Episode 8

Optimal FNXN

Episode 8 Outline

Introduction:

         Interview:

         Dr. Jim R. Morgenstern, father of host Jim J. Morgenstern and inspiration to our careers.

Optimal Concept of the Week:

Smiling!

UC Berkeley study 141 photos from a 1960 yearbook and able to predict based on Duchenne smile which is linked limbic system. Predict positive outcomes in marriage, success and well-being

Facts and Statistics About Smiling

• A study by a UC-San Francisco researcher found that there are 19 different types of smiles. These can be placed into two categories: polite social smiles and sincere felt smiles.
• Smiles can use anywhere from five to 53 muscles in your face.
• Smiling can actually boost your immune system and your physical health as well, allowing you to live up to seven years longer!
• Smiles can be contagious; people actually have trouble frowning when looking at others who are smiling and find themselves subconsciously beginning to smile as well.
• Typically, women smile more than men, although in work environments, they smile about the same amount.
• Babies are capable of smiling mere moments after they’re born.

Ask the Doc: 

“When is it time for an X-ray or an MRI?”

Thirty-three articles reporting imaging findings for 3110 asymptomatic individuals met our study inclusion criteria. The prevalence of disk degeneration in asymptomatic individuals increased from 37% of 20-year-old individuals to 96% of 80-year-old individuals. Disk bulge prevalence increased from 30% of those 20 years of age to 84% of those 80 years of age. Disk protrusion prevalence increased from 29% of those 20 years of age to 43% of those 80 years of age. The prevalence of annular fissure increased from 19% of those 20 years of age to 29% of those 80 years of age.

Point is that there are false positives.

Depends on profession regarding whether x-ray will be of relevance

Weighted vs. Non-weighted

Will it change my treatment?

Final Thots:

Non-professional joint manipulation and mobilization

Body Tempering, Graston, Soft tissue digging, “popping” your back…

Friends, athletic trainers, personal trainers, coaches – They are not chiropractors and do not know the anatomy or have the skill to safely “adjust” or manipulate your spine or extremities.