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An Overdue Paradigm Shift for Subacromial Shoulder Pain
Our presenter, Dr. Ron Feise, a practice management consultant and coach with RJF Consulting, said, “Healthcare professionals and insurance companies need to consider a new paradigm: a conservative package of care for subacromial shoulder pain is the most effective and safe option for patients, a...
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Lessons From Spinal Surgeons: What NOT To Do
Our presenter, Dr. Ron Feise, a practice management consultant and coach with RJF Consulting, said, “Patients must always have access to information that can help them select the best management strategies. Informed consent discussions must be straightforward.”
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Are Platelet-Rich Plasma Injections Effective?
Our presenter, Dr. Ron Feise, a practice management consultant and coach with RJF Consulting, said, “We could not endorse platelet-rich plasma injection for our patient with chronic mid-portion achilles tendinopathy.”
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Chiropractors Are More Cost-Effective: Is The Insurance Industry Listening?
Our presenter, Dr. Ron Feise, a practice management consultant and coach with RJF Consulting, said, “There are over two dozen studies that point one direction - chiropractic services are more economical than physiotherapist services, and chiropractors are more effective in the treatment of spinal...
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Opioids for Children with Back Pain?
Our presenter, Dr. Ron Feise, a practice management consultant and coach with RJF Consulting, said, “In adults, opioids are not recommended for low back pain, because multiple research studies have demonstrated that they are not effective or safe. In children, there are no published studies demon...
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Red Flags Breakthrough
Our presenter, Dr. Ron Feise, a practice management consultant and coach with RJF Consulting, said, “If combinations of red flag factors have high specificity, as in this study, and the patient’s red flag factors are positive, you can be fairly certain the patient does have the pathology for whi...
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What is the relationship between back pain and mortality?
Our presenter, Dr. Ron Feise, a practice management consultant and coach with RJF Consulting, said, “The researchers found that the presence of any back pain, compared to none, was not associated with an increase in mortality. However, back pain was associated with 26% higher mortality in studie...
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Spinal Steroid Injections: Assessing Risks vs. Benefits
Our presenter, Dr. Ron Feise, a practice management consultant and coach with RJF Consulting, said, “Please note that the FDA has not approved injectable corticosteroids for use through spinal injection, but these products continue to be used off-label. Based upon the current data, the FDA shoul...
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Non-Pharma Defeats Pharma!
Our presenter, Dr. Ron Feise, a practice management consultant and coach with RJF Consulting, said, “Chiropractic care is the premier non-pharmacological choice for patients with pelvic pain.”
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Muscle Relaxants Sink — Manipulations Soar
Our presenter, Dr. Ron Feise, a practice management consultant and coach with RJF Consulting, said, “The results of this research present an opportunity. Medical doctors and their patients will be searching for effective and safe alternatives. Evidence-Based Chiropractors will be welcomed.”
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Disc Degenerations & Herniations: Incidentalomas?
Our presenter, Dr. Ron Feise, a practice management consultant and coach with RJF Consulting, said, “Maybe insurance companies should update their reimbursement protocols. Based on science, they should exclude spinal surgery for disc degenerations and herniations and instead encourage a conserva...
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Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo
Our presenter, Dr. Ron Feise, a practice management consultant and coach with RJF Consulting, said, “To date, spinal surgeons have failed to provide scientific evidence of surgical effectiveness sufficiently large to meet the FDA threshold for clinically meaningful benefit.”