One of the biggest fears people have is the idea of letting a Chiropractor touch their back. The advancement of this alternative approach to healing depends on the public becoming less afraid.
Did you know that if you struggle with migraine headaches, there are studies which have found spinal manipulation is helpful in improving symptoms associated with this sometimes-debilitating type of head pain?
One of the areas where chiropractic has traditionally struggled is public perception.
In the past, it’s not been uncommon to hear people say that this type of methodology and treatment is “quackery,” or that it’s just not as effective as it professes to be.
However, there are many scientific studies which support the benefits patients can receive by engaging in this type of care.
Science equals fact
One of the reasons people love science is because it is based on fact. Fact that is realized only after researchers and scientists go through a painstaking process which Oxford Dictionaries refers to as “the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment.”
In other words, if there is enough science to say the sky is blue, people will believe that it is blue. Conversely, if science finds that the color is different, the same people are now put in a position where they must consider this new alternative. And if several more studies back up the different color theory, society as a whole would be forced to sit up and listen.
"Chiropractic is a science of healing without the drugs." - DD Palmer
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