According to Annals of Medicine (May 21, 2002;136:713-722, 758-759), manual therapy may be more effective than other treatments like exercise or pain medication. Manual therapy is a “hands on” technique, in which the neck is manipulated to improve mobility (not unlike a chiropractic adjustment). In the study, researchers slowly moved the neck, within the patient’s range […]
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More and more research is demonstrating the effectiveness of spinal adjustments for the treatment of a variety of health problems. Spinal manipulation is becoming more popular and is beginning to be practiced by professionals other than chiropractors. While other practitioners may take a seminar or add manipulation as an adjunct, chiropractors have been doing spinal
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A study published in Annals of Internal Medicine on June 3, 2003, proves that spinal manipulation, or chiropractic adjustment, is an effective alternative to drugs and surgery for back pain. Chiropractors and their patients have known this for decades. To quote the article, “Spinal manipulation was more effective than sham therapy and therapies already known to
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According to research published in the July, 2000 issue of the Journal of the American Chiropractic Association, chiropractic is more effective at getting injured workers back to work faster and for less cost than standard medical care. The effectiveness of chiropractic to help injured workers is wearing down the medical prejudice against chiropractic. As a result,
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A study appearing in the Archives of Internal Medicine (2004; 164:1985-1992), shows that having access to chiropractic care lowers medical costs. Back pain is the second leading reason for physician visits and hospitalization with an annual cost of about $100 billion. The researches analyzed data over a four-year period for health expenditures in 1.7 million health
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127 subjects were involved in this controlled study published in theJournal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics (Feb. 2000:23(2), pp91-5). The subjects all had at least one migraine headache per month, based on the International Headache Society standard. The response of the group receiving treatment showed improvement in migraine duration, frequency, and disability. Those receiving chiropractic
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According to the Journal of the American Chiropractic Association,(August, 2000), golfers have learned that chiropractic can both improve their game and speed recovery from injuries. Tom La Fountain, DC, DABCO, has toured with the PGA. He states that up to 85% of the injuries on the PGA Tour and Senior Tour are spinal because golfing puts
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According to the Journal of Manipulative and Physiologic Therapeutics, (Nov/Dec 1999:22(9), pp 582-65) chiropractic adjustments can help relieve the symptoms of PMS. In a small study consisting of 25 women, one group received a chiropractic adjustment; the other received a “sham” adjustment. The study was nine months long, and researcher using a standard questionnaire found that
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Chiropractic Better Than Hospital Outpatient Management of Low Back Pain. Research appearing in the British Medical Journal(1995; 311:349-351), studied 741 men and women between the ages of 18 and 64 suffering from low back pain. Spinal manipulation was not contraindicated in any of the subjects. According to total Oswestry questionnaire scores, patients treated by chiropractors experienced
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Research shows manipulation is better than acupuncture or drugs for spinal pain. In a controlled, clinical trial (published in Spine 2003; 28: 1490-1503). Patients were treated with spinal manipulation, acupuncture or Celebrex (unless the patient had used it previously. The next drug of choice was Vioxx, followed by paracetamol). Patients were evaluated on the first
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