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?

Isn't it true that some chiropractic treatments have a significant risk associated with them?

Do chiropractors treat conditions other than back pain?

• Spinal Adjustments Can Treat Sciatica • According to the March 2001 issue of the Journal of the American Chiropractic Association (JACA), sciatica is widely recognized as a common variation of low-back pain, with up to 40 percent of the population experiencing it during their lifetime. John Triano, DC, stated, "Sciatica, treated with manipulation, has an eight to nine percent greater rate of recovery than if they go into physical therapy or standard medical care..." If you think you might have sciatica, characterized by a shooting pain from the buttocks to the foot, contact your chiropractor for treatment options. SOURCE: American Chiropractic Association website - www.amerchiro.org TOP

• Pediatric Epileptic Patients and Cervical Adjustments • Chiropractic care may represent a non-pharmaceutical healthcare approach for pediatric epileptic patients. A study, reviewed in the March 2001 issue of the Journal of Manipulative and Physiologic Therapeutics, took 17 epileptic patients and treated these patients with medications. No improvement occurred as a result. Upper cervical care to correct vertebral subluxation was administered to 15 of these patients. All 15 reported positive outcomes as a result of chiropractic adjustments. SOURCE: Journal of Manipulative and Physiologic Therapeutics. March 2001. TOP

• Cost Effectiveness of Chiropractic Care • An article in the January/February 2001 issue of Practical Pain Management magazine shows that chiropractic care costs substantially less than other means for treating back pain. While spine surgeries and spine-related anesthesia accounted for more than 50 percent of the high cost procedures, chiropractic treatment was only .7 percent. SOURCE: Practical Pain Management. January/February 2001. TOP

• Cervical Adjustments May Lower Blood Pressure • Patients with upper cervical (neck) joint dysfunction were studied to determine whether a cervical adjustment would lower their blood pressure. A total of 110 patients participated in two studies with 70 patients demonstrating signs of upper cervical subluxation/joint dysfunction. Patients receiving upper cervical adjustments had a significant decrease in systolic blood pressure compared to the control group. SOURCE: Journal of Manipulative and Physiologic Therapeutics. Feb. 2001. TOP