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Chiropractic Care Myths

Article Category: Wellness, Fitness and Diet

Author Name: Dr. Joseph Lupo

Over the years a number of myths relating to chiropractic have been created, mostly by economic competitors and those with varying viewpoints. While the larger part of myths have no basis, they do exist and cause some confusion to individuals not familiar with chiropractic care.

Spinal Adjustments Hurt

Quite the opposite. Many patients feel instantaneous relief immediately after their manipulations. As a matter of fact, most anticipate their chiropractic treatments. In patients enduring severe bouts of back or neck pain, some distress may be experienced for obvious reasons, however, for most patients this is not the case.

Spinal Adjustments Are Unsafe

Chiropractic spinal adjustments are extremely safe when carried out by chiropractic specialists. As a matter of fact, chiropractic adjustments are among the safest treatments for most neck and back issues. According to a 1993 Ontario Ministry of Health commissioned study,.

"There is no clinical or case-control study that proves or even implies that chiropractic care spinal manipulation is unsafe in the treatment of low-back pain. Some medical treatments are equally safe, but others are unsafe and generate iatrogenic (doctor-induced) complications for low-back pain people. Our reading of the literature suggests that chiropractic care manipulation is safer than medical management of low-back pain.".

Lead investigator of the study, Pran Manga, Ph.D., however, did notify that spinal manipulations conducted by health care professionals aside from qualified doctors of chiropractic care were potentially harmful and less effective:.

"Indeed, numerous existing medical therapies of low-back pain are generally contraindicated on the basis of the existing clinical trials. There is also some evidence in the literature to suggest that spinal manipulations are less safe and less effective when conducted by nonchiropractic professionals.".

On December 8, 1994, the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) of the US Department of Health and Human Services published clinical practice guidelines for the management of acute low back pain. Their guidelines were developed after significant study of the diagnostic and treatment methods used for acute low back pain. Their findings included:.

-The risk of serious complications from lumbar spinal manipulation is rare;.
-Conservative treatment such as spinal manipulation should be pursued in most cases before considering surgical intervention;.
-Prescription drugs such as oral steroids, antidepressant medications and colchicine are not advised for acute low back problems.

Chiropractic Doctors Lack Education Compared to Medical Doctors.

The training and education endured by chiro doctors is extremely thorough and demanding, similar to that of medical doctors with the exception of pharmacology and surgery.

Before entering chiropractic college, the aspiring chiropractic doctor mandates 2-4 years (depending on the college attended and the state one wishes to practice in) of premed undergraduate studies. Once accomplished, the student must next finish 4-5 academic years of studies at a chiropractic care college. This includes substantial training in anatomy, physiology, pathology, neurology, radiology, differential diagnosis, chiropractic adjustive techniques, biomechanics, and other health-related studies.

In addition, prior to graduation each student must successfully accomplish numerous hundred clinical hours of "real" patient management in a clinical setting under professional oversight. Most chiropractic care colleges also mandate students to partake in clinical externship programs which place them in actual chiropractic care offices, further increasing their clinical practice skills.

Near or soon after graduation, the new doctors of chiropractic care must successfully finish rigorous National and State Board examinations prior to securing a license to practice chiropractic. Once licensed, most states require that chiropractic physicians receive annual continuing education to ensure that a high level of competency is preserved.

Chiropractic Is Not Scientific.

Chiropractic specialists have always sought to provide the safest and most effective healing methods for their people. For them to achieve this, the chiropractic care profession has been committed to carrying out scientific studies to boost their diagnostic methods and treatment techniques. In the last 20 years chiropractic health care has developed an impressive array of scientific research that illustrates the efficacy, safety and cost effectiveness of chiropractic care. There are many further studies currently underway, and several have been performed by medical doctors and government researchers in both the U.S. and a number of other regions.

In fact, the chiropractic profession has collected a greater number of scientific trials on chiropractic care than the medical profession has acquired for a number of the treatments provided by medical doctors. According to David M. Edy, M.D., Ph.D., professor of health policy and management with Duke University, North Carolina, only 15 percent of all medical interventions are supported by solid scientific evidence. Paul G. Shekelle, M.D., M.P.H., of the RAND Corporation made the following statement on ABC's 20/20:.

"There are considerably more randomized controlled trials which show benefit of this (chiropractic care) than there are for many, many other things which physicians and neurosurgeons do all the time.".

Chiropractic care Care Is Expensive.

Research clearly disproves this myth. Chiropractic care has been consistently shown to be affordable in a number of government and workers' compensation board studies.

According to The Manga Report, a 1993 Canadian government commissioned study,.

"There would be highly significant cost savings if more management of low-back pain was transferred from physicians to chiropractors ... Users of chiropractic care have substantially lower health care costs, especially inpatient costs, than those who use medical care only.".

According to an economic analysis conducted in Richmond, Virginia,.

"By every test of cost and effectiveness, the general weight of evidence shows chiropractic to provide important therapeutic benefits, at economical costs. Additionally, these benefits are achieved with apparently minimal, even negligible, impacts on the costs of health insurance.".

When the State of Florida's Workers' Compensation Board conducted research in 1988 on treatment costs related to injured workers who obtained care from either chiropractic doctors or medical doctors, they found chiropractic treatment costs were 58.8 percent of the treatments costs rendered by medical doctors ($558 vs. $1,100 per case).

You'll Have To Continue Chiropractic care Care For The Rest Of Your Life.

Most doctors of chiropractic care promote a preventative type of lifestyle which has been interpreted by adversaries to mean that chiropractic care requires a lifetime of commitment. Actually, advising that individuals return for periodic spinal care is no different that what dentists suggest to their people in order to prevent cavities and gum disease.

Just as it would be ridiculous to believe that visiting a dentist once per lifespan would ensure permanently healthy teeth and gums it's equally as silly to think that visiting a chiropractor doctor a few times will guarantee a lifelong healthy spine. Our spinal tissues undergo daily bombardment of stresses originating from bad postural habits, suboptimal work environments, psychological stress, and hectic lifestyles just to mention a few.

For these reasons, after the resolution of acute problems individuals are given the opportunity to obtain periodic spinal appointments which acts to minimize the likelihood of future recurrences or development of new problems. The preventative approach in health care has been gaining much recognition as of late and there has been a large nudge in the medical community and health insurance industry to incorporate preventative programs into mainstream medicine.

It's really that simple. Periodic care to prevent potential problems - safe, natural, convenient care now to avoid nasty and complex problems later.

Chiropractors Only Treat Back Pain.

Chiro doctors provide effective treatment for all types of soft tissue conditions and not just back and neck ailments. This consists of conditions of the joints of the extremities like the ankle, knee and shoulder.

What you may not know is chiropractic's success in treating a number of non-soft tissue disorders like dysmenorrhea (painful menses), ulcers, migraine headaches, and ear infections in children. While we can not claim to cure these conditions, we assume that a number of these problems can possibly be mimicked, aggravated and some times caused by disturbances in the nervous system as a result of spinal abnormalities. By repairing 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 research 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.

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