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Newmarket, ON L3Y 8Y8
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Research
CBP is the most studied of all Chiropractic Techniques. Here is a summary article on CBP including how it compares to traditional chiropractic methods - (THIS IS FOR THE SUPER ANALYTICAL!!):
What does Research say about Posture?
“Chronic postural disorders are probably the most common initiating or contributory cause of chronic back pain.”
Brendon Reilly, M.D.
“In life, structural disruption in the discs is often accompanied by cell-mediated degenerative changes. However, it is not necessary to postulate two independent processes because evidence is mounting that structural changes cause the biologic changes.”
Adams et al. Spine, 1996
“Recent studies indicate that it may take between 1 and 31 years for enough scar tissue to form after neural trauma to cause symptoms and progressive neurological deficits, even though this process is occurring day after day, year after year at a subclinical level.”
Smith et al. Journal of Neurosurgery, 1994
“The major focus of chiropractic treatment should be the rehabilitation and re-education of posture, sagittal plane curves and postural habits rather than exclusively toward symptomatic relief that will probably be of short duration.”
Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, 1998
“Studies in the literature indicate that structural corrections of abnormal spinal positions are possible…, disc, ligament, myofascial and bone degenerative changes may be slowed, stopped or possibly even reversed and prevented through normalization of spinal loads and structure.”
Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, 1998
“Altered alignment of the human frame may lead to poor healing of the body tissues and eventual pathological architectural changes may occur in muscle, ligament, bone and central nervous system. Minimization of altered postural/structural loading of the human frame may take longer than resolution, or maximal reduction, of offensive symptoms. By itself, a patient’s perception of pain is not a valid indicator of health.
Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, 1998
Posture & Osteoporosis
“In the present study of spinal osteoporotics, the mechanism of compensation for spinal deformity is considered as follows. When thoracic kyphosis (HUNCH BACK) increases, lumbar lordosis (LOW BACK CURVE) increases to compensate; however, in some patients with lower interference vertebrae, the lumbar spine cannot compensate for the kyphosis because of the decreased number of lumbar segments. In these patients, the sacrum (TAILBONE) will tilt posteriorly concomitant with the decreased lumbar lordosis. The posterior tilt of the sacrum will be absorbed in the sacroiliac joint, and when the compensation by the sacroiliac joint comes to its maximum, the pelvis will tilt in the posterior direction. If the pelvis continues to tilt, the hip compensates the pelvic tilt; when the hip reaches its maximum, the femur inclines and is followed by flexion of the knee. This is considered one of the developments of knee flexion in the standing position because it is often found in patients with lower acute kyphosis and whole kyphosis.”
Eiji Itoi, M.D. Spine, 1991
“Thoracic kyphosis, a primary deformity of the osteoporotic spine, appeared compensated by the lumbar spine, sacroiliac joint, hip joint, and knee joint, respectively. Low-back pain was highly associated with decreased lumbar lordosis and increased sacropelvic angle, suggesting that the sacroiliac joint was one of the causes of low-back pain.”
Eiji Itoi, M.D. Spine, 1991
Posture & Health
“The normal spine is not only the index of physical perfection, but of health, strength, vitality.”
Goetz, The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, 1908
“No physician can deny that anatomical and physiological normal structure is health. Then, is it not equally true that abnormality of either form or structure is the cause of disease?”
Goetz, The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, 1908
“Any abnormal deviation of structure (of spinal vertebrae) may be innoccuous unless it interferes with function. But let us never forget that when abnormality of structure exists, without being accompanied by apparent symptoms, that the susceptibility to disease is increased immeasurably.”
Goetz, The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, 1908
“Abnormalities of sagittal alignment are not the inevitable consequence of aging and should be viewed as an abnormal condition.”
Daniel Gelb, M.D. et al. Spine, 1995
“The majority of asymptomatic individuals are able to maintain their sagittal alignment despite advancing age.”
Daniel Gelb, M.D. et al. Spine, 1995
“Observations of the striking influence of postural mechanics on function and symptomatology have led to our hypothesis that posture affects and moderates every physiologic function from breathing to hormonal production. Spinal pain headache, mood, blood pressure, pulse, and lung capacity are among the functions most influenced by posture. The most significant influences of posture are upon respiration, oxygenation, and sympathetic function. Ultimately, it appears that homeostasis and autonomic regulation are intimately connected with posture. The corollary of these observations is that many symptoms, including pain, may be moderated or eliminated by improved posture.”
