Researchers are finding evidence that chiropractic adjustments could enhance diabetes control.
The study focused on the positive response chiropractic adjustments contributed in the care of a patient with adult onset diabetes. The chiropractic care was directed toward correcting misalignments in the spine, called vertebral subluxations. Vertebral subluxation is a chiropractic term to describe a myriad of symptoms thought to occur as a result of a misaligned spinal segment. However, specifically for this patient, it was the vertebral relationship governing his nervous system and endocrine organs. After one month of being on the program, the patient's glucose levels had normalized in both the blood and urine. His medical doctor, who monitored his progress, said the patient would not need insulin if the condition remained stable.
The study was one of several projects exploring the impact of vertebral subluxations on human health and well-being. For more than 100 years, chiropractors have maintained that what they do affects organ system function and general health. Case studies like this demonstrate the urgency for more research on chiropractic and its effects beyond neck and back pain.
1. An examination of one patient is not a "study", and has no scientific, statistical validity. Interestingly, the article link goes to a page where there is no author attributed to the "study", but there is a supposed corporate author -- the World Chiropractic Alliance (WCA). We do not know who ordered the "study", or who funded the "study". But we do know one thing -- chiropractors stand to benefit financially if people uncritically accept the "study's" conclusions.
Posted at 9:56PM on Feb 11th 2007 by john