Longmont Chiropractor-Chad Mathey Reprinted from Dynamic Chiropractic It was reported by Zigler in 2011 that 200,000 spinal fusion surgeries are performed each year in the United States alone.1 An equal number of microdiscectomies are performed, according to Mayer (2006),2 and is considered by many to be a conservative number. Let’s consider the chiropractic impact of [...]
Longmont Colorado Chiropractor Dr. Chad Mathey
Category Archives: Safety of Chiropractic
Do I Have a Herniated Disc?
Do I Have a Herniated Disc? Longmont Chiropractor The term “herniated disc” has been called many things from a slipped disc to a bulging disc. For a doctor who specializes in disc problems, the term is critical because it tells him/her how to create a prognosis and subsequent treatment plan for a patient. To clarify [...]
Headaches & Migraine: Chiropractic vs. Medication-Effectiveness & Safety
Longmont, Colorado Chiropractor Headaches & Migraine: Chiropractic vs. Medication Effectiveness & Safety In randomized clinical trials, chiropractic was 75% more effective in the reduction of headaches and migraines than drug therapy. Reprinted with permission from The US Chiropractic Directory It was reported in October of 2010 by Wrong Diagnosis that approximately 1 in 6, 16.54% [...]
Chronic Low Back Pain: Chiropractic vs. Medicine
Longmont, Colorado Chiropractor Reprinted from the US Chiropractic Directory Research Results: Chiropractic is 457% more effective than medicine As reported in 2003 by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, “If you have lower back pain, you are not alone. Nearly everyone at some point has back pain that interferes with work, routine daily [...]
Children and Chiropractic: A Study in Adverse Effects
Web MD and many other so called “Respected Medical Resources” have erroneously, and irresponsibly reported that chiropractic is unsafe for children. They should take up with Chicken Little who claimed that the “Sky was Falling” because the assertion is simply based on medical politics and not facts or current research. This article is the facts, [...]
The Safety of Chiropractic-Part 3
I’ll finish up The Safety of Chiropractic with this third post. Enjoy! Longmont, Colorado Chiropractor Another article titled “36 Percent of Acute Liver Failures Are Linked to Acetaminophen” suggests that other organ systems are also compromised by the use of over-the-counter pain medications. Lauretti’s review of the literature found that The best evidence indicates that [...]
The Safety of Chiropractic-Part 2
Longmont, Colorado Chiropractor Last time, I started this post with a little history of chiropractic and how the powers that be tried to contain us and eliminate our existence. I said I would get into the safety of what I do for a living on the second post, so here it is. It was published in [...]
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