| Neck Pain Research... The AHCPR, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, recommended that low back pain sufferers choose the most conservative care first The AHCPR recommended spinal manipulation as the ONLY safe and effective, drugless form of initial professional treatment of acute low back problems in adults. Pain: “…patients suffering from back and/or neck complaints experience chiropractic care as an effective means of resolving or ameliorating pain and functional impairments, thus reinforcing previous results showing the benefits of chiropractic treatment for back and neck pain.” – Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, Verhoef et al. (1997) “There is strong evidence that manipulation is more effective than a placebo treatment for chronic low-back pain or than usual care by the general practitioner, bed rest, analgesics and massage.” Spine, Van tulder and Bouter et al (1997) “…improvement in all patients at three years was about 19% more in those treated by chiropractors than in those treated by the hospitals. The beneficial effect of chiropractic on pain was particularly clear.” – British Medical Journal, Meade et al. (1995) “Manipulative therapy and physiotherapy are better than general practitioner and placebo treatment. Furthermore, manipulative therapy is slightly better than physiotherapy after 12 months.” – British Medical Journal, Koes et al. (1992) |