Is chiropractic treatment mostly placebo? Are there studies to prove the theory !
Question: I have seen studies that shown benefits for low back pain. But it seems that it is only marginally better than conventional medicine. So could it be a placebo effect? Also, is the diagnosis of a short leg substantial or of clinical value?
Answers: I have seen studies that shown benefits for low back pain. But it seems that it is only marginally better than conventional medicine. So could it be a placebo effect? Also, is the diagnosis of a short leg substantial or of clinical value?
Good question, but needs a little bit of refining.
Is chiro treatment placebo? Treatment for what? Back pain or something visceral, ie. diabetes, cancer, heart disease?
The fact is that chiropractic does work for some things, ie. back pain, neck pain, etc. There is not alot of evidence that it works other conditions. I can refer you to a very recent study that recommends chiropractic for acute back pain over other treatments.
CLINICAL GUIDELINES
Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain: A Joint Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society
Roger Chou, MD; Amir Qaseem, MD, PhD, MHA; Vincenza Snow, MD; Donald Casey, MD, MPH, MBA; J. Thomas Cross, Jr, MD, MPH; Paul Shekelle, MD, PhD; Douglas K. Owens, MD, MS, for the Clinical Efficacy Assessment Subcommittee of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Physicians/American Pain Society Low Back Pain Guidelines Panel*
2 October 2007 | Volume 147 Issue 7 | Pages 478-491
Recommendation #7: ...clinicians should consider the addition of nonpharmacologic therapy with proven benefits