In another study, Dr. M Van Tulder reviewed nine clinical trials for chronic low back pain. A skilled chiropractor can address many types of mechanical spinal pain and direct appropriate treament which may involve SMT and exercise. Several researchers have tried to fool patients by treating them with either SMT or placebos. If you're suffering from an emotional disorder or a stomach upset, placebos often work. But anyone who has experienced the intensity of acute back pain doesn't need a study to know sugar pills don't work.
Back pain is one of the major causes of absence from work.
It's also an enormous cost factor to the health-care system. Chiropractic treatment can help decrease this cost by keeping back patients out of hospital. Click Here to make suggestions, comments about C-Health.