Canadian chiropractor Dr. David L. Phillips provides statistics from studies that show that chiropractic treatment is most effective for those with whiplash syndrome.

Recently, the British Journal of Orthopaedic Medicine (1999) 22(1):22-25 reported that “chiropractic is the only proven effective treatment in chronic cases” of whiplash injury. The study was prompted by a previous article in the journal Injury which demonstrated that chiropractic treatment had benefited 26 out of 28 patients suffering from chronic whiplash syndrome.

In another study from Australia which appeared in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics (1999) 22(6): 376-381, researchers reported that while chiropractic is effective for chronic neck and back pain acupuncture; non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAIDS) drugs are not.

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