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Chiropractic and Chronic Neck Pain: A recent balanced article in the Feb 13, 2008 issue of JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) revealed that between 1997 and 2005, the costs for “standard medical management” of spinal pain syndromes (both neck and back) increased by an inflation-adjusted 65%, while measured outcomes for physical functioning, work or school limitations, and social limitations among adult actually declined! During this same period, there was also an overall increase in the number of individuals who experienced neck or back pain (from 20.7% to 24.7%). However, during this same time period, the inclusion of a chiropractic benefit within a large managed care program (observed over a 4-year period) resulted in significant savings, as well as a reductions in the rates of surgery, and unnecessary use of advanced imaging, inpatient care, and plain-film radiographs.
Chiro.Org is Now a Teenager!!: Chiro.Org just turned 13 years old this March! We are now the oldest existing chiropractic website! To celebrate, we donated $2500 towards chiropractic research. Since 2003, we have donated $13,000 towards research. We want to thank our webmasters (volunteers all!) and our Sponsors for making this website possible! Read more now.
The Vertebral Subluxation Complex: The Subluxation is at the core of chiropractic. Enjoy this section (which is still in it's formative stage) and let me know your opinion. The Spinal Anatomy 101 section may catch your fancy. This page will continue to add opinion and research findings, to help explore the “lesion” that chiropractic care is designed to correct.
Participate in “Practice-Based Research”: We would like to extend an open invitation to U.S. chiropractors to participate in an exciting new research program at Cleveland Chiropractic College: the Cleveland Practice-Based Research (PBR) Program. PBR is a partnership between practitioners and an academic institution to gather data from real-life practice. Each partner does what they do best: practitioners provide their usual excellent chiropractic care, and the Cleveland Chiropractic Research Center will collect and analyze data to document that care. Read more now!
Older Patients Seek CAM for Chronic Pain: A new study of retirees found that chiropractic is in the top 5 CAM modalities, and that most seek care for releif of arthritis or chronic pain. Another recent interview of ER patients with musculoskeletal complaints finds that a high percentage of them would welcome CAM care, and show willingness to participate in CAM research trials! In another survey about medical students interest toward CAM and 15 CAM modalities, 85% agreed that “knowledge about CAM is important”. The most frequently indicated level of desired training was “sufficient to advise patients about use” and the greatest level of training was wanted for acupuncture, chiropractic, herbal medicine, and nutritional supplements. One of the largest groups to utilize alternative therapies is veterans, and in another recent survey, 26% of vets chose chiropractic as their number one choice for pain relief! Enjoy an extensive collection of Alternative Medicine Review articles which discuss alternative approaches to disease management. Look for the ALT-MED ABSTRACTS Section in the CAM drop-down.
Chiropractic is Effective For Chronic Neck Pain: This new study confirms that chiropractic care is safe and effective for the relief of chronic recurrent neck pain. There are more articles like this in the Neck Pain Section. This page also discusses the populations who are most prone to neck pain. Have you explored the Disc Herniation Page yet? It reviews how chiropractic care reduces pain without reliance on dangerous medications. The Rand SF-36 is now available for your use in the Outcome Assessment section. The Articles of Interest section of the LINKS has been permanently relocated to ChiroZine. NOTE: Informed Consent involves discussing the Iatrogenic Side Effects of standard medical alternatives to conservative chiropractic care. The LINKS Section can be found on the tan toolbar.
Does This Describe Your Child?: A new survey among adolescents aged 15-16 years revealed that Almost half of the girls and one third of the boys reported mild neck or occipital pain, or shoulder pain, and 5% of girls and 2% of boys reported severe neck or occipital pain, or shoulder pain during the past 6 months. Review FCER and ICPA's response to the recent biased Pediatrics article that discussed the risks associated with chiropractic adjusting for children without reporting the relative risks of medical procedures for the same conditions, or the the benefits of spinal manipulation for children which have been amply described in the research literature. Another recent study in Spine Journal notes high prevalence rates of low back pain among children and that low back pain in adolescence was found to be a significant risk factor for low back pain in adulthood. Another study in Neurology notes that chronic tension-type headache was common in a large nonreferred adolescent sample. Although this article does not discuss care options, conservative chiropractic care is the natural choice. Look for them all in the Articles of Interest Section. Come explore the research supporting chiropractic care for children. Look for the PEDIATRICS Section in the CAM drop-down.
