Benefits of Chiropractic Care

Short-term and regular chiropractic care have a number of benefits including musculoskeletal conditions, injuries, and non-musculoskeletal conditions.

Common musculoskeletal conditions and benefits:

spinal and extremity pain dysfunction/ relief with care
- low back pain and stiffness
- neck and upper back pain and stiffness
- mid back pain and stiffness
- leg pain, weakness, numbness and tingling
- arm pain, weakness, numbness and tingling
- carpal tunnel syndrome
headache and migraine relief
increased mobility and range of motion
decreased stiffness and muscular spasms
arthritic joint pain relief
increased joint health
increased performance and energy
increased sense of well being and relaxation
increased balance and coordination
reduced degeneration and risk of injury
enhanced tissue healing
decreased tissue inflammation

Common injuries treated:

automobile accident and whiplash injuries
on-the-job and lifting injuries
sports/athletic injuries
slip and fall injuries
chronic injuries

Non-musculoskeletal conditions which studies have shown may benefit from chiropractic:

asthma
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
dizziness and dysequilibrium
dysmenorrhea
infantile colic
low energy levels
otitis media (ear infection)
ulcers

Dr. Shanna Bissonette, DC, is a chiropractor in Mammoth Lakes and has a satellite office in Bishop. She treats patients with acute and chronic pain presentations, headaches, neck and lower back pain regularly. Her healthcare approach is to focus on the musculoskeletal and nervous system and the effects of these disorders on general health.

Chiropractic Quotes

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First contact chiropractic care for common low back conditions costs substantially less than traditional medical treatment and “deserves careful consideration” by managed care executives concerned with controlling health care spending. Medical Care, Stano and Smith (1996)

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“The overwhelming body of evidence” shows that chiropractic management of low-back pain is more cost-effective than medical management, and that “many medical therapies are of questionable validity or are clearly inadequate.” – The Manga Report (1993)

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“Findings from this analysis of the Florida DWC claims and medical files indicated that considerable cost savings and more efficient claims resolution may be possible with greater involvement of chiropractic treatment in specific low back cases and other specific musculoskeletal cases.” – MGT of America (2002)

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“[Elderly] chiropractic users were less likely to have been hospitalized, less likely to have used a nursing home, more likely to report a better health status, more likely to exercise vigorously, and more likely to be mobile in the community. In addition, they were less likely to use prescription drugs.” – Topics in Clinical Chiropractic, Coulter et al. (1996)

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“The results of this study show that spinal manipulative therapy is an effective treatment for tension headaches…Four weeks after cessation of treatment…the patients who received spinal manipulative therapy experienced a sustained therapeutic benefit in all major outcomes in contrast to the patients that received amitriptyline therapy, who reverted to baseline values.” – Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, Boline et al. (1995)

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“Cervical spine manipulation was associated with significant improvement in headache outcomes in trials involving patients with neck pain and/or neck dysfunction and headache.” – Duke Evidence Report, McCrory, Penzlen, Hasselblad, Gray (2001)

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“…for the management of low-back pain, chiropractic care is the most effective treatment, and it should be fully integrated into the government’s health care system.” – The Manga Report (1993)

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“…patients suffering from back and/or neck complaints experience chiropractic care as an effective means of resolving or ameliorating pain and functional impairments, thus reinforcing previous results showing the benefits of chiropractic treatment for back and neck pain.” – Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, Verhoef et al. (1997)

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“Manipulative therapy and physiotherapy are better than general practitioner and placebo treatment. Furthermore, manipulative therapy is slightly better than physiotherapy after 12 months.” – British Medical Journal, Koes et al. (1992)

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“…improvement in all patients at three years was about 29% more in those treated by chiropractors than in those treated by the hospitals. The beneficial effect of chiropractic on pain was particularly clear.” – British Medical Journal, Meade et al. (1995)

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“There is strong evidence that manipulation is more effective than a placebo treatment for chronic low-back pain or than usual care by the general practitioner, bed rest, analgesics and massage.” – Spine, Van Tulder and Bouter et al. (1997)

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“For patients with acute low-back symptoms without radiculopathy, the scientific evidence suggests spinal manipulation is effective in reducing pain and perhaps speeding recovery within the first month of symptoms.” – Clinical Practice Guidelines, AHCPR (1994)

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“…spinal manipulation applied by chiropractors is shown to be more effective than alternative treatments for low-back pain.” -The Manga Report, 1993

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“Chiropractic treatment was more effective than hospital outpatient management, mainly for patients with chronic or severe back pain.” -British Medical Journal, 1990. British Medical Research Council Study.

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“It is essential for a person to have the spine aligned on a regular basis, just as the person would go to a dentist to have his or her teeth cleaned to prevent disease. This keeps the spine from subluxation and is the best preventative measure the person can take against disease.” -Sir Jay Holder, M.D., D.C., Ph.D., of Miami, Florida

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“The nervous system holds the key to the body’s incredible potential to heal itself.” -Sir Jay Holder, M.D., D.C., Ph.D., of Miami, Florida

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“A wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession.” –Hippocrates

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“The highest ideal of cure is the speedy, gentle, and enduring restoration of health by the most trustworthy and least harmful way.” -Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1844), Founder of Homeopathy

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“The treatments themselves do not ‘cure’ the condition, they simply restore the body’s self-healing ability.” -Leon Chaitow, N.D., D.O.

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“The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.” -Thomas Edison, Inventor

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“There is a vast difference between treating effects and adjusting the cause.”- DD Palmer, founder of Chiropractic, over 100 years ago

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“Pressure on nerves causes irriatation and tension with deranged functions as a result. Why not release the pressure? Why not adjust the cause instead of treating the effects? Why not?” – DD Palmer, founder of Chiropractic, over 100 years ago

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“Displacement of any part of the skeletal frame may press against nerves, which are the channels of communication, intensifying or decreasing their carrying capacity, creating either too much or not enough functionating, an aberration known as disease. The nature of the affection depends upon the shape of the bone, the amount of pressure, age of patient, character of nerves impinged upon and the individual makeup.” – DD Palmer, founder of Chiropractic, over 100 years ago