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.