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Whiplash for Professionals

Attention Insurance Adjusters, Attorneys, and Medical Doctors

Why should you consult or refer patients to a Doctor of Chiropractic?

1) There are some who feel having a DC on a MVC case could make it less valuable, that MD's have more credibility than a DC or that DC's are too vulnerable to attack by defense.

• When in fact it is a DC who wrote THE book on CAD. (Dr. Arthur Croft).
• Chiropractors have the most comprehensive postgraduate training in CAD.
• Chiropractors are the only ones to conduct ongoing human subject crash testing.
• And many undergo postgraduate training to provide effective direct examination at trial.

2) There are some who question the effectiveness of Chiropractic or alternative treatment.

• When in fact alternative treatments have been shown to be very effective for this problem. According to a study which compared the use of some common pain medication (Celebrex or Vioxx) to acupuncture and spinal manipulation; that patients receiving chiropractic after 9 weeks noticed a superior amount of relief compared to other methods. Patients receiving chiropractic care reached 27% asymptomatic levels, acupuncture 9.4% and only 5% for medicine.
• In another study chiropractic care showed it could be effective up to 93% of the time for chronic whiplash pain.

3) Some individuals are of the impression that Chiropractors treat for indefinite amounts of time and would see a patient forever if they could.

• It was a Chiropractor (A. Croft) who developed the most widely used guidelines to assist physicians of all types to better categorize the injury and patient status so as to enable better treatment protocols and standardize a level of injury that improves communication between doctor, patient, attorney and insurance adjuster.

The DC is the expert

• DC's are willing to dot the i's and cross the t's
• DCs can serve in several capacities
  • Expert
  • Attending physician/case manager
  • Consultant