Back pain in teenagers is common. Dr. Kelly Brinkman shares a story of a 14 y.o. with a disc injury.
Kelly K. Brinkman, DC, MCS-P graduated from Logan College of Chiropractic in 1990 and was in private practice through 2016. She is an Associate Professor at Logan University in their College of Chiropractic and has taught the Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction course at Logan since 1991. She is currently working full time at Logan and has begun working on a research project involving the Cox Flexion Distraction technique and diagnostic ultrasound. As a certified Cox Flexion Distraction practitioner she has witnessed the profound effects this technique has had on the lives of patients and particular enjoyed treating those difficult patients such as those who didn’t do well with lumbar surgery, those who herniated lumbar discs or who had degenerative disease and stenotic radiculopathies.
Resources:
Read Dr. Brinkman’s Case Report
The Cox Table by Haven Innovation
Episode 45 – Dr. James Cox – Back Surgery
Episode 82 Dr. James Proodian – Minor Disc Bulge
Episode 39 Dr. Marc Baker – Chronic Back Pain
Episode 83 Dr. Thomas Milus – Lumbar Stenosis
Episode 33 Dr. Jeffrey Langmaid – Spinal Stenosis
Episode 111 Dr. Hrefna Sylvia – Disc Prolapse
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