by Neil Bossenger | Aug 8, 2016 | Research, Spinewave Bulletin
A common belief is that pain in children will just go away or be forgotten when life takes over. In the absence of an identifiable injury such as a sprain or fracture, childhood and adolescent pain is often disregarded – by doctors and parents alike. The most...
by Neil Bossenger | Feb 19, 2014 | Research, Spinewave Bulletin
New research shows that well-child doctor appointments for annual exams and vaccinations are associated with an increased risk of flu-like illnesses in children and family members within two weeks of the visit. This risk translates to more than 700,000 potentially...
by Neil Bossenger | Jan 15, 2014 | Case of the month, Cases, Spinewave Bulletin, Symptoms
Resolution of life-long clumsiness in a 9-year old boy over 6 weeks. Proprioception is the ability of your brain to sense the relative position of your body parts in space, and the ability to move your body accurately without having to look at what you are doing....
by Neil Bossenger | Jun 22, 2013 | Case of the month, Cases, Spinewave Bulletin, Symptoms
Asthma, explained by dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system: the “other-way-round” theory. Now as a full time practitioner doing postgraduate work in the autonomic nervous system, I would have treated my 6-year old asthmatic self quite differently,...
by Neil Bossenger | Jun 15, 2013 | Research, Spinewave Bulletin
A new study finds more evidence that breastfeeding is good for babies’ brains. MRI images, taken while children were asleep, showed that infants who were exclusively breastfed for at least three months had enhanced development in key parts of the brain compared...