Lennon et al. American Journal of Pain Management, 1994
“Posture and normal physiology and function are inter-related. Abnormal posture is evident in patients with chronic pain-related conditions including backache, headache, and stress-related illnesses.”
Lennon et al. American Journal of Pain Management, 1994
“Most people, because of poor posture, do not ventilate and oxygenate their bodies optimally. On the other hand, those persons standing straight and tall invariably exude vitality and project a commanding vocal presence. Even that elusive attribute enviably referred to as charisma may well be nothing more than a state of mind reflected in the postural, visual, and audial presence of those few individuals with properly-adjusted posture.”
Lennon et al. American Journal of Pain Management, 1994
According to Joseph Freeman, M.D., shifts in centers of gravity or postural adjustments of aging lead to intestinal diverticula, hemorrhoids, varicosities of the legs, osteoporosis, hip and foot deformities, overall poorer health, and even shortened lifespan.
Journal of the American Medical Association, 1957
“For many years physiologists have shown that the position of the head on the neck is vital because it governs all postural reflexes. If the head is misaligned, other parts of the body move in and out of line to maintain balance and thus energy is expended to counteract the effects of gravity.”
M. Bunch, 1982
“Individuals in advanced stages of postural/breathing dysfunction often suffer from structural deviations so marked as to impede efficient air exchange and elicit a sympathetic nervous system response, as well as increased musculoskeletal pain.”
Lennon et al. American Journal of Pain Management, 1994
“Maximally efficient breathing and posture open pathways to mind-body balance and improved well-being. The more effectively one breathes, the greater overall health.”
Lennon et al. American Journal of Pain Management, 1994
“Posture affects all human function, both consciously and unconsciously, from breathing to thinking.”
Lennon et al. American Journal of Pain Management, 1994
“Posture reflects mind and body interaction. Inefficient postural and resultant poor breathing habits eventually lead, in extreme cases, to pathologic dysfunction.”
Lennon et al. American Journal of Pain Management, 1994
“Muscle tension throughout the body is modulated by sympathetic activity, which, in turn, is related to all aspects of posture. In summary, the focal stress of spinal misalignment leads to muscle tension, hyperesthesia, altered circulation, and a wide variety of visceral illnesses generally associated with stress.”
Lennon et al. summarizing the life’s work of Irvin M. Korr, Ph.D.
“When postural efficiency is optimized, not only is breathing and vocal resonance maximized, but all other responsive functions of the body-mind also improve. How one uses the body-mind instrument in relation to the invariable forces of gravity establishes the effectiveness of all psychosomatic human function and environmental interaction. Optimal oxygenation provides not only one means of minimizing undesirable tension throughout the body…but also forms a neurophysiologic pathway to improve overall health and well-being.”
Lennon et al. American Journal of Pain Management, 1994
Posture & Hernia
“Gastric hernia may occur at any age and from numbers of causes, but there is an apparent association of hernia with senile kyphosis which, in addition to the anemia, may produce other more or less baffling symptoms.”
Henry Winans, M.D. Texas Journal of Medicine, 1938
“There seems to be an association between kyphosis and gastric hernia in the aged individual.”
Henry Winans, M.D. Texas Journal of Medicine, 1938
Chiropractic & Kids
“How safe is chiropractic treatment for young infants? The chiropractic therapy has proven to be a successful technique which can be used to treat disorders, especially cerebral disturbances of motor patterns of various etiology (wryneck, c-scoliosis, irritation of the plexus brachialis), sensomotoric disturbances of integration abililty (retardation of sensation and coordination), as well as pain related entities such as cry-babies with “3-month colic” or hyperactivity with sleeplessness. In older children disturbances of this kind are known as retardation of development in motor patterns as well as in sensory abilities. The epidemiological prevalence of such disturbances has been estimated to be as high as 16.8-17.8%.[4,7] In many cases, chiropractic treatment seems to be the most successful therapy which helps to treat such disorders. Therefore, chiropractic treatment and manual therapy have become increasingly popular over the past decade…We can report more than 20,000 children treated without serious complications.”
