Chiropractic Benefits


 

The following are peer review journals/articles that given information about Chiropractic's and how they can help prevent and treat pain.

 

Articles :

 

“The competent physician, before he attempts to give medicine to the patient, makes himself acquainted not only with the disease, but also with the habits and constitution of the sick man.”
-Cicero Quote

 

Abstract: This article is about the preventative nature and the preventative benefits of chiropractics.This article provides insight on how many people in a study actually receive measurable results when treated with different chiropractic methods.

 

Manipulation and exercise are recommended by chiroproctors for treatment and prevention of low back problems. Many patients stop their exercise program with improvement in their symptoms. The success of exercises for the prevention of low back pain is dependent on several factors, one being continued compliance to the program. Only a small percentage of the general population do regular exercise; therefore, it is essential that patients recognize the importance of regular exercise in reducing the recurrence of their low back pain. This case study shows how the use of a gym ball appears to have improved compliance and reduced the incidence of low back pain for one patient with a history of re-occuring low back pain and a poor record of exercise compliance. The question must be asked, in this an case incident or is use of the gym ball an appropriate treatment for low back pain?

 

Merritt, L. G. (2001). Exercise compliance and the gym ball: a case study. Journal Of The Canadian Chiropractic Association45(4), 221. 

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“Medicine is a collection of uncertain prescriptions, the results of which taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind. Water, air and cleanliness are the chief articles in my pharmacopeia.”
-Napoleon Bonaparte Quote

 

Abstract: this study is a first hand account of the real benefits of following a regimented prescription of a chiropractor. This study provides actual results of how chiropractic procedures relieved a mans severe, back and testicular pain after being treated.

 

The purpose of this article is to report the case of a patient who had low-back pain, leg pain, and idiopathic chronic testicular pain and who sought chiropractic care for his low-back and leg pain and received pain relief including his testicular pain. Subject: A 36-year-old male patient had low-back pain, right leg pain, and testicular pain that was worsening. All had been present for 5 years. He had been seen by several medical physicians and had lumbar magnetic resonance imaging and x-rays performed. All were read as normal. Examination revealed tenderness of the testicles bilaterally with no masses or other abnormality of the testicles or scrotum. Orthopedic and neurological testing was unremarkable. Tenderness rated 8 out of 10 was noted at the L4 spinous process. Intervention: The patient was treated with Cox Technic (flexion-distraction) of the lumbar spine, receiving a total of 19 treatments over an 8-week time period. Results: After 4 weeks, the patient's low-back pain was decreased and his leg pain was gone. The testicularpain was improved after the first treatment and gone after 3 weeks of care. The patient was followed up by telephone at 3 and 6 months after discharge to find out if the testicle pain had returned, which it had not. Conclusions: This case was one of chronic idiopathic testicular pain. The patient was treated with the Cox Technic, and his low-back pain improved with complete remission of his leg and testicular pain. The testicular pain had not returned 6 months following his discharge from care.

 

Rowell, R. M., & Rylander, S. J. (2012). Low-Back Pain, Leg Pain, and Chronic Idiopathic Testicular Pain Treated with Chiropractic Care. Journal Of Alternative & Complementary Medicine18(4), 420-422. doi:10.1089/acm.2010.0698 

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“The art of healing comes from nature and not from the physician. Therefore, the physician must start from nature with an open mind.”
-Paracelsus Quote

 

Abstract:This article explains chiropractic benefits for individuals experiencing depression and lower back pain.

 

To describe the case of a patient with depressive symptoms which improved while under chiropractic care for low back pain, and to discuss the clinical features of depression, including screening. Clinical features: A 71-year-old female with low back pain sought chiropractic care. Her initial score on the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) was 8. Intervention and outcome: The patient was treated with flexion-distraction chiropractictechnique, moist hot packs, and interferential current to the lumbar spine a total of 11 times over 11 weeks. The BDI was administered at baseline and again three times during care. Her scores went from 8 (indicated moderate depression) to 4 (indicating no or minimal depression) to 0 during her care. Conclusion: While non-musculoskeletal complaints as a chief complaint make up a small percentage of chiropractic practice, chiropractors see large numbers of patients with low back pain and depression. There is scant literature about the effect of chiropractic care as a treatment for depression. There are reports of other complementary and alternative medicine CAM treatments for patients with depression as well as reports of depression screening and awareness in chiropractic practice. This patient''s depression improved while under chiropractic care for her low back pain. This may have been due to a variety of factors, such as natural progression, therapeutic effect of touch, patient–doctor interaction, or improvement secondary to the improvement of her back pain.

 

Rowell, R. M., Lawrence, D. J., & Hawk, C. (2006). Relief of depressive symptoms in an elderly patient with low back pain. Clinical Chiropractic9(1), 34-38. doi:10.1016/j.clch.2005.09.001

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“The greatest discovery of any generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering the attitudes of their minds.”
-Albert Schweitzer Quote

 

A case of a middle-aged, long-term insulin-dependent diabetic gentleman with an acute onset of hip and thigh pain and quadriceps weakness after sneezing is presented. Following an initial differential diagnosis of nerve root and/or femoral nerve compression, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) failed to reveal any evidence of nerve root compression or intrapelvic pathology. On this basis, the diagnosis was subsequently modified to femoral mononeuropathy. As his symptoms were relieved by iliopsoas stretching, the possibility exists that he was suffering primarily from proximal femoral nerve entrapment by iliacus, and a post-mortem example of this anatomical variant is shown. Gentle stretching of hip flexors, especially if it alleviates symptoms, might therefore be considered amongst other conservative measures, where proximal femoral nerve entrapment is suspected.

