CF 300: Disc Resorption & Pickleball Injuries Today we’re going to talk about Disc Resorption & Pickleball Injuries.
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On the personal end of things….. So let’s talk about unplanned time off. Because that’s when the he’ll happened to me last week. Holy cow my friends.
I got sick. And when I say sick, I mean really sick. I’m not talking about a man cold thing. I’m talking sick like maybe hospital kind of sick.
Last week, I went to work on Wednesday feeling pretty damn poor. It only got worse through the day. By the end of the day, I was done. I was full blown sick and getting messy.
I missed Thursday and Friday at work because I was out sick with a stomach bug. I do not cancel a day full of patients. Ever. So you know it’s serious when I cancel. Especially two days. You that are regulars here know that I commonly see 40 or so per day so I had to cancel 80 or so patients and I never take that lightly for personal as well as financial reasons.
But let’s back up. When I say ‘stomach bug’, that seems to minimize what I’m now referring to as ‘The Incident’.
What I really mean by ‘bug’ is a big alien Chuck Norris bug with a fu man chu and ninja stars that smells of Marlboros and diesel.
I haven’t been that sick in 7 or 8 years. I almost went to the ER twice and seriously questioned if I’d ever eat any food at all again. Ever.
I was thinking, “So….this is how it ends…I’ve had a good life….it’s been a pretty good run”
I’ve had COVID three or four times and would take that over the alien Chuck Norris stomach bug any day.
My stomach is still giving me little zingers and reminders of what we went through together every now and then but I’m mostly good to go at this point. Thank God.
I’ll share that an IV up at Creek Stone on Friday with heartburn and nausea meds added to it was very helpful.
On a slightly related note; I’ve never had Pedialyte before ‘The Incident’ and, after three
or four gallons, I have to say……it’s actually pretty tasty and low calorie! 😎
So, this my recommendation based on personal first hand experience, if you are approached by an alien Chuck Norris bug with a fu man chu and ninja stars that smells of Marlboros and diesel, my advice is to go to the other side of the street and keep walking with your head down.
Oh, and figure out a way to make the clinic run without your presence requires at all times. I’ve tried and I am trying. Trust me. I’m not a solo Chiro on purpose. You hear me advertise for an associate at the top of every show, right?
Right. So, still considering hiring. Just have to get the right one. When it’s time, it’ll happen naturally.
Item #1 The first one this week is called “Incidence of Spontaneous Resorption of Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Meta-analysis” by Zou et. Al. and published in Clinical Spine Surgery on July 31, 2023, and that’s a zinger!
Why They Did It This study aimed to analyze the incidence of spontaneous resorption of lumbar disk herniation (LDH) after conservative treatment.
How They Did It- We strictly refer to the standard established in the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis) statement, comprehensively searched electronic databases using the terms related to the spontaneous resorption of LDH.
- Two reviewers independently evaluated the potential studies, extracted, and analyzed the enrolled data.
- Thirty-one studies with 2233 patients who received conservative treatment were included for this analysis.
What They Found- We found that the pooled overall incidence of disk resorption was 70.39%, 87.77% for disk sequestration, 66.91% for disk extrusion, 37.53% for disk protrusion, and 13.33% for disk bulge, respectively.
Wrap It Up The existing evidence shows that the overall resorption incidence of LDH was 70.39%, the resorption incidence of
ruptured LDH is higher than that of
contained LDH. There are significant differences in the resorption incidence among countries. The resorption process mainly occurred within 6 months of conservative treatment.
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Item #2 “Pickleball injuries could cost Americans up to $500 million this year, analysis finds” by Megan Cerullo and published in Money Watch and CBS News on June 27, 2023, hot tamale!
It’s an article so the high spots we shall hit. The explosive growth of Pickleball in recent years is contributing to higher injury rates and health care costs, particularly among seniors, according to analysts at UBS. They estimate in a report that injuries related to pickleball could cost Americans between $250 million and $500 million in medical costs this year, mostly related to wrist and leg sprains and fractures.
The investment bank was prompted to examine the issue after UnitedHealth Group, whose stocks the Wall Street firm covers, said that health care utilization rates have jumped in recent months among Medicare users.
Sounds like a damn insurance company now doesn’t it? Trust me, the know the numbers. Which is stil stunning that they’re not requiring referrals to chiros for non-complicated msk pain. I bet it’s because so many damn chiropractors are crazy and doing non-evidence-based, doctor-centered care still. Just a guess.
Anyway, Over roughly the last three years the number of recreational players around the U.S. has soared 159%, from 3.5 million in 2019 to 8.9 million in 2022, according to
data from the Sports and Fitness Industry Association.
And the sport is poised for even faster growth. UBS analysts forecast that more than 22 million “Picklers,” as players are known, will be thwacking balls back and forth this year.
Seniors make up a third of the most avid players, according to the firm’s estimate, which defines that as people who whip out their paddles at least eight times per year.
UBS analyzed this rapid growth, while also examining common pickleball-related injuries, to come up with its projection of medical costs directly attributable to sport.
Overall, UBS estimates that $377 million worth of medical costs in 2023 will stem from pickleball.
Roughly 80% — or $302 million — of the total relates to outpatient treatment in settings such as emergency rooms and doctor’s offices, the bank said.
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Zou T, Liu XY, Wang PC, Chen H, Wu PG, Feng XM, Sun HH. Incidence of Spontaneous Resorption of Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Meta-analysis. Clin Spine Surg. 2023 Jul 31. doi: 10.1097/BSD.0000000000001490. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37559207.
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