A Courtesy of Healing Touch Chiropractic and Dr. Gary L. Easter

 

Chiropractic Research

There are thousands of case studies on the wonders of chiropractic.  Below is a sampling.  Imagine if these people had never seen a chiropractor.

Chronic Chest Pain. A 49-year-old male suffered from chronic chest pain, dyspnea and anxiety for over 4 months. Prior efforts to treat the condition had met with failure. Chiropractic adjustments were given to the thoracic spine and by 14 weeks of care there was a complete recovery that was maintained at 9 months follow-up. (1)

Fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue. Twenty-three patients (aged 11 to 76) suffering from primary fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome from 2 to 35 years received from 20 to 48 chiropractic adjustments.  After care every patient was able to resume normal activities including full time work and maintained their improvements at 1 to 1 ½ years follow up.  “Improvement in symptoms of 92-100% was achieved in both these syndromes.” (2)

Attention deficit disorder. Following a motor vehicle accident a 7-year-old boy began to suffer from memory loss, inability to concentrate, general agitation, loss of appetite, headache, difficulty chewing, ear pain, hearing loss, difficulty breathing, neck and leg pain.  His MD diagnosed attention deficit disorder (ADD) and prescribed Ritalin. However chiropractic spinal analysis revealed subluxation of C2 with a reversal of the normal neck curve.  After 12 weeks of care his neck curve had returned to normal; by 17 weeks his ADD disappeared and Ritalin was stopped. His other symptoms also disappeared and he returned to normal behavior.  After the insurance settlement the mother discontinued chiropractic care and the child's symptoms gradually returned. He is back on Ritalin. (3)

There are thousands more like these NOT because Chiropractic is a cure-all for everything, (there are no cure-alls) but because the human body knows the best way to fix most problems as long as the proper communication between the brain and the body is uninterrupted.

1. Polkinghorn B and Colloca,\ C.  Chiropractic management of chronic chest pain utilizing mechanical force, manually assisted short-lever adjusting procedures. J Manipulative Physiological Therapeutics. 2003:26(2).

2. Amalu WC. Upper cervical management of primary fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome cases.  Today's Chiropractic. May/June 2000;76-86.

3. Arme J. Effects of biomechanical insult correction on attention deficit disorder.  J of Chiropractic Case Reports. 1993;1(1).