Nov
24
According to the Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research (FCER), chiropractic care can be an effective tool for sufferers of Tension Headaches. Several studies over the past few years have tracked many different types of physical and behavioral treatments for patients with headaches. Chiropractic care was specifically compared to amitriptyline, a common medication used for headaches.
The results showed that chiropractic was highly effective for patients with tension headaches. When compared with the drug amitriptyline, chiropractic and the drug had similar short term effects during the episode. However, the drug carried with it an adverse reaction rate in 82% of the patients. ? The only reactions to chiropractic care are health and wellness!
The most profound effects were seen after the care was discontinued in the study. In these instances the patients who were on drug therapy essentially returned to the same state as before. (Drugs only treat the symptoms.) However, the patients who were under chiropractic care continued to show sustained reduction in headache frequency and severity even after the chiropractic care was discontinued. (Chiropractic treats the cause.) The implications are that chiropractic is not actually a therapy or treatment, but rather gets to the cause, allowing the body to effect a correction that lasts beyond actual care.
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