain & Back Pain During Pregnancyin Fanwood Among a group of 330 women who had persistent low back and pelvic pain during pregnancy, researchers found that just over a third (34.1%) still had such issues four months following the birth of their child. Further analysis showed that the risk for persistent low back…

Exercise Helps Cancer Patients Ward Off Heart Damage From Chemotherapy An article recently published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology notes that cancer treatment can impair heart function and structure, which can cause or accelerate the development of cardiovascular disease. Because of this, the article recommends that individuals under treatment for cancer should be…

Deep Neck Muscles And Headaches In this study, researchers used ultrasonography to measure activity in the deep neck muscles of 22 cervicogenic headache patients and 22 healthy subjects. They observed that the deep neck muscles in the healthy subject group were thicker than those of participants in the cervicogenic headache group. The findings suggest that…