Chiropractic Treatment

If you are reading this blog then you are either a chiropractic student, chiropractic patient or a CAM enthusiast, in any of the above cases your understanding of chiropractic can either be a grand in depth one or a minimal surface understanding.

Chiropractic is a whole body approach and treatment to neuromusculoskeletal system without the use of surgery or drugs. Adjuncts to chiropractic include nutritional supports, dietary counseling, physical therapies and rehabilitation.

Several case studies have been published on the efficacy of chiropractic care and the reduction of both the objective and subjective symptoms/clinical findings in autistic children.

Improvement in Autism in a Child Coupled with Reduction in Vertebral Subluxations: A Case Study & Selective Review of the Literature Journal of Pediatric, Maternal & Family Health - Chiropractic ~ Volume 2010 ~ Issue 3 ~ Pages 107 -115

Iprovement in a 3½-year-old autistic child following chiropractic intervention to reduce vertebral subluxation [case report]; J Vert Sublux Res. 2008 ;APR(7):Online access only pp. 1-4

Some chiropractic researchers have even gone as far as to compare techniques, such as atlas orthogonal versus a full spine adjusting technique like the study published in J Vert Sublux Res. 2006 ;MAR(9):Online access only 7 p.

Either way, more clinical studies are needed to prove the efficacy and physiological process behind the causation of the reduction of symptoms post-chiropractic adjustment.

As chiropractic care is a core CAM treatment, it is far less harmful than the use of prescriptions and can/should be used in the combination of dietary and nutritional supports (as previously blogged) and alongside some of the conventional therapies (also previously blogged).