Chiropractic Care

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This paper explains that chiropractic care consists of acute injury management, rehabilitative care, maintenance care, and supportive care. The author points out that lifelong chiropractic care primarily consists of maintenance care, which is designed to allow a person to feel well and to function at a high level. The paper relates that, when the problem is poor body mechanics, posture and ergonomic interventions are provided. The author underscores that geriatric chiropractic care is important because of a rapidly aging population as the baby boom generation grows older. The paper states that one of the main reasons that people of middle age and older adults visit chiropractors is because of low back pain complaints.

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"The results of a Northern California survey showed that "the majority of respondents perceived the benefit of alternative therapies as very beneficial or somewhat beneficial." In addition, when people do visit a chiropractor, it is normally because their family physician will recommend taking that course of action. The most common question that people have about chiropractic care is related to how effective it might be. People who make use of chiropractic services tend to return again for those services later."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Gaedeke, Ralph. "Alternative Therapies". Marketing Health Services. 19.2 (1999):29-32.
• Gleberzon, B. "Chiropractic Care of the Older Person". The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association. 45.3. (2001): 156-172.
• Northern California Neurosurgery. Chiropractic. 2007. http://www.lieberson.com
• Nyman, Jason. Chiropractic Care. 2007. http://www.drnyman.com/chiropractic_care.htm

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