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Chiropractors & exercise better than meds

  • March 1st, 2012

    When it comes to neck pain the best medicine is no medicine at all according to a new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

    The study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, tracked 272 patients with recent-onset neck pain who were treated using three different methods:
    1. Medication
    2. Exercise
    3. A Chiropractor

    After 12 weeks the patients who used a chiropractor or exercised were more than twice as likely to be pain free compared to those who relied on medicine. The exercises prescribed to patients in the study were simple and designed to be performed at home.

    The patients treated by a chiropractor experienced the highest rate of success with 32 percent saying they were pain free, compared to 30 percent of those who exercised. Only 13 percent of patients treated with medication said they no longer experienced pain.

    Source:ABC News