Is Chiropractic Safe?

Dozens of research studies have documented the safety and effectiveness of chiropractic adjustments.  When compared with traditional medical/drug approaches, chiropractic care is remarkably safe.  In fact, millions of chiropractic adjustments are safely delivered to satisfied patients every day.

Significant research suggests that chiropractic is the safest approach available for relief from neck pain, back pain, headaches and other “musculo–skeletal” complaints.

“The most recent research (Neck Pain Task Force Report of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010, a study sanctioned by the United Nations and the World Health Organization) indicates neck manipulation is a safe and effective form of health care.”

Read on for some comparison comments regarding traditional medical treatment.

Dr. Lucian Leape, researcher at the Harvard Medical School of Public Health, also states that only 13% of medical

procedures have ever been tested for appropriateness by randomized trials. He noted that adverse events occurred in 3.7percent of all hospitalizations. Worse yet, 13.6 percent of those adverse events led to death! [ 3 ]. He is quoted as saying, “Medicine is now a high risk industry, like aviation. But, the chance of dying in an aviation accident is one in 2 million, while the risk of dying from a medical accident is one in 200!” [ 4 ]

The most comprehensive review of “adverse events” (also referred to as “Iatrogenic Injury”) caused by modern medicine is the article Death by Medicine, written by Gary Null, Ph.D.; Carolyn Dean MD, ND; Martin Feldman, MD; Debora Rasio, MD; and Dorothy Smith, PhD. [ 5 ].

This fully referenced report reveals that:

  • 2.2 million people experience in-hospital, adverse reactions to prescribed drugs per year.
  • 20 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed annually for viral infections
  • 7.5 million unnecessary medical and surgical procedures are performed annually, and
  • 8.9 million people are exposed to unnecessary hospitalization every year!

The most stunning statistic, however, is that the total number of deaths caused by conventional medicine is an astounding 783,936 per year!

That is a mind-boggling 2147 people killed daily!