Comments on: Chiropractic Techniques

By: Frank M. Painter, D.C.

Frank M. Painter, D.C. — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:06:28 +0000

I’m not sure what you mean by exclusive? Do you mean the numbers of DCs that only use ONE technique, be it diversified or be it NUCCA?

By: phoenix chiropractor

phoenix chiropractor — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:47:52 +0000

I agree with another comment that the exclusive numbers would be interesting to know. Can you add that to the article as a follow up?

By: Frank M. Painter, D.C.

Frank M. Painter, D.C. — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:06:49 +0000

Hi Andrew

The overlap of these percentages means that many of the interviewed DCs use more than one technique. The only truly “exclusive” techniques that I know of are the ones that focus strictly on upper cervical adjusting (UC) such as NUCCA, Blair, or Grostic. I have received referrals from UC doctors who needed support in other spinal regions, when UC care didn’t resolve their patient’s regional complaints.

I’m a Palmer grad, and “Palmer Package” includes diversified, Palmer upper cervical, Gonstead, Thompson, and some Pierce pelvic as part of the package, and 20 other techniques were readily available as electives at a reasonable cost, like NUCCA, Pierce-Stillwagon, Logan Basic, Atlas Orthogonal etc.

I suspect each doctor starts with their favorite technique. The real issue is, if you are not getting dramatic results after a short trial of care (1-2 weeks), how quickly does that doctor switch to another approach?

In reality, every new case is a unique puzzle, and no 2 are alike!

By: Andrew White

Andrew White — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 22:05:27 +0000

When looking at this stats, I’d be interested in knowing how many are exclusive. I know its hard to get an answer like that on a poll. But there can’t truly be two 95% on techniques. Can you run a poll asking about the more common or exclusivity of a technique?