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Research conducted throughout the world shows that chiropractic treatment is both
safe and effective. The following are excerpts from a few of the studies:
Quality of Results
* ... manual therapy is "more effective and less costly for treating neck pain" than either physiotherapy
or care provider by a general practitioner.
British Medical Journal
April 26, 2003
* "...for managment of low-back pain, chiropractic care is the most effective treatment, and it should be fully integrated into the government's health care system."
Versus Alternative Treatment
* "Chiropractic treatment was more effective than hospital outpatient management, mainly for
patients with chronic or severe back pain."
British Medical Journal, 1990
British Medical Research Council Study
* "...spinal manipulation applied by chiropractors is shown to be more effective than
alternative treatment for low-back pain."
The Manga Report, 1993
* "...injured workers...diagnosed with low-back pain returned to work much sooner when
treated by chiropractors than by physicians."
The Manga Report, 1993
Long-Term Effectiveness
* "Two and three years after patients with back pain were treated by chiropracors, they experienced
far less pain than those who were treated by medical doctors."
British Medical Journal, 1990
* "Low Back Pain of Mechanical Origin: Randomized Comparison of Chiropractic and Hospital
Outpatient Treatment."
* "...one of the unexpected findings...looks as though the treatment that the chiropractors give
does something that results in a very long-term benefit."
T.W. Meade, M.D., CBC Radio
Cost/ Quality Analysis
* " The overwhelming body of evidence shows that chiropractic management of low-back pain is more
cost effective than medical managemnet, and that many medical therapies are of questionable validity or are clearly inadequate... Chiropractic manipulation is safer than medical management of low-back
pain."
The Manga Report, 1993
* " There would be highly significant cost savings if more management of low-back pain was
transferred from physicians to chiropractors... Users of chiropractic care have substatially lower health care costs, especially, inpatient costs, than those who use medical care only."
The Manga Report, 1993
Mean Compensation Costs
* "The mean compensation cost ( not treatment costs) paid out by the Utah Worker's Compensation
Board for patients treated by medical doctors was $668.39; the mean compensation cost paid for patients treated by chiropracticwas only $68.38."
Journal of Occupational Medicine, 1991
* "Cost per Case Comparison of Back Injury Claims for Chiropractic vs. Medical Management for
Conditions with Identical Diagnostic Code."
Medical Payments
* Total medical costs for back-related injuries cost the Utah Worker's Compensation Board an average of
$1,665.43 per case; chiropractic costs for similar diagnoses cost only $775.30.
D. C.. Tracts, 1989
* "Cost per Case Analysis of Utah Industrial Back Injury Claims: Chiropractic Management vs. Medical
Management for Diagnostically Equivalent Conditions."
* Medical payments for back-related injuries cost the Florida Worker's Compensation Board $1,100 per
case; chiropractic treatment for similar diagnoses cost only $558.
ACA Journal of Chiropractic, 1988
"An Analysis of Florida Worker's Compensation
Medical Claims for Back-Related Injuries."
Comparison of Compensation Days
* Of 1,996 low-back pain case studied, patients receiving chiropractic treatment averaged 6.26 compensation
days compared to 25.56 compensation days for medical patients.
Chiropractic Journal of Australia, 1992
" Mechanical Low-Back Pain: A Comparison
of Medical and Chiropractic Management."
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