Chiropractic for Chronic LBP: Maintenance Care Better Than Short-Term Therapy

This is the first ever randomized controlled trial of manipulation maintenance therapy and was published in the prestigious medical journal Spine. There were three groups of patients with chronic (more than six months) low back pain consisting of a manipulation group of one month treatment, a sham manipulation group, and a manipulation group of one month treatment and an additional nine months of maintenance treatment. The real manipulation groups both showed significant improvement. This study found that patients who received an additional nine months of one visit per month maintenance treatment not only maintained their improvement, but they actually gained significant additional improvement!

Here is a link to a review article.

Chiropractic for Chronic LBP: Maintenance Care Better Than Short-Term Therapy

Chiropractic Care for Injured Worker's Results in Less Disability Compared to Medical and PT Care

Here is another study showing lower disability rates for patients with work injuries treated by chiros as compared to medical physicians and to PT’s! It was funded by Liberty Mutual Ins Co. and published in the April, 2011 "Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine". It was controlled for demographics and severity of cases.

It shows that a worker is twice as likely to become disabled after treatment by a PT and 60% more likely to become disabled after treatment to a medical physician compared to treatment by a DC!

Please remember that Illinois doctors of chiropractic are physicians and are fully covered by the IL worker's compensation system, even if your employer, WC insurance company or attorney might tell you otherwise.
You may be saving yourself from future disability. I have treated many patients over the years who were disabled by WC and other injuries, and it is always sad to see the effects on their lives.

Health maintenance care in work-related low back pain and its association with disability recurrence.

Santolin Chiropractic Clinic Website

This is an article reviewing a new study from the journal Health Affairs which concluded that most hospital errors go undetected and unreported, and actually happen in 1 out of 3 admissions. A recent large study showed that chiropractic patients have 40% less hospital admissions, so these patients are not being put at risk to suffer injuries from hospital errors.

Hospital Errors May Occur In A Third Of Admissions