| Chiropractic does not only rely on anecdotal | | | | - British Medical Journal, Meade et al. |
| evidence. Although chiropractic does not | | | | (1995) |
| enjoy the huge research funding given to | | | | |
| allopathic medicine, courtesy of the | | | | "Manipulative therapy and physiotherapy are |
| pharmaceutical industry, various government, | | | | better than general practitioner and placebo |
| private, and institutional grants enable an | | | | treatment. Furthermore, manipulative therapy |
| ongoing research effort into the | | | | is slightly better than physiotherapy after |
| effectiveness of chiropractic on selected | | | | 12 months." - British Medical Journal, Koes |
| conditions. Below are a few research studies | | | | et al. (1992) |
| done over the last ten or so years: | | | | |
| | | | For Pain: |
| Overwhelming Evidence Shows Chiropractic | | | | |
| Effective for Pain Reduction and Restoration | | | | "...patients suffering from back and/or neck |
| of Function | | | | complaints experience chiropractic care as an |
| | | | effective means of resolving or ameliorating |
| Numerous studies throughout the world have | | | | pain and functional impairments, thus |
| shown that chiropractic treatment, including | | | | reinforcing previous results showing the |
| manipulative therapy and spinal adjustments, | | | | benefits of chiropractic treatment for back |
| is both safe and effective. Many other | | | | and neck pain." - Journal of Manipulative and |
| studies have shown that chiropractic care can | | | | Physiological Therapeutics, Verhoef et al. |
| be a cost-effective remedy that brings | | | | (1997) |
| healing in less time than other treatments. | | | | |
| The following are excerpts from just a few of | | | | "...for the management of low-back pain, |
| these studies: | | | | chiropractic care is the most effective |
| | | | treatment, and it should be fully integrated |
| For Acute Low-Back Problems: | | | | into the government's health care system." - |
| | | | The Manga Report (1993) |
| "For patients with acute low-back symptoms | | | | |
| without radiculopathy, the scientific | | | | For Headaches: |
| evidence suggests spinal manipulation is | | | | |
| effective in reducing pain and perhaps | | | | "Cervical spine manipulation was associated |
| speeding recovery within the first month of | | | | with significant improvement in headache |
| symptoms." - Clinical Practice Guidelines, | | | | outcomes in trials involving patients with |
| AHCPR (1994) | | | | neck pain and/or neck dysfunction and |
| | | | headache." - Duke Evidence Report, McCrory, |
| For Long-Term Low-Back Problems: | | | | Penzlen, Hasselblad, Gray (2001) |
| | | | |
| "There is strong evidence that manipulation | | | | "The results of this study show that spinal |
| is more effective than a placebo treatment | | | | manipulative therapy is an effective |
| for chronic low-back pain or than usual care | | | | treatment for tension headaches...Four weeks |
| by the general practitioner, bed rest, | | | | after cessation of treatment...the patients |
| analgesics and massage." - Spine, Van Tulder | | | | who received spinal manipulative therapy |
| and Bouter et al. (1997) | | | | experienced a sustained therapeutic benefit |
| | | | in all major outcomes in contrast to the |
| "...improvement in all patients at three | | | | patients that received amitriptyline therapy, |
| years was about 29% more in those treated by | | | | who reverted to baseline values." - Journal |
| chiropractors than in those treated by the | | | | of Manipulative and Physiological |
| hospitals. The beneficial effect of | | | | Therapeutics, Boline et al. |
| chiropractic on pain was particularly clear." | | | | |