The patient who could not raise his arm, could not sleep except under sedation because of the pain, completely recovers after his chiropractic adjustment. In case after case, the story is repeated. The range of disease in which chiropractic has provided help to the sick is vast. But, like other healing arts, chiropractic has had its failures. This is a research problem.
Scientific research is essential to the solution of technical problems in chiropractic.
Over the years chiropractors have financed their own research and progress has been made, but the profession has been handicapped by lack of money with which to obtain the necessary facilities and trained research personnel. Government and foundation grants are not available for chiropractic research. In spite of this fact, the profession has been criticized for not engaging in scientific research. Apparently, it is the responsibility of chiropractic to research its practices and procedures while other healing art professions are financed in their re search efforts by grants. Therefore, chiropractic has no recourse other than to ask for financial support from the public its patients to enable it to engage in research.