There are two ways to get rid of any pain.  You can get rid of the stress causing the pain OR increase your threshold (the body’s resistance) to the stress that’s causing the pain.  To eliminate back pain effectively, you’ll need to fully understand and know what’s causing it in the first place.

Treating the cause of axial skeletal pain doesn’t mean taking drugs, pills or surgery (unless the condition is systemic, cancerous, or a disease or pathology of some sort).  Rather the key is

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Chiropractors vs. doctors.

It’s thought by some that chiropractors are not on par with medical doctors and that our education is not comparable.

Here’s some information I found. It was a test between medical students and chiropractic students that can add to the conversation of chiropractors versus doctors…

Here are the results from a basic test designed by medical orthopedic residency professors to test the knowledge of medical residents vs. chiropractic students. In the orthopedic test 82% of medical school graduates failed the examination. [1]

However, four years later the test was simplified and made easier, but once again, 78% of the medical resident examinees failed to demonstrate basic clinical competency in musculoskeletal medicine. [2]

When this test was given to  chiropractic students who were in their final quarter of clinic, 70% of them passed the same exam! [3]

1.  Adequacy of Medical School Education in Musculoskeletal Medicine
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 1998 (Oct); 80-A (10): 1421–1427
http://www.chiro.org/ChiroZine/ABSTRACTS/Adequacy.shtml

2. Educational Deficiencies in Musculoskeletal Medicine
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 2002 (Apr); 84–A (4): 604–608
http://www.chiro.org/ChiroZine/ABSTRACTS/Educational_Deficiencies.shtml

3. A Comparison of Chiropractic Student Knowledge Versus Medical Residents
Proceedings of the World Federation of Chiropractic Congress 2001 Pgs. 255
http://www.chiro.org/ChiroZine/ABSTRACTS/A_Comparison_of_Chiropractic_Student_Knowledge.shtml

Chiropractors vs doctors.

by Dr. Ron Spallone, DC. Chiropractor in Littleton, CO.

I’ve lived in Littleton, Colorado for about 13 years now.

After finishing my professional studies I looked on the map for a place that I thought I could live for the rest of my life, literally.

There were a fair amount of chiropractors in Littleton, but I liked that the community supported natural health and wellness. I packed my Toyota 4-runner with some clothes and fishing gear and drove across the west in what is now a very memorable journey.

I chose Colorado to set up my chiropractic and natural health clinic because of the quality of the lifestyle. I grew up camping, fishing and playing sports all year round. I have an affinity for the open country, especially the west.

I grew up in the Sierra Nevada mountains in a small one stoplight town on a dirt road. I like that Denver and Littleton have a small town feel with big city amenities.

I’ve been here ever since and proudly embrace Colorado as my home. I’m proud to be a chiropractor in Littleton.

What’s the best lower back exercise? Drum roll please…

There isn’t one- but here’s what you really need to know to help get rid of low back pain.

There are literally hundreds of exercises and treatments for lower back pain. Some require expensive equipment, some are moves adapted from yoga or maybe it’s a lower back stretch or stress reduction technique. Plenty of things can be done at home. And when it comes down to it, you’re the one that has to choose what to do to help manage your pain.

How?

By listening to your body. One of the major virtues in life is to learn how to listen to the inner wisdom of your body. I mean really listen. Memorize the following rules, they’ll teach you how to choose the best lower back exercise.

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If your question is, ‘Who is the ‘best Denver chiropractor?’ The answer is only important if that person is the best chiropractor for you.

I’ve had the privilege of treating some very high profile athletes, so my name has been thrown into that best Denver chiropractor category, which is humbling but inaccurate.

There are no ‘Chiropractor Olympics.’ Health care is not a sport and its definitely not about the provider.

As a Denver chiropractor, my job as complimentary and alternative medicine practitioner (C.A.M.) to help people who are looking for the best natural approach to having less pain and a better life.

Sometimes the most important thing about being the best chiropractor for you is to recognize where my limitations may be and to steer you in the right direction.

This site has 3 main purposes and they’re all far more reaching than just striving to be the best chiropractor in Denver.

I’ll pour my heart and my head into delivering valuable information on this website. Here’s what this site is meant to do…

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