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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

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Pain 146 32 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Fibromyalgia 94 30 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 80 24 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Pain in lower back 35 16 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Headaches 32 11 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
Other 30 11 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 394 patients currently going to Chiropractic

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 3
Moderate
 7
Mild
 27
None
 79

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Chiropractic

Headaches 5
Pain 4
Neck pain 3
Pain in hips 3
Pain worsened 3
Muscle and joint pain 2
See all 22 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Schedules

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently going to Chiropractic. See all 97 dosages ►

  15 min monthly 20 min monthly 30 min monthly 60 min monthly 15 min weekly 20 min weekly 30 min weekly 45 min weekly 60 min weekly 90 min weekly
  16 Number of Patients: 16 14 Number of Patients: 14 24 Number of Patients: 24 14 Number of Patients: 14 22 Number of Patients: 22 13 Number of Patients: 13 33 Number of Patients: 33 15 Number of Patients: 15 23 Number of Patients: 23 17 Number of Patients: 17  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Going to Chiropractic (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Expense 63   Expense: 48%
Other 39   Other: 30%
Did not seem to work 33   Did not seem to work: 25%
Course of treatment ended 15   Course of treatment ended: 12%
Side effects too severe 11   Side effects too severe: 8%
Doctor's advice 8   Doctor's advice: 6%
Change in health plan coverage 8   Change in health plan coverage: 6%
Personal research 3   Personal research: 2%

See all 127 patients who’ve stopped going to Chiropractic

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Going to Chiropractic

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

Stopped Going to Chiropractic

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Chiropractic

Always
 62 53%
Usually
 40 34%
Sometimes
 10 9%
Never
 4 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Chiropractic

Very
 6 5%
Somewhat
 25 22%
A little
 40 34%
Not at all
 45 39%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Chiropractic

$200+
 14 16%
$100-199
 21 24%
$50-99
 15 17%
$25-49
 16 19%
< $25
 17 20%

Report created on February 12, 2012.