Upcoming Dinner Presentations

Hover over a highlighted date to see more details, or click on the date to register now.

Whiplash Chiropractic Care

Research shows the most effective type of care
for this problem is CHIROPRACTIC CARE!

• Chiropractic physicians utilize spinal adjustments, physical medicine and rehabilitation approaches.
• As well as traditional modalities such as ultrasound, electric muscle stimulation, laser therapy, traction, and heat and cold applications in addition to spinal adjustments.
  

According to a recent randomized trial:

“After 9 weeks of care, spinal manipulation had achieved asymptomatic status in 27%, compared to 9.4% for acupuncture and only 5% for medicine.”

According to another research article;

“In the study of late whiplash it was reported that chiropractic care was effective in 93% of cases.”

Late whiplash refers to chronic whiplash, not late onset of symptoms. Late whiplash is considered more difficult to treat than acute whiplash because of the scar tissue that is formed from previous injuries.

There are few studies of the efficacy of the various treatment approaches to acute whiplash, but there are two studies in which the effectiveness of chiropractic care for chronic whiplash injury has been demonstrated. In the study of late whiplash it was reported that chiropractic care was effective in 93% of cases. In a subsequent study, the authors classified the 93 late whiplash patients into three groups:

1. Group 1, with 50 patients, was roughly the equivalent to grade 2 CAD by definition;
   
2. Group 2, with 32 patients, was roughly equivalent to grade 3 CAD;
   
3. Group 3, described as having an unusual complex of symptoms that included blackouts, visual disturbance, nausea, vomiting, chest pain, and non-dermatomal pain distributions, did not really conform to any of the CAD grades.

Following treatment, improvement was noted in 72% of the patients in Group 1, 94% of the patients in Group 2, and 27% of Group 3, with one patient made worse. Most practitioners would concede that managing late whiplash patients is a more challenging than managing acute cases.

What is really sad is that Chiropractic treatment is the best treatment shown to be effective for whiplash, according to research, yet most MD’s, hospitals and insurance companies won’t even talk about it. You can’t even find it advised on their websites.

Chiropractors Education

Chiropractors usually have a four-year undergraduate degree in addition to their four-year Doctor of Chiropractic (DC) degree. Many also go on to continue study’s in various specialties, such as whiplash and brain traumatology, Auto Crash Reconstruction, nutrition, Acupuncture and other courses.