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RE: [RC] Neck Manipulation - heidi

Someone asked me privately about the safety of neck manipulation, as 
her MD cautioned her not to have it done. Apparently he was fearful of 
causing stokes, severing the spinal cord and some such stuff. People 
often have trepidation over neck manipulation, which in reality is a 
very safe and effective form of treatment in skilled hands. Here is my 
response to her question:

  That's a good question, and one with a reassuring answer. Skilled neck
manipulation is quite safe. There seemed to be a correlation noticed
some years back that in about every 2 million cases or so of neck
manipulation, a patient would suffer a stroke a few days later. This
caused some doctors and scientists to theorize that the stroke was
somehow caused by the manipulation. At first glance, this seemed
logical. I mean, after all we are moving things around a bit in there.
This has been studied extensively, and we now know that the stroke is
not caused by the manipulation. It is because patients who are about to
have a stroke (all on their own) often consult a chiropractor ( or their
MD for that matter) because neck pain and headache are often early
symptoms of a stroke. 


I can relate a similar incident from my own medical history...  I woke up one 
morning a few years ago with excruciating neck pain and headache, so bad that 
the pain was causing nausea.  Since I have chronic neck issues and have 
sometimes experienced pain nearly that bad with it, my FIRST stop was to the 
chiropractor.  Situation didn't get any better, so later in the day I landed in 
the ER.  What I had was meningitis--the chiro visit was just because I made the 
wrong call on the pain that day.  It didn't help, but it didn't hurt a thing, 
either.  

And yes, I still go to the chiropractor, quite regularly--because MOST of the 
time, pain like that really is due to my neck!  <g>

Heidi

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