What is it? How Do We Heal? What the Experts say Real Doctors?   Chiro 101 The Pros and Cons of Chiropractic, What the Experts Say; December 1994 "A comprehensive federal government study performed by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research [AHCPR]..determined that spinal manipulation is one of the few recommended and efficacious forms of initial treatment for low back problems in adults." Manga Report, September 1993 "This study, commissioned by the Ministry of Health in Ontario, Canada, concluded that chiropractic management [of low back pain] is greatly superior to medical management in terms of scientific validity, safety, cost-effectiveness and patient satisfaction." RAND Corporation, 1997 The media has indicated that some types of neck manipulations have been associated with injuries leading to or contributing to serious complications including stroke. According to the RAND study on the cervical spine, the incidence of vertebrobasilar accidents [strokes] and other major complications following cervical spine manipulation is 1.46 in one million manipulations." In comparison, studies reveal that 1 out of 10,000 aspirin users suffer medical complications from that medication. HARRIS Poll Survey, ____________date? A recent Harris Poll survey found that patients with back problems were more satisfied with chiropractic treatment than other types of care, and 70 percent of Americans surveyed believe that chiropractic should be inlcuded as a basic benefit in their health plans.

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