Typically, a chiropractor will use spinal adjustments and manipulations to other body parts, aimed at realigning bones and joints in order to diminish pain, improve motion and flexibility. “For back pain, there is some encouraging evidence which, however, is far from convincing,” says Professor Ernst. “For all other conditions, the evidence is absent or so flimsy that it is negligible.” There is no connection between the spine and conditions such as deafness and measles.”Īnd what of the first camp? The NHS lists chiropractic as a possible treatment for back, neck and shoulder pain while a 2019 systematic review found that spinal manipulative therapy “produces similar effects to recommended therapies for chronic low back pain,” and “seems to be better than non-recommended interventions for improvement in function in the short term.” However, it states that clinicians “should inform their patients of the potential risks of adverse events associated with SMT. “There is no reason to believe there’s any possible benefit from twisting vertebra. “The second camp is certainly worse,” says Marshall. “Others see themselves as primary care physicians, adhere to the gospel of their founding fathers and treat any human conditions.” While dubious claims have been made in the past about chiropractic curing everything from autism to IBS (many chiropractors reject these claims), these days most practitioners focus on physical pain. “Some chiropractors see themselves as spine specialists and treat mainly back and neck pain,” says Edzard Ernst, emeritus professor of complementary medicine at the University of Exeter. The theory behind chiropractic is that all disease and ill health is caused by blockages in the flow of energy through the spine, and by adjusting the spine with these grotesque popping sounds, you can remove blockages, allowing the innate energy to flow freely.” Marshall says this doesn’t really chime with much of what we know about human biology. “A lot of people don’t realise it’s a form of alternative medicine with some pretty strange beliefs at heart,” says Michael Marshall, project director at the ‘anti-quack’ charity the Good Thinking Society. “Palmer came to believe he was able to cure deafness through the spine, by adjusting it. The discipline was established in the late 19th century by D.D. However, chiropractic is considered a complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), and the evidence behind it is contentious. Millions of people worldwide swear by their chiropractor Dolly Parton and Cher are known to call on theirs before a concert. With a twist and click of the spine, the pain, hopefully, goes away. Mostly, patients seek help for a physical symptom affecting their musculoskeletal system a bad back, say, or pain in an arm or leg. There are over 3,000 registered chiropractors in the UK, with thousands of us visiting one each day.
He had attended a session with a chiropractor in York, which resulted in a broken neck. This week an inquest heard how, in 2017, John Lawler, an 80-year-old former bank manager, died after being left a paraplegic.
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