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What
Is Chiropractic?
The purpose of chiropractic is to provide a first health care contact for
wellness and the optimization of health.
Chiropractic Defined:
Chiropractic is a health care discipline which emphasizes the inherent
recuperative power of the body to heal itself without the use of drugs or
surgery.
The practice of chiropractic focuses on the relationship between structure
(primarily the spine) and function (as coordinated by the nervous system) and
how that relationship affects the preservation and restoration of health. In
addition, Doctors of Chiropractic recognize the value and responsibility of
working in cooperation with other health care practitioners when in the best
interest of the patient.
What is a Subluxation?
A
subluxation is a complex of functional and/or structural and/or pathological
articular changes that compromise neural integrity and may influence organ
system function and general health. A subluxation is evaluated, diagnosed, and
managed through the use of chiropractic procedures based on the best available
rational and empirical evidence.
Chiropractic
Education
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Four year doctorate
degree with classroom and laboratory work in basic sciences, diagnosis,
treatment procedures, and a clinical internship
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Educational
requirements for medical doctors and chiropractors in basic and clinical
sciences are very similar
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Postgraduate continuing
education required annually
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Chiropractors are
Primary Care Providers Focused on Healthy Lifestyle Promoting and
Cost-Saving Preventative Care.
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Chiropractors promote
preventative care by providing advice on diet, exercise and lifestyle.
Preventive care results in cost savings as health is maintained, disease
avoided, and costly procedures forgone.
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Chiropractic was
founded in 1895 and since that time has been the choice for millions of
patients with a variety of health concerns who want safe and effective
treatment without drugs or surgery.
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Doctors of chiropractic
are required to refer patients to the appropriate health care provider if a
condition is detected that is not subject to appropriate management by
chiropractic methods or techniques.
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Scope
of Practice
Doctors of chiropractic are trained to diagnose all conditions:
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History taking and
physical exam techniques
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Appropriate use of
laboratory and other tests such as MRI and x-ray
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Doctors of chiropractic
are educated, trained and licensed in every state to treat conditions,
diseases, or injuries in a manner consistent with chiropractic methods and
techniques.
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Doctors of chiropractic
provide treatment without drugs or surgery.
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Prevention stressed,
including wellness protocols such as diet, exercise and lifestyle.
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Natural approach
including nutrition, vitamins, minerals, herbs and other options.
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Typical treatment uses
manual adjustments to spine and/or extremities.
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Physiotherapy and other
soft tissue techniques also utilized.
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Exercise and
rehabilitation are prescribed to enhance function and condition prevention.
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Overwhelming Evidence Shows
Chiropractic Effective for Pain Reduction and Restoration of Function.
Numerous studies throughout
the world have shown that chiropractic treatment, including manipulative therapy
and spinal adjustments, is both safe and effective. Many other studies have
shown that chiropractic care can be a cost-effective remedy that brings healing
in less time than other treatments. The following are excerpts from just a few
of these studies:
For Acute Low-Back Problems:
“For patients with acute low-back symptoms without radiculopathy, the
scientific evidence suggests spinal manipulation is effective in reducing pain
and perhaps speeding recovery within the first month of symptoms.” - Clinical
Practice Guidelines, AHCPR (1994)
For Long-Term Low-Back Problems:
“There is strong evidence that manipulation is more effective than a placebo
treatment for chronic low-back pain or than usual care by the general
practitioner, bed rest, analgesics and massage.” - Spine, Van Tulder and
Bouter et al. (1997)
“...improvement in all patients at three years was about 29% more in those
treated by chiropractors than in those treated by the hospitals. The beneficial
effect of chiropractic on pain was particularly clear.” - British Medical
Journal, Meade et al. (1995)
“Manipulative therapy and physiotherapy are better than general practitioner
and placebo treatment. Furthermore, manipulative therapy is slightly better than
physiotherapy after 12 months.” - British Medical Journal, Koes et al. (1992)
For Pain:
“...patients suffering from back and/or neck complaints experience
chiropractic care as an effective means of resolving or ameliorating pain and
functional impairments, thus reinforcing previous results showing the benefits
of chiropractic treatment for back and neck pain.” - Journal of Manipulative
and Physiological Therapeutics, Verhoef et al. (1997)
“...for the management of low-back pain, chiropractic care is the most
effective treatment, and it should be fully integrated into the government's
health care system.” - The Manga Report (1993)
For Headaches:
“Cervical spine manipulation was associated with significant improvement in
headache outcomes in trials involving patients with neck pain and/or neck
dysfunction and headache.” - Duke Evidence Report, McCrory, Penzlen,
Hasselblad, Gray (2001)
“The results of this study show that spinal manipulative therapy is an
effective treatment for tension headaches...Four weeks after cessation of
treatment...the patients who received spinal manipulative therapy experienced a
sustained therapeutic benefit in all major outcomes in contrast to the patients
that received amitriptyline therapy, who reverted to baseline values.” -
Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, Boline et al. (1995)
For the Elderly:
“[Elderly] chiropractic users were less likely to have been hospitalized, less
likely to have used a nursing home, more likely to report a better health
status, more likely to exercise vigorously, and more likely to be mobile in the
community. In addition, they were less likely to use prescription drugs.” -
Topics in Clinical Chiropractic, Coulter et al. (1996)
For Containing Costs and Getting Workers Back on the Job:
“Findings from this analysis of the Florida DWC claims and medical files
indicated that considerable cost savings and more efficient claims resolution
may be possible with greater involvement of chiropractic treatment in specific
low back cases and other specific musculoskeletal cases.” - MGT of America
(2002)
“The overwhelming body of evidence” shows that chiropractic management of
low-back pain is more cost-effective than medical management, and that “many
medical therapies are of questionable validity or are clearly inadequate.” -
The Manga Report (1993)
First contact chiropractic care for common low back conditions costs
substantially less than traditional medical treatment and “deserves careful
consideration” by managed care executives concerned with controlling health
care spending. Medical Care, Stano and Smith (1996)
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