NECK AND BACK PAIN: MANY PEOPLE FIRST SEEK CARE FOR NECK OR BACK PAIN.  RESEARCH IN THE JOURNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE AND RHEUMATOLOGY SHOW THAT CHIROPRACTIC IS RECOMMENDED AS THE MOST EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR BACK AND NECK PAIN AND THE RELATED NUMBNESS, TINGLING AND PAIN IN THE ARM, HAND AND LEGS.

HEADACHES: RESEARCH HAS ALSO SHOWN CHIROPRACTIC TO BE AS EFFECITVE AS MEDICATION IN THE TREATMENT OF MIGRAINE, STRESS/TENSION, AND CLUSTER HEADACHES.  IT IS NOTEWORTHY THAT THE BENEFIT OF THE CHIROPRACTIC CARE CONTINUED AFTER TREATMENT WAS STOPPED.  ON THE OTHER HAND, WHEN MEDICINE WAS STOPPED, SYMPTOMS RETURNED.

CHRONIC PAIN SYNDROMES: OFTEN THE RESULT OF REPEATED INJURY OR TRAUMA RESULTING IN DEGENERATIVE CHANGES IN THE JOINTS AND SOFT TISSUES.  CHIROPRACTIC CARE EFFECTIVELY ADDRESSES THESE ISSUES.

SPINAL TRAUMA/ACCIDENTS: CHIROPRACTIC CARE IS A FIRST LINE TREATMENT FOR SPINAL TRAUMA SUCH AS AUTO ACCIDENTS, WORK RELATED INJURY AND PLAYGROUND AND SPORTS ACCIDENTS.

RESEARCH FROM NEUROSCIENCE, CHIROPRACTIC AND MEDICINE SHOW:

1.  CHIROPRACTIC CARE BENEFITS PATIENTS WITH ASTHMA, VERTIGO, INFANTILE COLIC, OTITIS MEDIA AND PNEUMONIA IN THE ELDERLY.      

2.  HYPERTENSION, ANXIETY AND HEART RATE VARIABLITY ( A MARKER FOR ARRHYTHMIA AND CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS) WERE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED FOLLOWING CHIROPRACTIC CARE.                                     

3.  PRE-MENSTRUAL SYNDROME AND BACK PAIN IN LABOR AND PREGNANCY IMPROVED UNDER CHIROPRACTIC CARE,  AND THE TIME OF DELIVERY WAS SHORTENED IN BOTH FIRST TIME AND SUBSEQUENT BIRTHS.               

4.  CHIROPRACTIC CARE IMPROVES THE NUMBER AND FUNCTION OF IMMUNE CELLS AND THEIR ACTIVITY.                                                 

5.  THE FIRST CHIROPRACTIC PATIENT HAD HIS HEARING RESTORED AFTER BEING ADJUSTED.  WHILE MORE STUDIES ARE NEEDED, A REPORT IN THE JOURNAL OF CHIROPRACTIC AND OSTEOPATHY SHOWED HEARING ABILITY WAS IMPROVED IN THE STUDY GROUP FOLLOWING CHIROPRACTIC CARE.