The Forensic Chiropractor
The Forensic Chiropractor
Jeffery Clayton DC, CICE
Healthcare relating to courts. Research as it relates to motor vehicle collisions, worker’s compensation injuries, slip and fall injuries and malpractice injuries.
What type of injuries are seen with Whiplash.
Characterization of acute and chronic whiplash-associated disorder published by James Elliott et at in the Journal of Orthopedic and sports physical therapy May of 2009.
Aug 2
25 min
Can neurological findings from a disc herniation come weeks after the herniation?
Traumatic Lumbar Disc Herniation: A systemic case review and meta-analysis published by Li et al in the Brain and spine Journal in 2023.
Jul 1
14 min
Using MRI to assess for spinal stability
Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Acute Spinal Trauma: A pictorial review published by Yogesh Kumar and Daichi Hayashi in the BMC musculoskeletal disorders journal in 2016.
Jun 1
21 min
How often is cervical instability missed?
The Korean Spine Journal in 2015 titled Delayed or Missed diagnosis of Cervical Instability after Traumatic Injury: Usefulness of Dynamic Flexion and extension Radiographs by Chang Gi.
May 2
13 min
Can patients die from a compression fracture?
Mortality Outcomes of vertebral augmentation for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures published by Kenji Hinde et al in the radiology journal from 2020.
Apr 1
10 min
What findings on an MRI cause pain.
MRI findings of disc degeneration are more prevalent in adults with low back pain than in asymptotic controls: A systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Brinjikji (BRINJICK) et atl and published in the spine journal in 2015.
Mar 2
12 min
Long term outcomes of severe injuries.
Impacts of Injury severity on Long-term outcomes following motor vehicle crashes by Kevin Hung et al published in BMC Public Health in 2021.
Feb 2
14 min
Modic Changes.  What are they?  Where do they come from?  What do they mean?
Pathobiology of Modic Changes published in the European Spine Journal November 2016 by Stefan Dudli et al.
Jan 2
15 min
Central Hypersensitivity with chronic pain
Evidence, mechanisms, and Clinical implications of Central Hypersensitivity in Chronic pain After Whiplash Injury.  This was published in The Clinical Journal in 2004 by Michele Curatolo et al.
Dec 1, 2025
25 min
How do discs get damaged and what the damage means.
Mechanical Aspects of Intervertebral disc injury and implications on biomechanics published by Geoffrey Desmoulin et al in the spine Journal in 2019.
Nov 1, 2025
15 min
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