Chiropractic Adjustment
Well, it's not magic!
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Obviously, there are limitations to what the hands can treat! A reasonable and observable fact.
Limitations of manual manipulation have been clearly demonstrated in randomized controlled trials where the placebo effect is a controlled variable.
A global summit of scientists convened on September 14-15, 2019 "to determine the efficacy and effectiveness of spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) for the primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of non-musculoskeletal disorders." They "found no evidence of an effect of SMT for the management of non-musculoskeletal disorders including infantile colic, childhood asthma, hypertension, primary dysmenorrhea, and migraine."
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However, for musculoskeletal pain, there are those instances when a perfectly executed chiropractic adjustment at the most appropriate vector, seems more effective than medication, physical therapy, or even surgery!
Don't get me wrong, modern medicine is far more evolved than chiropractic, and I should know, I'm a chiropractor.
What science understands about the human body seems unfathomable!
How can we possibly know the form of each and every chemical structure and how that configuration works in the body on a molecular level?
Or how did scientists in the 1970s decide to use biotechnology, recombinant DNA, to produce human insulin, by splicing human DNA into a bacterium?
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There really isn't a limit to human intelligence and yet, when it comes to musculoskeletal pain the experts are still scratching their heads, especially in the absence of dysfunction. Surprisingly.
So, could chiropractic adjustments have greater utility than what is supported by evidence? No!
Absolutely not. But it does help some people some of the time.
If you think you could benefit from getting adjusted stop in and see me at my home in Perry. It's really not that weird, the price is right, and I won't try to sell you a treatment plan or wellness package.