The Science Behind Chiropractic
Did you know that there is a stack of scientific research that has demonstrated chiropractic care can positively affect many different aspects of health and function? Please note however that the practitioner, Chiropractor treats those aspects of the conditions amenable to manual therapy.
Animated videos about research into chiropractic are currently being reviewed to ensure they comply with Australian National Law and are within guidelines of AHPRA. In Australia, Chiropractors are registered Health Practitioners under AHPRA.
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".