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