Chiropractic is a system of therapy focused on the structure of the body, particularly the spine. Chiropractors manipulate the body's alignment to relieve pain and improve function and to help the body heal itself.
While the mainstay of chiropractic is spinal manipulation, chiropractic care may also include other treatments, including manual or manipulative therapies, postural and exercise education, and ergonomic training (how to walk, sit, and stand to limit back strain). Chiropractors today often work in conjunction with primary care doctors, pain experts, and surgeons to treat patients with pain.
The most positive research on chiropractic therapy has focused on spinal manipulation for low back pain. As one of the alternatives to pain-relieving drugs, the American College of Physicians low back pain guideline recommends spinal manipulation along with heat, massage and acupuncture.
Chiropractic treatment may also help people with postural and other musculoskeletal related aches and pains.
Chiropractors, their associations and university schools of Chiropractic are all keen to have more research studies that look at the effects of chiropractic care on the body.
At Greensborough Family Chiropractic, in addition to registered chiropractors we have other practitioners including myotherapist, nutritionist, massage therapist.
If interested in Videos etc about Chiropractic you could do your own searches to see what is available in the public domain in Google Search, YouTube, studies on PubMed etc
In our region research studies into Chiropractic are being conducted including at:
- University of New Zealand - Chiropractic Research Department
- Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney. The Australian Chiropractic Research Network (ACORN) Project is a large research initiative, under direction of Distinguished Professor Jon Adams at Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney. The ACORN Project and 7 ACORN sub-studies of Chiropractic have produced 15 published peer-reviewed journal articles and 16 conference presentations.
- by Dr Heidi Haavik (researcher with PhD in NeuroPhysiology), has done and has published much research into Chiropractic. She is also author of The Reality Check.
To find research and information on topics you are interested in, it is probably best that you look for the latest information online. You could search for "Chiropractic Research" + "your interest" for example if interested in headaches you could search for "Chiropractic Research + Headaches". If you want videos on the subject add "YouTube" to your search i.e. your search would be "Chiropractic Research + Headaches + YouTube".