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CANADIAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN JOURNAL COMMENDS SPINAL MANIPULATION FOR LOWER BACK PAIN
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| In the March 1985 issue of the Canadian Family Physician a study entitled, Spinal Manipulation in the Treatment of Low-Back Pain analyzed 283 patients with chronic low back and leg pain. Each patient was totally disabled at the beginning of the spinal manipulation treatment. After reporting their findings, the doctors involved in the study made the following statement. Most doctors should refer their patients to a practitioner or manipulative therapy. The physician who makes use of this resource will provide relief for many back pain patients. | |||||