CF 384: Motor Weakness In Cervical Radiculopathy & Exercise And Dementia Today we’re going to talk about Motor Weakness In Cervical Radiculopathy & Exercise And Dementia But first, here’s that sweet sweet bumper music

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You have found yourself smack dab in the middle of Episode #384 Now if you missed last week’s episode, we talked about Platelet-Rich Plasma In Knee Osteoarthritis & Telehealth Mindfulness-Based Interventions. Make sure you don’t miss that info. Keep up with the class.

On the personal end of things….. Well February is off to a big start. I think I personally saw 175 last week which is leaps and bounds beyond what I normally see each week. Especially since COVID came around and crashed the practice. Since 2020, my average week is anywhere from 135 or so, up to about 160 on a good week. So to run 175 last week, that’s a big deal for me and a very very welcome change. Now, if I can just get them to spread evenly in the mornings and afternoons instead of the vast majority of them only wanting to come in in the afternoons. We sit around a little in the mornings and lose our minds in the afternoons trying to keep up with everyone. It’s a problem to be honest. A good problem, of course. But a problem all the same. Also in today’s news, after a very welcome sabbatical from traveling since my New Orleans trip last October, the travel season is kicking back in and there will be non-stop coming and going from now until probably next November.

That’s my life.

In late January, I headed to Park City, Utah with my Mastermind group. I’ve only ever been to Utah when I had a layover in Salt Lake City but I’ve never seen any of the state so that was nice and I always love seeing my Mastermind family. If you’re not in one, I encourage you to get in one. My MCM East group is sold out. But the MCM West group has openings. If you’re interested, contact Dr. Kevin Christie at modernchiropracticmarketing.com/contact Go do it!

But If you do, you better tell Kevin you’re there because of me, pal!

In other news, I finally got my California chiropractic license. I had to fly to Dallas to take the jurisprudence/legal test….it’s actually called the CCLE exam. That was the last step I needed out of the way to get the CA license. I’ve also been studying up for the QME exam that will be in April. They have about a 50% pass/fail rate but the folks who attend the class I’m taking live out in Marina del Rey have more of a 80% pass/fail rate so I’m doing it. I’m ready to get this Qualified Medical Examiner licensing out of the way so I can start building that arm of my retirement income.

So, if you’re keeping track, the arms of retirement for me now include:

Whatever is made from the exit of practice (percentage, buyout, etc)
Airbnbs
Voice over work
QME work in CA
Art income
Music if needed
Stocks, IRA’s, inheritance, and investments

I didn’t start this stuff until I was almost 50 folks. Please, start considering your exit when you’re younger. There is a building phase when you cannot invest in other arms. But when you build that practice, it’s time to start keeping an eye on your exit. The sooner you start, the sooner you can act when burnout hits and trust me, burnout WILL hit. Especially if you’re good, smart, and ambitious. Count on it. Alright, into the research people!

Item #1

Our first one today is called, “Is motor weakness in cervical radiculopathy an indication for surgery? Analysis of risk factors for poor recovery” by Kwon et al and published in European Spine in December 2025. Remember, the citations can be found at chiropracticforward.com under this episode.

Kwon K, Park S, Song MG, Park WS, Hwang CJ, Cho JH, Lee DH. Is motor weakness in cervical radiculopathy an indication for surgery? Analysis of risk factors for poor recovery. Eur Spine J. 2025 Dec 26. doi: 10.1007/s00586-025-09677-0. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41452372.

Why They Did It To investigate the natural course of motor weakness in cervical radiculopathy and analyze risk factors associated with poor recovery.

How They Did It A cohort of prospectively enrolled patients presenting with motor weakness due to cervical radiculopathy between March 2024 and March 2025 was retrospectively analyzed. All patients were initially managed conservatively, with surger...