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What is Chiropractic?

Chiropractic is a complementary and alternative health care profession which focuses on diagnosing, treating, and preventing mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system, their effects on the nervous system and general health. Read more...Click to read more below

Reasons gone to & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons gone to # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
General health 8 1
Back pain 3 0
Slow my ALS progress 2 0
Pain 2 0
Other 2 1
Mobility 2 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
2 100%

Schedules

  monthly weekly 1 other monthly 1 hr every other week 1 hr weekly 2 hr weekly 3 hr weekly 20 min monthly 15 min weekly 30 min weekly
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Going to Chiropractic (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
3 50% Did not seem to work: 50%
Expense
1 17% Expense: 17%
Doctor's advice
1 17% Doctor's advice: 17%
Side effects too severe
1 17% Side effects too severe: 17%
Other
1 17% Other: 17%
Course of treatment ended
1 17% Course of treatment ended: 17%

See all 6 patients who’ve stopped going to Chiropractic

Currently Going to Chiropractic

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
3
5

Stopped Going to Chiropractic

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
3
2
0
1
0

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
1 50%
Usually
1 50%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
2 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
1 50%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
0 0%

Report created on November 22, 2009.