NO TIME FOR A SERIES OF ADJUSTMENTS?

STUDY SHOWS EVEN ONE TREATMENT HELPS!

If you’ve ever wondered if a single Chiropractic adjustment can have an immediate positive affect on a person’s life, have a look at the results of this recent study.

The study was conducted on 70 patients who reported neck pain and were tested standardly for both range of motion and level of discomfort. The results were reported in

 

The Journal of Manipulative and PhysiologicalTherapeutics

The subjects were then randomly divided into two groups. The Chiropractic adjustment group received a single high impact, low amplitude (HVLA) treatment. The second group received a treatment simply aimed at mobilization of the neck. All of the participants were again tested for range of motion and pain 5 minutes after receiving their procedure.

The results showed that members of both groups benefited from their treatment in range of motion and pain reduction. This was found by comparing pre-treatment and post-treatment figures.

However, the researchers discovered than those subjects who received the HVLA Chiropractic adjustment had far superior results that the group that had just the mobilization done on them.

The researchers also noted that it did not matter if the subject was a man or a woman. Basically, the group that received the Chiropractic adjustment had less pain and a better range of motion when tested 5 minutes after the procedure was performed.

Now, it should be noted that the aim of this study was only to measure the short term results of a Chiropractic adjustment, so no long term follow up was done on any of the subjects.

The article noted that most chiropractors believe that a series of adjustments are needed to create a lasting change in the spine and the nervous system. However, this study does confirm that even a single specific adjustment does create an immediate positive change. And, researchers pointed out, a Chiropractic adjustment is much more effective that random physical mobilization such as was received by the control group in this study.

 

 

 

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