Back Pain research
Spinal manipulation - best for back pain
A comparison
between needle acupuncture, drug medication and spinal manipulation
for the management of chronic spinal pain was carried out by a
hospital in Queensland, Australia.
77 patients were
recruited for the study. They each received one of the three
treatments, acupuncture, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medication,
or chiropractic spinal manipulation.
The results revealed that spinal
manipulation was the only treatment to achieve statistically
significant improvement. This demonstrates that for patients with
chronic spinal pain syndromes, spinal manipulation unless
contraindicated results in the greatest improvement.
Giles,LG and Muller R, Chronic spinal pain
syndromes: a clinical pilot trial comparing acupuncture, a
non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, and spinal manipulation.
Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics 22(6):
376-81. Jul-Aug 1999
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