Chiropractor Eden Prairie MN | Brent Kvam DC

10/29/2025

New research just dropped looking at how patients’ head position connects to spinal alignment and muscle strength in cases of degenerative spinal kyphosis (DSK).

And the results? Pretty fascinating.
Key Findings

The head position strongly correlated with several spinal-pelvic alignment measures (like sacral slope and thoracic kyphosis).
The lower lumbar multifidus muscle — specifically at the L3/4 level — showed a significant relationship with head position.
Translation? When the head moves forward, that deep stabilizing muscle is working overtime to keep balance.
The study also reinforced that atrophy in extensor muscles contributes to kyphosis and overall sagittal imbalance.

Simply put: the head-spine-pelvis system is one integrated balance mechanism — and the multifidus is a key player in holding it all together. Keeping your spine in good alignment with chiropractic care can improve your muscle function and posture.

04/30/2025

If you’ve ever wanted ironclad evidence that your care doesn’t just relieve pain—but rewires how the brain perceives it—this is it.

A newly published study in the Indian Spine Journal revealed that spinal manipulation restores brain chemistry in chronic low back pain patients. And this isn’t surface-level stuff. We’re talking measurable changes in the thalamus, the brain’s pain-processing center
After just 3 sessions of spinal adjustments, chronic low back pain patients showed:

A 65% drop in pain scores
A 60% reduction in disability
Normalizing of key neurometabolites—NAA, Cho, Glx, and Mio—all of which were previously significantly lower than healthy controls

Five weeks later, their brain chemistry was indistinguishable from people without pain.

That’s not hype. That’s brain-level healing, verified by MRI spectroscopy.

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07/27/2023

Our office will be closed Friday July 28th.

05/22/2023