New study from the prestigious Spine Journal on active military personnel showed that chiropractic manipulation (adjustments) in conjunction with standard medical care offers a significant advantage for decreasing pain and improving physical functioning when compared to standard care alone, for men and women between the ages of 18-35 with acute low back pain.

Adding chiropractic manipulative therapy to standard medical care for patients with acute low back pain: the results of a pragmatic randomized comparative effectiveness study.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23060056