Research Studies on Chiropractic

For an athlete, reaction times are everything. A person's ability to react quickly in the heat of a contest could have everything to do with whether or not he or his team wins. And every single second counts.

The latest research study published by the orthopedic journal Spine demonstrates how effective chiropractic care can really be for low back pain. The active-duty military personnel exemplify heroism at its finest, and with it, the physical challenges as well. There is therefore no better patient to administer treatment to for low back pain than the active-duty military patient.

While back pain has become a very common health condition, surgery is rarely required and even the Mayo Clinic admits that while "back pain is extremely common ... surgery often fails to relieve it." So, what exactly determines whether a patient undergoes spinal surgery?

Research published in the November-December issue of the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics and reported on by Scoop Health from New Zealand, shows how chiropractic helps affect brain and nerve system function.

Colic is a condition where there are repeated bouts of excessive crying in a baby who is otherwise healthy. The definition doctors use is: a baby crying for more than three hours a day, for more than three days a week, for at least three weeks.