Upstate Chiropractic - Baldwinsville, New York

Upstate Chiropractic
22 E. Genesee St.
Baldwinsville, NY 13027
315-635-2333

The process of chiropractic adjustment is a safe, efficient procedure and is performed nearly one million times every working day in the United States. There is a singular lack of actuarial data that would justify concluding that chiropractic care is in any way harmful or dangerous. Chiropractic care is non-invasive; therefore, the body's response to chiropractic care is far more predictable than its reactions to drug treatments or surgical procedures. Of the nearly one million adjustments given every day in this country, complications are exceedingly rare and are mostly limited to muscle soreness.	Dr. Mark kayaking on a lake.
Dr. Eric adjusting a young patient.	There are other reasons why one might expect chiropractic care to be more satisfying than medical care. For example, chiropractors have more frequent and closer contact with their patients, they are more comfortable and confident dealing with back pain, they provide patients with a clearer explanation of the cause of their problem (often documented on an x-ray), and they do not need to refer the patient for physical treatment.
Perhaps the best summary statement on the subject of safety was published in 1979 by the Government of New Zealand which established a special commission to study chiropractic. They found: "The conspicuous lack of evidence that chiropractors cause harm or allow harm to occur through neglect of medical referral can be taken to mean only one thing: that chiropractors have on the whole an impressive safety record."
Studies on the safety of lower back safety consistently demonstrate the safety of chiropractic intervention. Using epidemiologic estimates on the number of lumbar spinal manipulations it is possible to roughly estimate the rate of occurrence of the most serious complication of lumbar manipulation, the cauda equina syndrome, as about 1 case per 100 million manipulations. The complication rate for cervical spine manipulation is estimated to be approximately 1 case per 5 million manipulations. Researchers further point out that the average incidence rate of serious gastrointestinal event (bleeding, perforation, or other adverse event resulting in hospitalization or death) from the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to be 1 in 1000. Manipulation and Mobilization of the Cervical Spine A Systematic Review of the Literature SPINE 1996;21:1746-1759	Dr. Randy
Pran Manga, Ph.D., Professor of Health Economics at The University of Ottawa and Professor Doug Angus, Director of the Masters Program in Health Administration at The University of Ottawa in February, 1998 stated the following in their report: "There is considerable empirical support for the cost-effectiveness and the safety of chiropractic management of musculoskeletal disorders. This means that chiropractic care can bring about improved health outcomes at a lower cost." "There is no human experimental evidence that chiropractic adjustments, or neck manipulations, are causally related to VBA's (stroke)." Critical Appraisal of an Article about Harm: Chiropractic Adjustment and Stroke [September 2001, Vol 4, No.3, pp 68-74] Adrian Wenban, B.Sc., B.App.Sc., M.Med.Sc.
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