What Conditions do Chiropractors Treat and Manage...
The Royal College of Chiropractors have stated that all the evidence submitted and reviewed to date, the Advertising Standards Authority, have accepted that chiropractors can claim to treat the following musculoskeletal conditions:
  • Joint pains
  • Joint pains, including hip and knee pain arising from Osteoarthritis
  • General, acute and chronic backache
  • Generalised aches and pains
  • Lumbago
  • Sciatica
  • Mechanical neck pain
  • Migraine prevention
  • Headaches, arising from the neck (cervicogenic headaches)
  • Minor sports injuries
  • Muscle spasms
  • Plantar fasciitis 
  • Rotator cuff injuries, disease and disorders
  • Shoulder complaints
  • Cramp
  • Ankle sprains (short term management)
  • Tension and inability to relax

The Bronfort Report supports the benefits of chiropractic care for:
  • General aches and pains of joints, muscle spasms and cramps
  • Joint pains resulting from osteoarthritis (including hip and knee)
  • Mechanical neck pain
  • Headaches arising from the neck
  • Prevention of migraines
  • Frozen shoulder
  • Shoulder and elbow pains (including tennis elbow) when associated with other musculo-skeletal conditions of the spine
  • Tension

The National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence (NICE) provides the NHS with specific guidelines on how to manage specific medical conditions. In 2009 they began recommending manual therapy including spinal manipulation (ie chiropractic care) for the treatment and management of persistent or recurrent non-specific mechanical low back pain. (This is defined as tension, soreness and/or stiffness in the lower back region involving one or more muscle, joint, disc or other connective tissues).

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Further Information
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