Is Chiropractic Treatment Safe?

Is Chiropractic Treatment Safe?

Chiropractic is widely recognized as one of the safest non-invasive and drug free therapies for a variety of musculoskeletal complaints. In medicine generally a safe treatment is described in terms of risk. Overall the adverse effects of having a serious complication is extremely rare with Chiropractic! The numbers look to be about 1-3 cases of adverse effects in every 100,000 patients with neck pain. These numbers look pretty good when compared to adverse effects that can occur with aspirin. Or if you compare the mortality rate to having a spinal surgery with numbers like 197 mortalities were reported among 108,419 patients (1.8 deaths per 1000 patients). 

A well trained chiropractor trained in primary care should be able to recognize when a manipulation isn’t warranted and refer to a medical doctor for special testing.