Spinal manipulation effectiveness on asthma

Spinal Manipulation Effectiveness on Asthma

Abstract

The study determines the effectiveness of spinal manipulation on asthma . Spinal manipulation is seldom associated with adverse effects and can prove to be a cheaper alternative . There are two schools of though regarding spinal manipulation in asthma , one is that the chiropractor is the primary healthcare provider and second he is responsible for the co-management along with others . Spinal manipulation can improve the symptoms of asthma or can improve the spinal symptoms of asthma and in this way provide relief . In this study more

than 78 studies were identified from 5 databases and 8 appropriate studies were included as part of the study . Spinal manipulation may not be as effective in the treatment of asthma as compared to sham manipulation . However , the severity of the disease , quality of life and the dose of medications can be reduced . Chiropractic also needs to utilize more scientific basis to develop hypothesis . Chiropractic can be used in the co-management of asthma along with other medical therapies . Certain subjective and objective outcome measures need to be developed

Introduction

Today , chiropractic is one of the most widely used forms of healthcare intervention and is gaining huge acceptance throughout the world for its effectiveness in treating neck pain and back pain . Thousands and thousands of people from across the world have reported to gain benefits from chiropractic . Chiropractic spinal manipulation was first introduced by Daniel D Palmer in 1895 , where he had first cured a patient of deafness through spinal manipulation...