FBRC Health Updates

Shoulder Blade Malalignment in Young Baseball Players in Fanwood Investigators examined the dominant (throwing arm) shoulders of 169 elementary school-aged baseball players and found that 75% had scapular misalignment and 24% experienced shoulder pain in the previous year. The findings suggest that scapular misalignment is common in this group of young athletes, and clinicians should…

Short Sleep Leads to Poor Eating Habits in Kids in Fanwood Using data from 30 published studies, researchers report that children who don’t get enough sleep are more likely to snack and drink sugary beverages, while being less likely to consume fruits and vegetables. The research team concludes, “Education regarding sleep should be recommended in…

Fanwood Chiropractor Explains If Spinal Manipulation Improves Pulmonary Function Thoracic spinal manipulation may improve pulmonary function in stroke patients. In this study, researchers tested the pulmonary function of 36 stroke patients before and after they received either a thoracic spinal adjustment or a sham treatment. The participants in the thoracic manipulation group experienced significant improvements…

How Loss of Neck Curve Increases Risk of Disk Degeneration in Fanwood After comparing cervical MRI scans taken on 90 asymptomatic adults twenty years apart, researchers report that participants who experienced a loss of cervical lordosis during the intervening two decades were over 40% more likely to have developed disk degeneration at the C7-T1 level.…

Fanwood Explains The Benefits of Vitamin D for Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Diabetics who maintain healthy vitamin D levels have a reduced risk for painful peripheral neuropathy in Fanwood. This suggests that strategies to improve vitamin D levels (getting more sun exposure, eating more vitamin D-rich foods, taking a supplement) should be incorporated into the diabetes…

Office Workers in Fanwood with Neck Pain Have Poor Posture Work-related neck disorders are common among office workers. In a new study, researchers assessed the relationship between moderate work-related neck disorders and head posture, stiffness, and pain thresholds of the neck muscles in 16 office workers with work-related neck pain and 16 asymptomatic office workers.…