Category Archives: The Research Studies
Case Study Shows Chiropractic Success for Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinson disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative brain disorder that progresses slowly in most patients. When approximately 60% to 80% of the dopamine producing cells are damaged, cardinal motor symptoms such as akinesia, rigidity, and tremor begin to appear. A small number of patients have a direct mutation that causes it, but genetic predisposition and environmental […]
- September 25, 2015
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Study Shows Chiropractic Effective for Adult Scoliosis Patients

Adult scoliosis encompasses a broad group of individuals who have varying causes of their spinal deformity. These include idiopathic scoliosis, with its onset in childhood but presenting with pain and worsening deformity in the adult. Other causes include congenital anomalies that arise in-utero, degenerative scoliosis caused by disc degeneration, post traumatic scoliosis (occurring as a […]
- May 11, 2015
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Study shows Improvement with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome after Chiropractic Care

Everyone knows what it’s like to be tired, but those suffering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) are more than just tired all of the time. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome leaves its sufferers exhausted to the point that even a short walk around the block will send them to bed too worn out to even do what […]
- March 12, 2015
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Case Series Shows Chiropractic Effective for Frozen Shoulder

A case series was recently published in the Journal of Chiropractic Medicine to explore the chiropractic treatment and outcomes of a series of patients who suffered from frozen shoulder syndrome. What is Frozen Shoulder Syndrome? The shoulder is a very complex joint that is crucial to many activities of daily living. Decreased shoulder mobility is […]
- December 9, 2014
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Study Shows Chiropractic Best Option for SI Joint Pain

Your Sacroiliac Joints are a critical linkage system between your lower spine and pelvis. The sacrum (tailbone) connects on the right and left sides of the ilia (pelvic bones) to form your sacroiliac joints.One of the common causes of low back and pelvic pain occurs with injuries to the sacroiliac (SI) joint and ligaments. A quick […]
- October 24, 2014
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Study Shows Chiropractic Best Choice for Athletes with Low Back Pain

Many people may not be aware that low back pain is the fifth most common reason for all physician visits in the United States. Our modern lifestyle has many benefits but has also brought more stress to our daily routines. As a result, back problems have become an epidemic in recent times. Approximately one quarter […]
- October 3, 2014
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Study Shows Chiropractic’s Immediate Effects for Muscle Pain

A recent study by John Z. Srbely, DC PhD, Howard Vernon, DC, PhD, and David Lee, DC., investigated if chiropractic can provide immediate relief in myofascial tissues. What are Myofascial Tissues? Myofascial tissue is a type of thin, strong, fibrous connective tissue that extends throughout your body to provide support and protection to your muscles […]
- September 18, 2014
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Studies Show Chiropractic’s Positive Impact on Migraines

Chronic migraine is a distinct and relatively recently defined sub-type of Chronic Daily Headache. The International Headache Society defines chronic migraine as more than fifteen headache days per month over a three month period of which more than eight are migraines. Episodic migraine is the other migraine sub-type, which is defined as less than 15 […]
- August 25, 2014
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Study Shows Chiropractic Protects Spine With Aging

An Increased Life Expectancy and Its Implications According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the average life expectancy for women was 50.7 Years in 1900, 74 in the year 2000, and is projected to be 85.6 in the year 2050. As we have increased our life expediencies, it is to be expected that a […]
- June 24, 2014
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Chiropractic Beats Epidural Injections for Disc Herniations

FDA warns against the use of epidural injections The FDA issued a warning earlier this year about the use of epidural injections, stating that “Injecting corticosteroids into the epidural space of the spine has been a widespread practice for many decades; however, the effectiveness and safety of the drugs for this use have not been established, […]
- May 29, 2014
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Immediate Benefits of Chiropractic seen on MRI

In a recent study from the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, Dr. Gregory Cramer, DC, PhD, of the National University of Health Sciences hypothesized that chiropractic adjustments increase gapping between the joints of the vertebrae, which breaks up adhesions and allows the joints to move freely. What does that mean? Better range of motion and improved […]
- May 8, 2014
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Study shows Improvement in Creative Thinking with Chiropractic

Thinking creatively is a state of mind that enables you to approach tasks, problems, and situations with openness to alternatives. It’s basically a way of looking at problems or situations from a fresh perspective that suggests unorthodox solutions. A recent pilot study showed that chiropractic adjustments positively affected creative thinking. The pilot study was published in the […]
- February 18, 2014
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Study shows Chiropractic can reverse Aging

In 2005, a landmark study published in the Journal of Vertebral Subluxation found evidence that chiropractic care can reduce oxidative stress in the body. Oxidative stress is essentially an imbalance between the production of free radicals and the ability of the body to counteract or detoxify their harmful effects through neutralization by antioxidants. Oxidative stress leads […]
- February 5, 2014
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Studies Shows Chiropractic Boosts Immunity

There is a growing body of evidence that wellness care provided by doctors of chiropractic may reduce health care costs, improve health behaviors, and enhance patient perceived quality of life. Until recently, little was known about how chiropractic adjustments affected the chemistry of biological processes on a cellular level. Ronald Pero, Ph.D., chief of cancer […]
- January 15, 2014
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A Hidden Pandemic: Prescription Related Illness

While consistently proven yet kept silent from the public, the Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice recently publishing their findings on the pandemic of prescription related illness. Poignantly stated in the abstract is a powerful statement by its author, Dr. Hugh McGavock, MD: “Prescribed drugs are now a major cause of morbidity and mortality, particularly in the […]
- January 5, 2014
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Study Shows Safety of Cervical Spine Adjustments

If you do a quick search on the internet for the term ‘chiropractor‘ or ‘chiropractic adjustment’, a whole slew of search results may lead you to personal webpages denouncing the safety of chiropractic and how cervical spine adjustments lead to all sorts of horrible disfigurement and death. If we look at the science and research […]
- December 5, 2013
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Study on Back Pain Shows Increase in Medical Interventions with No Better Outcomes

In a recent blog post, we had reported that back pain was identified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the leading cause of disability worldwide. Through the eye-opening study commissioned by WHO, we learned that musculoskeletal conditions such as low back pain have a greater impact on the health of the world population (death […]
- November 15, 2013
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Studies Show Chiropractic’s Positive Impact on Diabetes

A Case Study: Chiropractic and Diabetes A recent case study shows how chiropractic adjustments dramatically improved a 4 year old child’s ability to manage diabetes, a condition that affects nearly 26 million Americans. The case study was published in the November 2011 edition of the Journal of Pediatric, Maternal, & Family Health documents a case of a […]
- October 25, 2013
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Study Shows Chiropractic Lowers Blood Pressure

University of Chicago Medical Center Study A Chicago-area study of 50 individuals with a misaligned Atlas vertebra (located high in the neck) and high blood pressure showed that after a one-time specialized chiropractic adjustment, blood pressure decreased significantly. The decrease was equal to taking two blood-pressure drugs at once. The results are published in the […]
- October 15, 2013
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Treatment for Infantile Colic in Augusta GA

Colic is a condition where there are repeated bouts of excessive crying in a baby who is otherwise healthy. The definition doctors use is: a baby crying for more than three hours a day, for more than three days a week, for at least three weeks. Despite the research done on colic there is no […]
- October 5, 2013
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