Koch et al. Forensic Science International, 2002
“The increased number of younger children in our study suggests that these children suffered more severely from asymmetry-related symptoms…our findings are consistent with the possibility that a minor mechanical irritation of the cervical region may trigger the first step in the events that lead to SID...It will be interesting in the future to investigate a possible relationship between such an asymmetry and the occurrence of SID.”
Koch et al. Forensic Science International, 2002
“A delayed maturity in motor activity should, therefore, be considered as a possible cofactor in the events that lead to SID.”
Koch et al. Forensic Science International, 2002
Posture & Thinking
Physical posture: Could it have regulatory of feedback effects on motivation and emotion?
Conclusion: “It is suggested that physical postures of the body are one of several types of cues that can affect emotional experience and behavior.”
Riskind & Gotay, Motivation and Emotion, 1983
Posture & Longevity
“Kyphosis is not only associated with relatively altered vertebral body shape, but also with reduced bone density and fitness, as well as decreased muscle strength, and is associated with reduced survival.”
Cutler et al. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 1993
“Survival rate studies revealed that elderly survivors had significantly lower kyphotic indexes (BETTER POSTURE) and lower wedging (LESS COMPRESSION FRACTURES) 5 years previously than the group that had not survived.”
Cutler et al. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 1993
“Is there any evidence of correlation in good posture, well-being, the incidence of certain pathological conditions, and length of survival? Clinical impressions suggest an affirmative answer. Better postured individuals probably have fewer defects, enjoy better health, and live longer than those with a seriously distorted skeleton.”
Joseph Freeman, M.D. Journal of the American Medical Association, 1957
“Occasional long survival despite severe architectural aberrations indicates a capacity of the body to arrive at a working premise, but this is rare. In general, there is a correlation in body structure, health, and span of survival.”
Joseph Freeman, M.D. Journal of the American Medical Association, 1957
“The statistical relationship between death and kyphosis in the present study had previously been reported by Anderson and Cowan (1976) who found that survival time in elderly people decreased as kyphosis increased.”
Milne et al. Age and Ageing, 1983
“it is of some surprise that so many variables which might have been expected to influence survival, such as blood pressure and body weight, seem to have no significant part to play in the time of death…Only age and kyphotic angle are of predictive significance in respect of survival time.”
Anderson & Cowan, British Journal of Preventive Social Medicine, 1976
Posture & Uterine Prolapse
“An abnormal change in spinal curvature, specifically, a loss of lumbar lordosis, appears to be a significant risk factor in the development of pelvic organ prolapse.”
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2000
“Of the 92 patients with an abnormal curvature, 84 currently had or previously had pelvic organ prolapse. When compared with patients with a normal curvature, patients with an abnormal curvature were 3.2 times more likely to have development of pelvic organ prolapse.”
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2000
“The degree of thoracic kyphosis was higher in patients with uterine prolapse than in controls…A higher degree of thoracic kyphosis was associated with an incremental higher occurrence of uterine prolapse.”
Lind et al. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1996
Posture & Arthritis
“The condition created by subluxations (POOR POSTURE) results in what is commonly referred to as degenerative arthritis, degenerative disc disease, or spondylosis. In osteoarthritis of the spine, the etiologic agent is the subluxation which causes altered weight bearing. Many studies demonstrate that the subluxation occurs traumatically, either instantly or repetitive, and that increased degeneration takes place over time at those levels.”
“We know that gravitational force is involved with normal physiology (space travel causes osteoporosis). Therefore, altered gravitational forces (altered weight bearing) create altered bone. Subluxations change the weight bearing of the involved joints. Altered posture and reduced viability are reflections of the subluxations.”
“The etiology of osteoarthritis of the spine is subluxation.”
Ruch, 1992
Do not underestimate the health consequences of poor posture!
Posture Determines Your Health & Longevity!
“Posture and normal physiology and function are inter-related. Abnormal posture is evident in patients with chronic pain-related conditions including backache, headache, and stress-related illnesses.”
Lennon et al. American Journal of Pain Management, 1994
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