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MRIs Often Cause More Harm than Benefit

The MRI is a great invention and can provide life-saving information, but it also leads to unnecessary harm and wastes billions of dollars.

What is Pain? Even Clinicians Struggle to Answer the Question

Debunking four pain myths prevalent in healthcare and society.

Your Body Does Not Need to be ‘Realigned’

One of the poor analogies floating around the internet and clinics of healthcare providers is “patients are like cars.”

Why Do Healthcare Providers Use Ineffective Treatments?

3 common components causing ineffective treatments and a solution

Restoring the Lost Art of the Clinical Examination

We need to eliminate wasteful examinations and focus on the patient’s needs.

How Do We Prevent Injuries?

Assessing return to sport and injury prevention models

How Do You Decide If a Diet Is Healthy?

There is no such thing as a “best” diet.

Can We Prevent Injuries?

Injury prevention is more complicated than we are commonly made to believe.

Sleep While You Are Alive

Sleep deprivation influences nearly all measures of performance

Is a placebo effect good or bad?

Understanding the influence of placebo and nocebo in clinical practice Ok, so this one is a little longer than previous posts. If you...

What we are often taught about pain is wrong

To put it bluntly, pain sticks. Unfortunately, the myths about pain can make the experience even worse.

What is Pain and Why Do We Feel It?

Chronic pain is more prevalent than ever, yet our understanding of it is still poor. This post will provide a basic understanding of pain.