Headache, vertigo, stiff neck and back pain is a common complaint experienced by many people.
Let the Body Heal Himself
Often these complaints are not too ignored, even by the sufferer. However, such complaints should not be underestimated because in the long run can degrade the quality of one's health.
People usually take aspirin or muscle relaxant to treat headaches or stiff muscles. However, have you ever questioned what exactly the cause of various pains that always comes up is? What makes life feel can not be separated from migraine headaches?
Currently, some people are already uncomfortable with these complaints came chiropractic clinic in hopes of eliminating their grievances without having to take drugs again. Even patients with scoliosis (curved spine) due to congenital birth or accident to chiropractic therapy.
Tinah Tan, chiropractic physician, said that chiropractic is part of modern medical science is the philosophy that the body has the ability to heal itself.
"The body's ability to heal itself that the record should be a good nervous. Because this is the nervous system that control the function of every body cell, tissue, organs and body systems," said Tinah explained, who studied chiropractic at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT).
Tinah explained, the nerves are protected by the 24 central spine that protrude from the neck (cervical spine) to the waist (lumbar spine). Movement disorders (vertebral subluxation complex) on one or dislocation of the spine (change places) vertebrae can irritate the nervous system, although the shift is only one millimeter.
Irritation that would reduce supply to tissue and organ neurons. It was then lead to tissue and organ function is not optimal, which then lead to a variety of complaints such as back pain, headache, vertigo.
"Drugs are only relieve the symptoms only. But, do not fix the cause of the pain. The pain was like a body's natural alarm to tell us something is wrong with the body," said Tinah explained.
Problems in the spine occurs, for example, due to bad habits, like sleeping in a bad position, lift goods with false position, childbirth, sports injuries, through trauma or accidents.
Chiropractic is a form of alternative medicine that emphasizes diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system, especially the spine, under the hypothesis that these disorders affect general health via the nervous system.It is generally categorized as complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), a characterization that many chiropractors reject. Although chiropractors have many attributes of primary care providers, chiropractic has more of the attributes of a medical specialty like dentistry or podiatry. The main chiropractic treatment technique involves manual therapy, including manipulation of the spine, other joints, and soft tissues; treatment also includes exercises and health and lifestyle counseling. Traditional chiropractic assumes that a vertebral subluxation or spinal joint dysfunction interferes with the body's function and its innate intelligence, a vitalistic notion that "brings ridicule from the scientific and health care communities and confusion within the chiropractic profession."
D.D. Palmer founded chiropractic in the 1890s and his son B.J. Palmer helped to expand it in the early 20th century. It has two main groups: "straights", now the minority, emphasize vitalism, innate intelligence and spinal adjustments, and consider vertebral subluxations to be the cause of all dis-ease; "mixers" are more open to mainstream and alternative medical techniques such as exercise, massage, nutritional supplements, and acupuncture. Chiropractic is well established in the U.S., Canada and Australia and is the third largest health profession, behind medicine and dentistry. Most who seek chiropractic care do so for low back pain.
Throughout its history, chiropractic has been controversial. For most of its existence it has battled with mainstream medicine over pseudoscientific ideas such as subluxation and innate intelligence that are not based on solid science. Despite the general consensus of public health professionals regarding the benefits of vaccination, among chiropractors there are significant disagreements over the subject that have had negative impacts on both public vaccination and mainstream acceptance of chiropractic. The American Medical Association called chiropractic an "unscientific cult" and boycotted it until losing an antitrust case in 1987. Over time Chiropractic has developed a strong political base and sustained demand for services. In recent decades, it has gained more legitimacy and greater acceptance among medical physicians and health plans in the U.S., particularly as evidence-based medicine has been used to review research studies and generate practice guidelines.
