Spinal Manipulative Therapy Far Safer than Opioids for Chronic Low Back Pain

New study from the April edition of the prestigious Spine Journal finds spinal manipulation (adjustments) significantly safer than opioids for treating chronic low back pain. Patients who received spinal manipulation first were 42 times less likely to experience an adverse drug reaction than patients who were first prescribed opioid drugs.

 Foundation for Chiropractic ProgressApplaudsSpineStudy Showing Spinal Manipulative Therapy FarSafer than Opioids for Chronic Low Back Pain

Workers compensation study from Spine Journal shows chiropractic results in significantly less surgeries

I guess this substantiates the famous psychologist Maslow's statement "I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail". This workers compensation study from the prestigious medical journal Spine found that of patents with work injuries who first consulted a surgeon 42.7% underwent surgery, but of those who first consulted a doctor of chiropractic only 1.5% underwent surgery!
Does this huge difference surprise anyone?
http://www.f4cp.com/hosted/newsletter/2014/august/F4CP-WSJ-Ad1.pdf