Condtions that Respond Well to Chiropractic
Compiled from Chiro.org
Hold your horses! Before
you wade into the Conditions Section, please read Dr's. Nansel &
Szlazak's fascinating JMPT article (see below), as it clarifies WHY
chiropractic gets such dramatic results with a spectrum of purported
diseases and disorders. You'll be glad you did!
Somatic Dysfunction and the Phenomenon of Visceral Disease Simulation:
A Probable Explanation for the Apparent Effectiveness of Somatic
Therapy in Patients Presumed to be Suffering from True Visceral Disease
J Manipulative Physiol Ther 1995 (Jul); 18 (6): 379397
The proper differential diagnosis of somatic vs. visceral dysfunction
represents a challenge for both the medical and chiropractic physician.
The afferent convergence mechanisms, which can create signs and symptoms
that are virtually indistinguishable with respect to their somatic vs.
visceral etiologies, need to be appreciated by all portal-of-entry health care providers,
to insure timely referral of patients to the health specialist
appropriate to their condition. Furthermore, it is not unreasonable that
this somatic visceral-disease mimicry could very well account for the
cures of presumed organ disease that have been observed over the years
in response to various somatic therapies (e.g., spinal manipulation,
acupuncture, Rolfing, Qi Gong, etc.) and may represent a common
phenomenon that has led to holistic health care claims on the part of
such clinical disciplines.