From the ArcaMax Publishing, Health & Fitness Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/healthtips/s-189255-728504
TORONTO (UPI) -- Patients with chronic neck pain reported significant
improvement following chiropractic spinal manipulation, according to a
Canadian review.
The results of the literature review confirm the common clinical
experience of doctors of chiropractic: neck manipulation, or
chiropractic adjustment, is beneficial for patients with certain forms
of chronic neck pain, reported the Journal of Manipulative and
Physiological Therapeutics.
Review author Howard Vernon of Toronto's Canadian Memorial
Chiropractic College and colleagues reviewed nine previously published
trials and found high-quality evidence that patients with chronic neck
pain showed significant pain-level improvements following spinal
manipulation.
All of the studies showed positive changes up to 12 weeks
post-treatment, and no trial reported any serious adverse effects,
according to the review.