|  Does
Chiropractic Work?
Research
shows that chiropractic spinal manipulation has superior
results in:
Reducing Back
Pain
Reducing
Neck Pain
Reducing
Headache Pain
Increasing
Range of Motion in Joints
There is an
overwhelming body of evidence indicating that chiropractic management
of lower back pain is more cost-effective than medical management.
This evidence includes studies showing lower chiropractic costs
for the same diagnosis and episodic need for care.1
The symptoms
listed on the next page are an indication of how successful chiropractic
care can be in the treatment of musculoskeletal injuries.
Is
it Safe?
Chiropractic
is the safest form of treatment as proven in numerous
studies.
For example,
a review by Paul Jaskoviak, D.C., D.A.C.A.N. reporting on the
National College of Chiropractic Clinics experience during a 15
year period, concluded that five million chiropractic treatments
were performed without a single case vertebral artery injury or
stroke.2
"There
is no clinical or case controlled study that demonstrates or even
implies that chiropractic spinal manipulation is unsafe in the
treatment of lower back pain. Some medical treatments are unsafe
and generate iatrogenic* complications. Our reading of the literature
suggests that chiropractic manipulation is safer than medical
treatment in lower back pain." 3
-The
Magna Report
References:
1. Ibid
2. How Dangerous is Manipulation of the Cervical Spine? Dvorak
and Orelli, Manual Medicine, 1985; 2:1-4
3. Study conducted by Pran Magna, Ph.D., Douglas Angus, MA, Costa
Papadopoulas, MHA, and William Swan, B. Comm. for Ottawa Commission
* iatrogenic- conditions inadvertently induced by the physician,
medication or treatment.
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