 

Johnson, I. (2007). Iliacus stretching for symptomatic relief of femoral mononeuropathy. Clinical Chiropractic10(2), 97-100. doi:10.1016/j.clch.2006.11.001

 

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“Man is ill because he is never still.”
-Paracelsus Quote

Abstract:This explains many different types of alternative health techniques. This article shows alternative healing methods primarily for lower back pain.

 

Sixty percent (60%) to 80% of patients who visit chiropractic, osteopathic, or Chinese medicine practitioners are seeking pain relief. Objectives: This article aimed to identify the amount, quality, and type of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) pain research in Australia by systematically and critically reviewing the literature. Methods: PubMed, Scopus, Australasian Medical Index, and Cochrane library were searched from their inception to July 2009. Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trial Registration and National Health and Medical Research Council databases were searched for human studies yet to be completed. Predefined search terms and selection criteria were used for data identification. Results: Of 204 studies selected, 54% were on chiropractic, 27% on Chinese medicine, 15% about multitherapy, and 4% on osteopathy. Chronic spinal pain was the most studied condition, with visceral pain being the least studied. Half of the articles in Chinese medicine or multitherapy were systematic reviews or randomized control trials. In comparison, only 5% of chiropractic and none of osteopathy studies were in these categories. Government funding was rare, and most studies were self-funded or internally funded. All chiropractic, osteopathic, and Chinese herbal medicine studies were conducted by the researchers of the professions. In contrast, half of the acupuncture studies and all t'ai chi studies were conducted by medical doctors or physiotherapists. Multidisciplinary collaboration was uncommon. Conclusions: The quantity and the quality of CAM pain research in Australia are inconsistent with the high utilization of the relevant CAM therapies by Australians. A substantial increase in government funding is required. Collaborative research examining the multimodality or multidisciplinary approach is needed.

 

Zheng, Z., & Xue, C. l. (2013). Pain Research in Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Australia: A Critical Review. Journal Of Alternative & Complementary Medicine19(2), 81-91. doi:10.1089/acm.2011.0233

 

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Books:

 

A Revolution in Healthcare driven by an Evolution in how you think about your Health.

The Chiropractic Evolution: Health From the Inside Out

By D.C. David R Moore

Moore, D. (2011). The chiropractic evolution: Health from the inside out. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-chiropractic-evolution-david-r-david-moore/1111575718?ean=9781463773403

 

 

Integrative psychiatry / edited by Daniel A. Monti, Bernard D. Beitman

Monti, D. A., & Beitman, B. D. (2010). Integrative psychiatry. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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Kinesiology of the Musculoskeletal System: Foundations for Rehabilitation, 2e

By: Donald A. Neumann PhD PT FAPTA

Neumann, D. A. (2010). Kinesiology of the musculoskeletal system: Foundations for rehabilitation. (2nd ed.). St.Louis, Missouri : Mosby Elsevier.

http://www.amazon.com/Kinesiology-Musculoskeletal-System-Foundations-Rehabilitation/dp/0323039898/ref=sr_1_13?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1393819464&sr=1-13&keywords=chiropractic+books

 

 

 

Media:

Documentary on the Benefits of Chiropractics 

 

Part 1

 

 

Part 2

 

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Websites:

The FCLB serves as a non-profit clearinghouse and forum for the discussion of important regulatory issues. The annual conference and district meetings provide an opportunity for a healthy exchange of ideas and viewpoints, as well as unified adoption of resolutions protecting the profession's examining regulatory standards and ultimately the consumer public.

http://www.fclb.org/boards.aspx

 

 

 

The purpose of the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners is to establish and maintain uniform high standards of excellence in the chiropractic profession and chiropractic education, primarily but not exclusively by preparing and administering to qualified applicants examinations of superior quality, whereby those legal agencies which govern the practice of chiropractic within each state and other countries may accept, at their discretion, those individuals who have successfully completed any part of the examinations of the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners, and by providing test and measurement services to the chiropractic profession in all areas of demonstrated need, and to advance the chiropractic profession when in the best interests of the corporation and chiropractic testing.

https://www.nbce.org

 

 

The ACA is a professional organization representing Doctors of Chiropractic. Its mission is to preserve, protect, improve and promote the chiropractic profession and the services of Doctors of Chiropractic for the benefit of patients they serve. The purpose of the ACA is to provide leadership in health care and a positive vision for the chiropractic profession and its natural approach to health and wellness. On behalf of the chiropractic profession, we accomplish our mission and purpose by affecting public policy and legislation, by promoting high standards in professional ethics and quality of treatment and by carrying out a dynamic strategic plan to help ensure the professional growth and success of Doctors of Chiropractic.

http://www.acatoday.org/index.cfm

 

 

THE FOLLOWING ARE A FEW ADDITIONAL EXCELLENT RESOURCES:

 

http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/ART02040/Chiropractic-Therapy.html

 

 

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