In a controlled study, male university baseball players were assessed before chiropractic care and at 5 and 14 weeks respectively. At 14 weeks, significant improvement was found in muscle strength and long jump distance in the chiropractic group compared to the control group. The chiropractic group also had significant improvement in capillary counts at 5 and 14 weeks of care. Dispossessed of its philosophy, chiropractic is dispossessed of its uniqueness, and perhaps its future. Chiropractors promote periodic spinal checkups for spinal hygiene similar to periodic dental checkups.
People generally leave medical offices with as many spinal subluxations as when they entered.
Of the 12 departments in the hospital, the department of manipulation is visited by approximately 98 percent of the hospital's 'inpatient' and 'outpatient' population. Pressure on nerves causes irritation and tension with deranged functions as a result. 15 References 1. The Bacteriological Era, Center for Empirical Medicine, Washington, D.C., 1994. 303, Oct. 5, 1991.