What is Chiropractic?

An example of 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.

Reported Purpose & Perceived Effectiveness

Reasons and Perceived effectiveness
Perceived Effectiveness
Purpose # of patients # of patients with evaluations
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Pain 191 46 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Fibromyalgia 120 36 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 93 26 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Pain in lower back 39 16 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Headaches 33 11 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Back pain 27 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight

See all 456 patients currently going to Chiropractic

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
5
Moderate
9
Mild
34
None
98

Reported Schedules

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently going to Chiropractic. See all 98 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
  25 Number of Patients: 25 20 Number of Patients: 20 28 Number of Patients: 28 18 Number of Patients: 18 27 Number of Patients: 27 16 Number of Patients: 16 47 Number of Patients: 47 19 Number of Patients: 19 29 Number of Patients: 29 21 Number of Patients: 21  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Going to Chiropractic (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Expense 73   Expense: 46%
Other 49   Other: 31%
Did not seem to work 42   Did not seem to work: 26%
Course of treatment ended 18   Course of treatment ended: 11%
Side effects too severe 15   Side effects too severe: 9%
Change in health plan coverage 14   Change in health plan coverage: 9%
Doctor's advice 9   Doctor's advice: 6%
Personal research 4   Personal research: 3%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 1%

See all 156 patients who’ve stopped going to Chiropractic

Currently Going to Chiropractic

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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
76 52%
Usually
51 35%
Sometimes
13 9%
Never
6 4%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Chiropractic

Very
12 8%
Somewhat
34 23%
A little
45 31%
Not at all
55 38%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Chiropractic

$200+
26 23%
$100-199
28 25%
$50-99
17 15%
$25-49
20 18%
< $25
21 19%

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31 patient evaluations for Chiropractic

Purpose: Pain (Started Mar 01, 2013)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Apr 10, 2013 10 min Weekly Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major NoneNoneNoneNoneNone AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
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Purpose: Improve communication (Started Oct 01, 2012)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Dec 20, 2012 60 min Weekly Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_defaultModerate NoneNoneNoneNoneNone UsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsually SomewhatSomewhatSomewhatSomewhatSomewhat
Date
Dec 20, 2012
Advice & Tips
I still think this is a useful therapy for improved brain-body communication and plan to resume it later in 2013.
Cost
$200+ monthly
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Purpose: ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) (Started Jun 01, 2007)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Oct 10, 2012 1 hr Weekly Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_defaultSlight MildMildMildMildMild UsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsually SomewhatSomewhatSomewhatSomewhatSomewhat
Date
Oct 10, 2012
Advice & Tips
help the immune system
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