Chiropractic is BEST for chronic AND acute pain!

There are three great research papers that show not only the clinic effectiveness, but also the COST effectiveness of chiropractic care.  Each one is explained, plus you can copy and paste the websites below to find the study and read it for yourself. 

In the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, an article states that "patients with chronic low back pain treated by chiropractors showed greater improvement and satisfaction at one month than patients treated by family physicians.  Satisfaction scores were higher for chiropractic patients.  A higher portion of chiropractic patients (56% VS. 13%) reported that their low back pain was better or much better, whereas nearly one third of medical patients reported their low back pain was worse or much worse."  Choosing a chiropractor over a family physician to treat low back pain just makes sense based on conclusions from this study. (1)

In another study found in the British Medical Journal, the American Chiropractic Association reports that, "in a randomized controlled trial, 183 patients with neck pain were randomly allocated to manual therapy (spinal adjustments), physiotherapy (mainly exercise), or general practitioner care (counseling, education, and drugs) in a 52 week study.  The clinical outcomes measures showed that manual therapy (chiropractic) resulted in faster recovery than physiotherapy and general practitioner care.  Moreover, total costs of the manual therapy treated patients were about ONE THIRD the costs of physiotherapy or general practitioner care." (2)

In the third study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, it was reported that, "In our randomized, controlled trial, we compared the effectiveness of manual therapy, physical therapy, and continued care by a general practitioner in patients with nonspecific neck pain.  The success rate at seven weeks was twice as high for the manual therapy group (68.3%) as for the continued care group (general practitioner).  Manual therapy scored better than physical therapy on all outcome measures.  Patients receiving manual therapy had fewer absences from work than patients receiving physical therapy or continued care, and manual therapy and physical therapy each resulted in statistically significant less analgesic use than continued care." (3)

 Check out these studies, print them out, and share with friends, family, and your general practitioner!  There are people out there who need to have less pain and in a cost effective way!

(1) http://www.jmptonline.org/article/S0161-4754%2800%2990170-2/abstract

(2) http://www.bmj.com/content/326/7395/911.abstract?sid=55366c2f-dc07-4515-bdab-0c7160fcb2da