Many studies of treatments used by chiropractors have been conducted, with conflicting results. Though some Chiropractors claim a variety of benefits, existing research only supports the effectiveness of manual therapy for the treatment of low back pain, neck pain, some forms of headache and some extremity joint conditions.] The efficacy and cost-effectiveness of maintenance chiropractic care, regularly performed treatments over time, are unknown. Chiropractic care is generally safe when employed skillfully and appropriately. Spinal manipulation is frequently associated with mild to moderate adverse effects and with serious or fatal complications in rare cases. A systematic review found that the risk of death from manipulations to the neck outweighs the benefits.
Safety
Chiropractic care in general is safe when employed skillfully and appropriately. Manipulation is regarded as relatively safe, but as with all therapeutic interventions, complications can arise, and it has known adverse effects, risks and contraindications. Absolute contraindications to spinal manipulative therapy are conditions that should not be manipulated; these contraindications include rheumatoid arthritis and conditions known to result in unstable joints. Relative contraindications are conditions where increased risk is acceptable in some situations and where low-force and soft-tissue techniques are treatments of choice; these contraindications include osteoporosis. Although most contraindications apply only to manipulation of the affected region, some neurological signs indicate referral to emergency medical services; these include sudden and severe headache or neck pain unlike that previously experienced.
Spinal manipulation is associated with frequent, mild and temporary adverse effects, including new or worsening pain or stiffness in the affected region. They have been estimated to occur in 33% to 61% of patients, and frequently occur within an hour of treatment and disappear within 24 to 48 hours; adverse reactions appear to be more common following manipulation than mobilization. Chiropractors are more commonly associated with serious manipulation related adverse effects than other professionals. Rarely, spinal manipulation, particularly on the upper spine, can also result in complications that can lead to permanent disability or death; these can occur in adults and children. Estimates vary widely for the incidence of these complications, and the actual incidence is unknown, due to high levels of underreporting and to the difficulty of linking manipulation to adverse effects such as stroke, which is a particular concern. Estimates for serious adverse events vary from 5 strokes in 100,000 manipulations to 1.46 serious adverse events in 10,000,000 manipulations and 2.68 deaths in 10,000,000 manipulations. Several case reports show temporal associations between interventions and potentially serious complications. Vertebrobasilar artery stroke is statistically associated with chiropractic services in persons under 45 years of age, but it is similarly associated with general practitioner services, suggesting that these associations are likely explained by preexisting conditions. Weak to moderately strong evidence supports causation (as opposed to statistical association) between cervical manipulative therapy (whether chiropractic or not) and vertebrobasilar artery stroke. The published medical literature contains reports of 26 deaths since 1934 following chiropractic manipulations and many more seem to remain unpublished. The causality between neck manipulation beyond the normal range of motion and vascular accidents is probable.
Chiropractors, like other primary care providers, sometimes employ diagnostic imaging techniques such as X-rays and CT scans that rely on ionizing radiation. Although there is no clear evidence for the practice, some chiropractors may X-ray a patient several times a year. Practice guidelines aim to reduce unnecessary radiation exposure, which increases cancer risk in proportion to the amount of radiation received.
Risk-benefit
A 2010 systematic review stated that there is no good evidence to assume that manipulation to the neck is an effective treatment for any condition and thus concluded, "the risks of chiropractic neck manipulations by far outweigh their benefits." Chiropractors have criticized this conclusion, claiming that the author did not evaluate the potential benefits of spinal manipulation. Edzard Ernst stated "This detail was not the subject of my review. I do, however, refer to such evaluations and should add that a report recently commissioned by the General Chiropractic Council did not support many of the outlandish claims made by many chiropractors across the world." A 2009 review evaluating maintenance chiropractic care found that spinal manipulation is routinely associated with considerable harm and no compelling evidence exists to indicate that it adequately prevents symptoms or diseases, thus the risk-benefit is not evidently favorable. A 2008 summary found that the best evidence suggests that chiropractic care is a useful therapy for subjects with neck or low-back pain for which the risks of serious adverse events should be considered negligible. A 2007 systematic review found that with uncertain efficacy and definite risks, the risk-benefit balance of spinal manipulation can't be positive. A 2006 systematic review of systematic reviews found the risk-benefit balance does not favor spinal manipulation over other treatments like physical therapy.
references :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiropractic
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