Chiropractic recognized by Orthopedics Today

Chiropractic recognized by Orthopedics Today
Apr 7, 2003
Dynamic Chiropractic
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An orthopedics publication may not seem a likely place to find an article praising chiropractic, but perhaps Orthopedics Today has started a trend. The February 2003 issue of the magazine dedicated to "current news in musculoskeletal health & disease" featured an article entitled, "Time to Recognize Value of Chiropractic Care? Science and Patient Satisfaction Surveys Cite Usefulness of Spinal Manipulation."1

The article includes powerful commentary in support of spinal manipulation from Scott Haldeman, DC, MD, PhD, coauthor of the Mercy Guidelines2 and several studies on the safety of spinal manipulation;3,4 Jack Zigler, MD, orthopedic spine surgeon with the Texas Back Institute; and Andrew Cole, MD, associate clinical professor of rehabilitation medicine at the University of Washington and recent past president of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

"There are a lot of myths about chiropractic care," says Zigler. "...I decided to look into each of these myths, and what I found is that chiropractic education, sideby-side, is more similar to medical education than it is dissimilar."

The article notes that Drs. Zigler, Haldeman and Cole joined other spine experts in attempting to debunk misconceptions about spinal manipulation5,6 at the North American Spine Society's 17th Annual Meeting, and also references a recent Harvard University study in which low back pain patients who received conventional and "alternative" treatment, including spinal manipulation, were significantly more satisfied with alternative than conventional care....