Zinc Decreases Infections in the Elderly: A small randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial reports that zinc reduces infection rates in seniors. Another recent NIH-funded study found that the estrogenic properties of soy may mimic the neuroprotective benefits of estrogen replacement therapy in reducing the risk of Alzheimer's Disease, without risking the extra incidence of developing breast cancer and certain cardiovascular disorders. You may also want to review the updated Magnesium Page, which details it's impact on Women's Health. Statin drugs (cholesterol) are associated with muscle cramping, pain, fatigue, memory loss, and cognitive defects! Read about healthy alternatives in the Articles section. Another study, linking nutrition and children’s behavior, reports increased concentration within three months of taking essential fatty acids. The Nutrition section contains non-solicitous articles and research about a wide variety of vitamins, minerals and herbals. Look for the NUTRITION Section in the CAM drop-down.
New Study Confirms Chiropractic's Cost Effectiveness: A new retrospective analysis of 70,274 member-months in a 7-year period within an IPA, comparing medical management to chiropractic management, demonstrated decreases of 60.2% in-hospital admissions 59.0% less hospital days, 62.0% less outpatient surgeries and procedures, and 85% less pharmaceutical costs when compared with conventional medicine IPA performance. This clearly demonstrates that chiropractic nonsurgical nonpharmaceutical approaches generates reductions in both clinical and cost utilization when compared with PCPs using conventional medicine alone. There are many more articles like this in the Cost-Effectiveness of Chiropractic Page. ChiroZine is the first chiropractic newspaper on the internet, providing you with news and science reviews.
Facet Joint Inflammation Induces Radiculopathy: Japanese orthopedists just demonstrated that mechanically induced facet inflammation leads to nerve root radiculopathy (induced allodynia). This work supports yet another aspect of the Vertebral Subluxation Complex hypothesis. This article can be found in the About Chiropractic Adjusting Page. Another new study reveals that Upper Cervical adjusting lowered blood pressure better than a two-drug combination therapy. There are many other articles like this in the Chiropractic Research Results for a Variety of Conditions Page. You may also enjoy a new section on Chiropractic And Scoliosis in the Research Section. Review this new page devoted to Instrument Adjusting. You might also enjoy the related collection of articles on the chiropractic adjustment. A new article titled Autism: A Chiropractic Perspective provides a systematic review of Autism with emphasis on the elements pertinent to the chiropractor. Look for that in the Articles and News section. There are new additions to the Problems with Placebos Page. Look for the CHIROPRACTIC RESEARCH Section in the RESEARCH drop-down.
The Safety of Chiropractic: You may enjoy the new Safety of Chiropractic Page, which contains significant research suggesting that chiropractic is the safest approach available for the relief of neck pain, back pain, headaches and other “musculo–skeletal” complaints. This new page details that research, and discusses how modern medicine has contributed to the Myth that chiropractic care is dangerous.
Are German Orthopedic Surgeons Killing People With Chiropractic?: Editorial Commentary: I present for your review an abstract from the Journal of Neurology. This abstract blatantly conceals the facts stated in the body of the paper when it states that “we describe 36 patients with vertebral artery dissections and prior chiropractic neck manipulation”. When I read that sentence, I am led to believe that “real-live chiropractors” (meaning licensed Doctors of Chiropractic, who received their training at a CCE/WCCE accredited school) were the ones to provide the “chiropractic neck manipulation”. Unfortunately, that couldn't be further from the truth! You can review many other articles like this at the Stroke Page.
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