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