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Retired Brigadier General Halstead responds to Time Magazine

In a previous blog post we had highlighted Retired Brigadier General Halstead,  who rose through the ranks to become the first female graduate of West Point promoted to General Officer and the first woman in U.S. history to command combat at the strategic level in the Combat Theater of Iraq.    Her military decorations include the […]

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When Did Back Surgery Become an Elective?

In 2010 researchers reviewed the records of 1,450 patients in the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation database who had diagnoses of disc degeneration, disc herniation or radiculopathy, a nerve condition that causes tingling and weakness of the limbs.  Half of the patients had surgery to fuse two or more vertebrae in the hopes of resolving their […]

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Chiropractors–UnSung Heroes in the Military

Chiropractic has been known to help people rebound back to work–whether it was a firefighter with a work injury or a teacher with chronic pain.   Take for example, Jerry Rice or Willie McGinest.  During their football careers, they relied heavily on chiropractic to help heal their bodies from all the hard hits and countless tackles.  As chiropractors in Augusta GA, Georgia […]

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