Research conducted throughout the world shows that chiropractic treatment for lower back pain is both safe and effective.  The following are excerpts from a few of the more recent studies:

 Quality of Results

     “…for the management of low-back pain, chiropractic care is the most effective treatment, and it should be fully integrated into the government’s health care system.” The Manga Report, 1993.

 Versus Alternative Treatments

•  “Chiropractic treatment was more effective than hospital    outpatient management, mainly for patients with chronic    or severe back pain.”   British Medical Journal, 1990.       British Medical Research Council Study.

• “…spinal manipulation applied by chiropractors is shown to be more effective than alternative treatments for low-back pain.”  The Manga Report, 1993.

• “…injured workers…diagnosed with low-back pain returned to work much sooner when treated by chiropractors than by physicians.”  The Manga Report, 1993.

 Long-Term Effectiveness

    “Two and three years after patients with back pain were treated by chiropractors, they experienced far less pain than those who were treated by medical doctors.”  British Medical Journal, 1990.

“Low Back Pain of Mechanical Origin: Randomized Comparison of Chiropractic and Hospital Outpatient Treatment.”

“…one of the unexpected findings…looks as though the treatment that the chiropractors give does something that results in a very long-term benefit.”  T.W. Meade, M.D., CBC Radio.

What Medical Doctors Say About Chiropractic

       Chiropractic treatment for a variety of neuromusculoskeletal conditions is gaining wider acceptance among the medical profession. Because students of chiropractic spend significantly more time studying the spine than do medical students, many medical doctors recognize the value of chiropractors as the appropriate source for diagnosis of and first line of treatment for functional disorders of the entire musculoskeletal system.

 ·       M.D.s now categorize chiropractic manipulation          with the highest rating: “Generally accepted,             well-established and widely used.”  Spine,           1991.  North American Spine Society.

·          “ A majority of family physicians (in Washington) admitted having encouraged patients to see a chiropractor, and two-thirds indicated a desire to learn more about what chiropractors do.”  The Journal of Family Practice, 1992. “Family Physicians and Chiropractors: What’s Best for the Patient?”

·          “Our trail showed that chiropractic is a very effective treatment, more effective than conventional hospital outpatient treatment for low-back pain…particularly in patients…who have severe problems.”  T.W. Meade, M.D.

·          “Then only difference that I can see is that the patients at John F. Kennedy get chiropractic manipulations.  And in my experience, the patients at J.F.K. almost without fail get out of the hospital in a week.  At Lutheran, it usually takes, oh, not uncommonly, 14 days.”  Per Frietag, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon, on why he prefers to admit his patients with back pain to John F. Kennedy Hospital, which has staff chiropractors, rather than Lutheran General, which does not have staff chiropractors.

·          “Manipulative medicine is no longer a taboo topic.”  Norton Hadler, M.D., self described “cantankerous doctor who would have never dealt with manipulation in the past,” professor of rheumatology, University of North Carolina Medical School at Chapel Hill, Time Magazine, 1991.

·          “Ten years ago if your practiced manipulation…you couldn’t get published and were never invited to meetings.  Now I can’t keep up with the invitations.”  Neurologist Scott Haldeman, M.D., D.C. New York Times. 1991.