RESEARCH PEARL OF THE MONTH - Seeing a DC Lowers Odds of Surgery

12/04/2018
This is a huge statistic that needs more exposure...especially in today's world of research and reports that tend to not even acknowledge chiropractic's contribution to back pain and neck pain care:
 
A STUDY OF 1885 WORKERS SHOWED 174 (9.2%) HAD A LUMBAR SPINE SURGERY WITHIN 3 YEARS. REDUCED ODDS OF SURGERY WERE OBSERVED FOR THOSE UNDER AGE 35, WOMEN, HISPANICS, AND THOSE WHOSE FIRST PROVIDER WAS A CHIROPRACTOR. 42.7% OF WORKERS WHO FIRST SAW A SURGEON HAD SURGERY, IN CONTRAST TO ONLY 1.5% OF THOSE WHO SAW A CHIROPRACTOR. 
 
Only 1.5% of back pain patients seeing a chiropractor first went on for back surgery while 42.7% of those who saw a surgeon first went on to back surgery. Astounding!
 
Share this stat! Chiropractic is beneficial.
 
 
Keeney BJ, Fulton-Kehoe D, Turner JA, Wickizer TM, Chan KC, Franklin GM: Early Predictors Of Lumbar Spine Surgery After Occupational Back Injury: Results From A Prospective Study Of Workers In Washington State. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2013;38(11):953-64

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