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Family Practitioners Hear More about Manipulation

Spinal manipulation continues to be a hot topic in family medical practitioner journals. Consider this quote:1

"Manipulation does not appear to be contraindicated for patients with bulging discs or herniation and is still widely prescribed and recommended for such patients."
Or this comment:2
"Spinal manipulation is one of the few procedures that demonstrably improves outcomes for acute low back pain without radiculopathy."
While the chiropractic profession needs to perform additional studies and disseminate further information to correctly communicate the full potential of chiropractic care, that these journals are focusing their attention on manipulation is promising.
  1. Assendelft WJJ, Bouter LM, Knipschild PG. Complications of Spinal Manipulation. J Fam Pract 1996; 42:475-480.

     

  2. Sullivan T. Up front with backs. Can Fam Phys 1996; 42: 1185-1186.
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