Harvard Study: Low
Back Pain Patients Significantly
More Satisfied With
Chiropractic Than Conventional Medical Care.
At the 17th annual North American Spine
Society meeting, three medical doctors defended Chiropractic by citing a
Harvard study that found low back pain patients were significantly more
satisfied with Chiropractic treatments compared to conventional medical care.
After researching "myths,"
Co-author , Dr. Zigler, MD found Chiropractic education is more similar to
medical education than it is dissimilar.
Dr. Zigler had integrated Chiropractors
into his multi-disciplinary spine center where the Chiropractors screen
patients for surgical versus non-surgical care.
Another co-author, Dr. Cole, MD,
stated, "overall, manipulation* has the advantage of reducing pain,
decreasing medication, rapidly advancing physical therapy and requiring fewer
passive modalities." (*Manipulation is one of the primary treatment
techniques used by Doctors of Chiropractic.)
He also recommends spine surgeons refer
their patients to Chiropractors.
