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Effect of Intensive Patient Education vs Placebo Patient Education on Outcomes in Patients With Acute Low Back Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial

ChiroOrg

Chiro.Org Blog: Patients who are at high risk of pain chronicity may require additional care, including second-line options such as physical (eg, spinal manipulation) and/or psychological therapies (eg, psychologically informed physiotherapy). [6]

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Chiropractic research trends and current hotspots

Chiropractic Economics

This changed in 1996, when research started to take an upward trend, growing explosively between 2008 and 2023. Over time, chiropractic evolved into one of the top-researched conservative treatments for spinal pain. Additionally, risks associated with spinal manipulation remain controversial in the literature.

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The top 6 common myths about chiropractic treatment

Canadian Chiropractic Association

For example, spinal and joint manipulation has been shown to be effective treatment for acute and chronic musculoskeletal conditions, like back pain. 5 Adjustments are painful In general, adjustments or joint manipulations do not hurt. Journal of manipulative and physiological therapeutics, 31(2), 146-159. McHardy, A.,