R. Swan, B.Comm. Back pain is a common illness and chiropractors provide a large proportion of back pain care in the United States. Data is from the Rand Health Insurance Experiment and is the first study to systematically compare chiropractic patients with those who see other providers for back pain. This survey research was conducted to assess chiropractic practitioners satisfaction. A 13-item practitioner satisfaction questionnaire, adapted from a dental instrument, was given to 44 randomly chosen chiropractors in Los Angeles.
Results show that chiropractors had a relatively high level of practice satisfaction.
This finding compares with a very high level of patient satisfaction for the same practitioners. Topics in Clinical Chiropractic,v.3,no.1,1996. Chiropractic Effective for Cervicogenic Headaches. 53 people who had cervicogenic headaches according to the standard of the International Headache Society were involved in this study. Approximately half of the patients received chiropractic adjustments while the other half had deep friction massage and low level laser massage.