Is chiropractic care safe?
Chiropractic has an excellent safety record. While its not unusual to hear of injuries from mis-prescribed drugs, drug overdoses, drug combinations and erroneous treatments in the medical profession, it is extremely rare to hear of a problem resulting from chiropractic care. According to a government study in New Zealand, chiropractic care was found to be remarkably safe. Chiropractic treatments are safe because we only use natural and noninvasive methods of care. Research consistently shows that care from chiropractors is among the safest care available and is literally light years ahead of traditional medical care in terms of “safeness”. Chiropractic is among the safest of the healing arts. As proof, one merely has to compare malpractice rates between chiropractors and other health professionals. Chiropractors’ malpractice premiums are a small fraction of those for medical doctors, especially orthopedists and surgeons.
Every health procedure, from taking aspirin to giving blood, involves a level of risk. Chiropractic adjustments are among the safest of all health care interventions because they are non-surgical, drug-free and present an extremely low risk. An adjustment is the main method of treatment used by your chiropractor. It is a specialized gentle, controlled and safe pressure applied to your spine to restore the proper motion and position of your vertebrae. This precise procedure has been perfected by your highly skilled chiropractor over years of Chiropractic College and clinical practice. Complications arising from adjustment are rare.
According to a New Zealand government inquiry, chiropractic care is remarkably safe.* In relation to caring for neck and back pain, studies have shown that a course of chiropractic care was 250 times safer than a course of anti-inflammatory drugs**. However, it is important to note that while chiropractic has an excellent safety record based on drug free non-invasive care, no form of healthcare is entirely free of potential adverse effects. While some reports have attempted to associate chiropractic neck adjustments with an occurrence of a particular kind of stroke (vertebral artery dissection), research*** conducted in 2008 in the journal Spine – undertaken as part of the World Health Organisation Bone and Joint Decade Neck Pain Taskforce – provides the strongest support for the extremely high safety of chiropractic care. According to the study, increased risks of vertebral artery dissection were likely explained by patients with pre-existing stroke-related neck pain and headaches con
Chiropractic care from this office is VERY SAFE. That’s because it’s being delivered by a licensed practitioner and because risk factors are identified in patients before any type of care is administered. Statistics show that patient risk is considerably lower for Chiropractic when compared to medical care, where there are far greater risks associated with prescription drugs and surgery. Positive proof of its safety record is the fact that Chiropractor’s malpractice premiums are a fraction of those for medical doctors!
