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Isn't it true that some chiropractic treatments have a significant risk associated with them?
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| While there is a certain degree of risk associated with any procedure or treatment, chiropractic care is provided under the premise of "Above All Else, Do No Harm." In fact, chiropractic treatments are among some of the safest treatments used in the health care field for individuals of all ages - from birth to those into their hundreds.
According to Practice Guidelines released by the US Department of Health and Human Services, the risk of serious complications from spinal manipulation is rare. These guidelines also state that conservative treatments such as spinal manipulation should be pursued in most cases before considering surgical intervention.
According to Pran Manga, Ph.D., the lead researcher for some major studies commissioned by the Ontario Ministry of Health, "Chiropractic manipulation is safer than medical management of low back pain. Chiropractic management is greatly superior to medical management in terms of scientific validity, safety, cost-effectiveness and patient satisfaction."
| Be sure to checkout the "Safety" and "Research" links within the "ALL ABOUT CHIROPRACTIC" section of our web site for additional information on Chiropractic Safety Issues. Of course, feel free to contact our office at anytime should you have additional questions or concerns. |
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Do chiropractors treat conditions other than back pain?
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Chiropractors provide effective treatment for all types of soft tissue disorders and not just back and neck ailments. This includes conditions of the joints of the extremities like the ankle, knee and shoulder.
What you may not be aware of is chiropractic's success in treating a number of non-soft tissue conditions like dysmenorrhea (painful menses), ulcers, migraine headaches, and ear infections in children. While we cannot claim to cure these conditions, we believe that many of these problems can be mimicked, aggravated and some times caused by disruptions in the nervous system as a result of spinal abnormalities. By correcting these spinal abnormalities like the vertebral subluxation, chiropractic has helped thousands of individuals overcome these conditions and regain control of their lives.
A number of studies have also supported these findings. In one such study, spinal manipulative therapy was compared with standard medical treatments in the treatment of duodenal ulcers. The researchers Pikalov, MD, and Kharin, MD, found those subjects receiving spinal manipulations took an average of 16 days to heal vs. 26 days to heal in the standard medical treatment group.
JMPT 1994;17(5):310-313
| For additional information on conditions treated by chiropractors, select "Conditions" in the "ALL ABOUT CHIROPRACTIC" section. |
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I have heard that once I start chiropractic care, I'll have to continue with it for the rest of my life. Is this true?
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You may have heard the notion that once you go to a chiropractor you have to keep going back. Before we answer that question, ask yourself how many times you have visited a dentist? Like most people, you've probably gone dozens of times. Why? Quite simply, to prevent your teeth from literally rotting out of your head.
Once we have eliminated your pain and rehabilitated the injured tissues we do recommend that you maintain a schedule of periodic spinal checkups. Like your dentist and like many of the medical experts are now recognizing, prevention is the key to reducing recurrences of existing health conditions and minimizing new injuries in the future.
So the answer is yes, we want you to keep coming back, but just periodically. Periodic chiropractic care minimizes spinal and nerve stresses, reduces recurrences of old injuries, prevents new injuries from developing, minimizes degenerative processes, which enhances overall health and wellness.
| For additional information about chiropractic, go to the "ALL ABOUT CHIROPRACTIC" section. |
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