Appearing on the front page of the on-line magazine, “The Natural Health Resource” today is an article reporting on the findings of research in which chiropractic adjustments were found to be safe and effective.
Citing a study which appears in the latest issue of “The Cochrane Library,” the article focuses on cases of low back pain and notes that patients with this symptom are frequently treated with pain medications, with many side effects and concerns about their tendency to be addictive, or physical therapy, which is expensive and time consuming. In view of the poor record of ordinary medical care, the safety and effectiveness of chiropractic care for these patients is like a breath of fresh air. Chiropractic adjustments seem like an especially good alternative when considering the observation of Dr. Roger Chou, a physician and researcher with Oregon Health & Science University, “…most treatments for lower-back pain “aren’t all that effective…” (same article).
Dr. Syney Rubinstein at VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam was the lead author in the study which included 26 studies involving more than 6,000 participants. http://www.findalternativehealth.org/hot-off-the-press/260-research-shows-chriropractic-care-as-effective-as-pain-killers-other-treatments.
Although the university researchers were considering adjustments as an “alternative treatment,” it is essential to realize that chiropractic is not an alternative to anything else. Actually everyone should see their chiropractor to improve their 
performance whether or not they have pain. Chiropractic improves quality of life and it’s not just an alternative for people worried about being harmed by medicine. Providing chiropractic for your family is simply good hygiene.
It’s also important to remember that these researchers only looked at the safety and effectiveness of chiropractic care for low back pain. Getting adjusted certainly seems like a much better approach than ordinary medical care, but that’s only the tip of the iceberg. Improving nerve supply through chiropractic does so much more than make us feel better; it allows us to function better.