Category Archives: Whiplash

A PAR review of chiropractic to treat WAD

Whiplash-associated disorders (WAD) include heaviness or tingling in the arms, dizziness, ringing in the ears, vision changes, fatigue, poor concentration or memory, and difficulty sleeping. Depression follows if the pain doesn’t get better.

Researchers at the University of Western Ontario, in London conducted this review using a participatory action research (PAR) approach. Continue reading A PAR review of chiropractic to treat WAD

Chiropractic and whiplash injury

An article in the Archives of Internal Medicine reports that patients who see general practitioners and receive a “low intensity of care” recover from their injuries more quickly compared with those who see general practitioners for more intensive care.

  • Patients who see chiropractors and a medical practitioner have slower recoveries.
  • Those who see only chiropractors and receive a high intensity of care have the slowest recovery.

In other words, the more intensive care provided by a more specialized healthcare provider results in the slowest recover.

Hmm.

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