“Chiropractic is the only proven effective treatment in chronic cases (of whiplash injuries),” was the conclusion drawn by authors Khan, Cook et. al. of University Department of Orthopeadic Surgery in Bristol, UK. Their 1999 paper entitled A Symptomatic Classification of Whiplash Injury and the Implications for Treatment, followed 93 pa...

Published in 1994, this five year study concluded that relief can be accomplished most safely with nonprescription medication and/or spinal manipulation. ...

This research studied cost effectiveness, chiropractic education and training, safety issues and patient satisfaction. This 377 page document concluded that including chiropractic would have a positive influence on the health of the country. ...

The Positive Results of Chiropractic are Lasting: Manipulative therapy (chiropractic) and physiotherapy were compared as treatments for persistent back and neck complaints. After 12 months, the manipulative therapy group showed greater improvement in the primary complaint with fewer visits. ...

Chiropractic Offers Long-Term Benefits: This study concluded, “For patients with low-back pain in whom manipulation is not contraindicated, chiropractic almost certainly confers worthwhile, long-term benefit in comparison to hospital outpatient management.” ...

Chiropractic is Cost Effective: Compensation costs for work time lost were $68.38 for patients who received chiropractic care, compared to $668.39 for patients who received standard, non-surgical medical treatment. The number of work days lost under medical care was nearly 10 times higher with 20.7 days lost under medical care and only 2.4 days los...

Shorter Disability and Lower Related Costs: Temporary total disability for chiropractic patients was found to be 51.3 percent shorter than for patients receiving standard medical care. The direct costs of chiropractic physician services were an average of 58.8 percent lower than the corresponding cost for medical doctors. The estimated average tota...

Chiropractic medicine was significantly superior to traditional medical care, as measured by pain relieved, time off from work and money spent on treatment, British researchers discovered after a 10 year study that appeared in the June 1990 British Medical Journal. ...

The Rand Study: RAND, a non-profit research organization, has completed three studies in the United States on chiropractic, with a fourth study currently underway. 1. The first study, a population-based estimate concerning the use of chiropractic services, reported in the American Journal of Public Health, that “chiropractors deliver a subst...

The Manga Report: A major report on the effectiveness of chiropractic treatment was published in 1993. Tile report, entitled The Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Chiropractic Management of Low-Back Pain, was funded by the Ministry of Health in Ontario to assess the most appropriate use of health care resources. The Ministry was particularly ...