Chiropractic is an alternative medical system. It takes a different approach from standard medicine in treating health problems.
The basic concepts of chiropractic are
- Your body has a powerful self-healing ability
- Your body's structure (mainly the spine) and its function are related
- The goal of chiropractic therapy is to normalize this relationship
Chiropractic professionals are doctors of chiropractic, or D.C.s. They use a type of hands-on therapy called spinal manipulation or adjustment. Many people visit chiropractors for treatment of low back pain.
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- Introduction to Chiropractic(National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine) - http://nccam.nih.gov/health/chiropractic/
- Chiropractic: A Safe Treatment Option(American Chiropractic Association) - http://www.acatoday.org/print.cfm?CID=2205
- What Is Chiropractic?(American Chiropractic Association) - http://www.amerchiro.org/level2_css.cfm?T1ID=13&T2ID=61
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Spinal Manipulation for Low-Back Pain
(National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine) - http://nccam.nih.gov/health/pain/spinemanipulation.htm
- Chiropractors(Bureau of Labor Statistics) - http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos071.htm
- History of Chiropractic Care(American Chiropractic Association) - http://www.amerchiro.org/level2_css.cfm?T1ID=13&T2ID=62
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Selecting a Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Practitioner
(National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine) - http://nccam.nih.gov/health/decisions/practitioner.htm
Also available in Spanish http://nccam.nih.gov/health/espanol/seleccionarundoctor/ - Travel Aches and Strains Can Be a Pain in Your Back(American Chiropractic Association) - http://www.acatoday.org/print.cfm?CID=92
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Chiropractic Therapy(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/intervention=chiropractic
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Low Back Pain: NACCAM Symposium
(National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine) - http://nccam.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2007_fall/lowbackpain.htm
References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
- Article: Manipulative therapy for lower extremity conditions: expansion of literature review. - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=19121464&tool=MedlinePlus
- Article: Chiropractic management of low back pain and low back-related leg... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=19028250&tool=MedlinePlus
- Article: Chiropractic management of low back disorders: report from a consensus... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=19028249&tool=MedlinePlus
- Chiropractic -- see more articles - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=search&db=pubmed&term=(chiropractic[mh]+OR+manipulation,chiropractic[mh])+AND+english[la]+AND+humans[mh]+NOT+(letter[pt]+OR+editorial[pt]+OR+case+reports[pt])&doptcmdl=summary&cmd_current=Limits&pmfilter_EDatLimit=last+1+Year&tool=MedlinePlus
- American Chiropractic Association - http://www.acatoday.org/
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National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- http://nccam.nih.gov/
- Back Pain - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/backpain.html
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/complementaryandalternativemedicine.html
- Complementary and Alternative Therapies - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/complementaryandalternativetherapies.html
The primary NIH organization for research on Chiropractic is the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine - http://nccam.nih.gov/