The Advantages of Owning a 3D Spine Model

Spine Model

We’ve all been there. You walk into a doctor’s office, sit down on a chair or on the table, and are bombarded not only with paintings of bucolic scenes but also a wall full of posters depicting various body parts. Some of us ignore them. Others sit there and study them carefully, certain that they […]

A Flexible Spine Model is the Best Teacher

flexible spine model youtube

Our spines aren’t stiff as a board, but that’s the way they look when you’re viewing the workings of the spine via a poster or other 2-D photo. So when it comes to educating future chiropractors, surgeons, and even potential patients, it pays to have on hand a flexible spine model that is so much […]

Subluxation Model

Subluxation Model

Subluxation. That’s a big word but one that we – as chiropractors – use quite often. In simple terms, a subluxation, sometimes called a vertebral subluxation, is when one or more vertebrae move out of position and irritate or create pressure on the spinal nerves. This pressure or irritation causes those nerves to malfunction and […]

Fluids in and out of the disc – Research

fluids and exchange in and out of the disc

The movement of fluids in and out of the intervertebral disc plays a diurnal role on our varying stature. Over the course of the day we lose 1.1% body height to be regained from sleeping.  [1] This change is as a result of the spinal disc heights as they take-on fluid over a typical 8hr […]

Use a Herniated Disc Model to Educate Patients

Herniated Disc Model

The science and art of chiropractic practice is all about teaching our patients to take care of their bodies. A good chiropractor practices preventive medicine and, ideally, helps his/her patients learn to maintain a lifestyle that will lessen the need for any sort of unnatural intervention like the use of medications. However, when you see […]

Vertebrae Model Helps in Back Pain Education

herniated disc model

Patient Education with Vertebra Model making sense No one can truly estimate how many patients walk into chiropractic offices each year complaining of back pain. Chances are that that number soars into the millions…maybe even more. Although chiropractors certainly treat more than just back problems, surveys show that it is the most common reason for […]

Degenerated Spondylolisthesis Model

A spine model with grade 1 anterior spondylolisthesis - useful for explaining spinal stenosis symptoms

Degenerated spondylolisthesis is the most common form of spondylolisthesis. This condition is known to lead to spinal stenosis and found quite commonly in the elderly. When revealed by imaging, doctors often have to explain what this means to a patient without an accurate spinal model. An example of some research published on Degenerated Spondylolisthesis, a […]

Bending or twisting – Which predisposes low back pain?

bending or twisting

Bending or twisting? In a recent bending study in Clinical Biomechanics, researchers looked at how the nucleus pulposus deformed as the vertebrae rotated at two lumbar levels: L1-2 and L4-5. They were curious about how the nucleus pulposus behaved as this hydraulic tissue has an important role in resisting compression with bending and twisting of the […]

Degeneration vs. Disc Prolapse

Degeneration

Disc degeneration has been a topic of discussion in its mechanism of back pain for decades. It is believed to be related but a causal link has been difficult to pin down. Researchers believe it to be related while others still question its role in back pain because of asymptomatic individuals with it as seen in […]