The practice of Chiropractic, as an alternative treatment to medicine, was first put into place in 1895, when a man by the name of Daniel David Palmer, decided to use hand manipulation for the purpose of making spinal adjustments. According to D.D. Palmer, his first defining moment for chiropractic care, as a cure for ailments, came when he adjusted the neck of a deaf patient who was miraculously able to regain his hearing. A few years after Palmer’s successful patient recovery, he established the Palmer School of Chiropractic, which was the first school to teach this practice as a new medical profession. Today, chiropractic is used in many realms but it’s especially sought out by those who need relief of musculoskeletal pain. Many of the patients that visit chiropractors are those who present with neck or back pain and are seeking an alternative form of pain relief rather than opioid medication.
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In the article that I read about chiropractic therapy, the researchers were trying to determine whether patients with chronic or acute lower back pain would have positive outcomes after undergoing chiropractic treatments. Although it was identified that people with acute pain were able to show significant improvement at a much faster rate than people with chronic pain, each of the groups were able to report a significant decrease in the amount of pain they felt after three months of starting chiropractic
In the article that I read about chiropractic therapy, the researchers were trying to determine whether patients with chronic or acute lower back pain would have positive outcomes after undergoing chiropractic treatments. Although it was identified that people with acute pain were able to show significant improvement at a much faster rate than people with chronic pain, each of the groups were able to report a significant decrease in the amount of pain they felt after three months of starting chiropractic