RSS7 Year Neck Pain Study Sheds Light on Best Care
Two weeks ago in Reno I had the opportunity to hear Scott Haldeman MD, DC, PhD discuss the findings of the The World Health Association’s Neck Pain Task Force. The task force was created to help neck pain sufferers and health professionals use the best research evidence to prevent, diagnose and treat neck pain.
The Neck Task Force recently released it’s findings after an exhaustive seven year study of neck pain treatments. They concluded that neck manipulation, acupuncture and massage are better than most of the treatments most utilized by the traditional medical system. It was found that steroid injections, surgery and neck collars show little evidence of benefit.
In addition to it’s comprehensive review of neck pain, the task for also took on the widely publicized incorrect notion that chiropractic manipulation causes stroke. They found that patients who visit the chiropractor are no more likely to experience a stroke than patients who visit their medical doctor.
Will the medical establishment take these guidelines and apply them to neck pain patients to ensure the best results. Doubtful, but the task force is going to do it’s best to get the word out.
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